In the given question, a statement of Assertion is followed by a statement of Reason. Mark the correct answer.

Assertion: The zamindars’ troops were disbanded, customs duties abolished, and their courts brought under the supervision of a Collector appointed by the Company.
Reason: The Company had recognized the zamindars as important, but it wanted to control and regulate them.

Both the Assertion and the Reason are correct and the Reason is the correct explanation of the Assertion.

The Company had recognised the zamindars as important, but it wanted to control and regulate them, subdue their authority and restrict their autonomy. The zamindars’ troops were disbanded, customs duties abolished, and their “cutcheries” (courts) brought under the supervision of a Collector appointed by the Company. Zamindars lost their power to organise local justice and the local police.