"Imitation has conveyed the unhappy system of oppression which prevails in the government of Indostan throughout all ranks of the people, from the highest even to the lowest subject of the empire. Every head of a village calls his habitation the Durbar, and plunders of their meal and roots the wretches of his precinct: from him the Zemindar extorts the small pittance of silver, which his penurious tyranny has scraped together; the Phousdar seizes upon the greatest share of the Zemindar’s collections, and then secures the favour of his Nabob by voluntary contributions, which leave him not possessed of the half of his rapines and exactions: the Nabob fixes his rapacious eye on every portion of wealth which appears in his province, and never fails to carry off part of it: by large deductions from these acquisitions, he purchases security from his superiors, or maintains it against them at the expense of a war. Subject to such oppressions, property in Indostan is seldom seen to descend to the third generation."
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
Robert Orme, quoted from Jain, M. (editor) (2011). The India they saw: Foreign accounts. New Delhi: Ocean Books. Volume IV Chapter 7
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Law_of_India
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
Law of India
5 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by Law of India →
Related Quotes
"As regards the laws, they are scarcely observed at all, for the administration is absolutely autocratic, but there ar…"
"Although the notion of absolute power admits of nothing which can be sanctified from its grasp, whence the king, as i…"
"…There are no digests or codes of laws existing in Indostan: the Tartars who conquered this country could scarcely re…"
"That the legislature discriminates against Hindus is not news—I have provided enough examples. Plenty more exist of m…"
"The outbreak of the plague epidemic in Bombay in 1896 fundamentally changed the relationship between the colonial sta…"
"The Epidemic Diseases Act gave the colonial government the right to inspect and isolate anyone suspected of being inf…"
"The act was used in large parts of the plague-affected localities of Bombay and Pune, to demolish dwellings and clear…"
"Commoners shall have no council. If anybody is found participating in council, let his ears be cut off, and let the l…"
"Any poor woman Unable to litigate Or defend herself Shall choose an attorney Who shall speak on her behalf.The poores…"
"Articles like the ones just cited [Article 158] are also valuable sources on Serbian social history. However, they mu…"