While many zamindars were facing a crisis at the end of the eighteenth century, a group of rich peasants was consolidating their position in the villages. In Francis Buchanan’s survey of the Dinajpur district in North Bengal, we have a vivid description of this class of rich peasants known as jotedars.

Who among the following was a surgeon to the Governor-General of India, Lord Wellesley?

Francis Buchanan

Francis Buchanan was a physician who came to India and served in the Bengal Medical Service. For a few years, he was a surgeon to the Governor-General of India, Lord Wellesley.