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Deliberating Colonial Policies to Understand the Causes behind Tribal Revolts in the Chota Nagpur Plateau – Part I

IP and Legal Filings

The eminent domain is the power of the sovereign to acquire property of an individual for public use without the necessity of his consent. In other regions of India, zamindaris had been auctioned for arrears resulting from over-assessment under the Cornwallis system of permanent settlement of payment claims (1793).