Given below are two statements : Statement I : The British land revenue system, known as the Summary Settlement, was implemented in Awadh in 1856. Statement II : The Summary Settlement increased the income of the middleman taluqdars by granting him new land. In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Annexation of Awadh and the Summary Settlement

• Awadh was annexed by Lord Dalhousie in 1856 on the plea of misgovernment and the Summary Settlement of the land revenue was introduced in the same year. Hence, statement I is true.
• The Settlement proceeded on the assumption that the taluqdars were interlopers with no permanent stake in the land. Their forts were destroyed, their armed retainers disbanded and their estates confiscated.
• In pre-British times the taluqdars of Awadh had held over 67 per cent of the total number of villages, but after the Summary Settlement this share fell drastically, so their income was reduced and not increased. Hence, statement II is false.
• The dispossession of the taluqdars and the increased revenue demand on the peasants explain why both joined the revolt of 1857 in Awadh.