Impact on the Permanent settlement
There i¢ no doubt that the Permanent Settlement secured the fnancial interest of the East
Indin Company and gave stability to its administration. It also helped Bengal to become the
most Rloerithing and the wealthiest province in India. The zamindarc became rich and spent
money For educational and cultural progress. Moreover, the Permanent Settlement also
created a bedy of zamindars in Bengal who were loyal to the Government.
The Great Famine:
In 143 the Great Bengal Famine of 1943 killed abot threo milion peeple. Zainel war
touched by the devastation of the Famine which was caused by the colonial policies and other
reasons during the World War IT and drew a ceries of sketches depicting the misery. Though
Zainul had httle material help Co offer to the starving, helpless people, he paid his greatest
tribute to the famine victims through his famous famine sketches.’ He drew the sketches on
cheap, brown packing paper with Chinese ink ard a flat bruch uced for oil painting. Thit was
Zainul's way of showing the world what the ctarving and dying Bengal people were going
through.
anc?: [think a great famine was the mot effective one becauce it war too dangerous and the of caured
lots of damagec and death