Fifth Report submitted to the British Parliament in 1813.
i. It was the fifth series of report on the administration and activities of the East India Company in India.
ii. It ran into1002 pages of which over 800 pages were appendices that reproduced petitions of zamindars and riots, reports of collectors and districts, statistical tables on revenue returns and notes on the revenue and judicial administration of Bengal and madras written by officials
iii. Many political groups argued that conquest of Bengal was benefitted to east India company only
iv. It contained information on company’* misrule and maladministration
v. British select committee presented reports on the administration of India
vi. But it can’t be remained uncritical –it exaggerated the collapse of traditional zamindari power
vii. Overestimated the scale on which zamindars were losing their land.
