Abstract This research aims to highlight the importance in the revenue history of India and the Madras revenue system . In the first place it was in Madras that the Rayatwari method of settlement as a system under the government originated in the next place, the history of Madras Presidency throws great light on the constitution of villages and the early customs of landholding which are really at the bottom of all revenue systems. The British was fully established in South India by the ... Ryotwari was a system of direct taxation on cultivators introduced by Thomas Munro in Madras and Bombay presidencies. It contrasted with zamindari, where taxes were collected through intermediaries, and gave peasants more freedom and security. The Ryotwari System , also known as the Munro System , was introduced by Sir Thomas Munro in Tamil Nadu in 1820. Check the history, meaning, features and drawbacks of the Ryotwari System 1820. The Ryotwari system refers to a system of land revenue instituted in late 18th century by Sir Thomas Munro, who was the Governor of Madras in 1820. This was practised mostly in Madras and Bombay areas as well as Assam and Coorg provinces.
