Arrange the following in a chronological order.

(A) Santhal Rebellion.
(B) Permanent Settlement in Bengal.
(C) Policy of Extermination.
(D) Fifth Report.
(E) Buchanan travelled through the Rajmahal hills, crossed Gaunjuria Pahar.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(C), (B), (E), (D), (A)

The correct answer is Option (2) → (C), (B), (E), (D), (A)

(C) Policy of Extermination: 1770s
(B) Permanent Settlement in Bengal: 1793
(E) Buchanan travelled through the Rajmahal hills, crossed Gaunjuria Pahar: 1810
(D) Fifth Report: 1813
(A) Santhal Rebellion: 1855-56

EXPLANATION:

In the 1770s the British embarked on a brutal policy of extermination, hunting the Paharias down and killing them. Then, by the 1780s, Augustus Cleveland, the Collector of Bhagalpur, proposed a policy of pacification.

Permanent Settlement was introduced in Bengal in 1793.

At the end of 1810, Buchanan crossed Ganjuria Pahar, which was part of the Rajmahal ranges, passed through the rocky country beyond, and reached a village. It was an old village but the land around had been recently cleared to extend cultivation.

The Fifth Report was submitted to the British Parliament in 1813. It was the fifth of a series of reports on the administration and activities of the East India Company in India. It ran into 1002 pages, of which over 800 pages were appendices that reproduced petitions of zamindars and ryots, reports of collectors from different districts, statistical tables on revenue returns, and notes on the revenue and judicial administration of Bengal and Madras (present-day Tamil Nadu) written by officials.

Santhal Rebellion took place in 1855-56. The Santhal Rebellion was also known as the Santhal Hool or Santhal Revolt, was a significant tribal uprising that took place in India during the mid-19th century. Sidhu Murmu and Kanhu Murmu, commonly known as the Murmu brothers, were the leaders of the Santhal Rebellion, also known as the Santhal Hool.