On 30th December 1884, Lord Dufferin took up deliberation of the Bengal Tenancy Bill inherited from the previous administration. As a revision of the Act of 1859, the bill revised the definition of occupancy rights of the `ryot` or tenant cultivator which had been previously set at twelve years. The revised tenancy bill also secured for the landlord a fair share of the increased value associated with soil`s product and outlined rules for resolving disputes between landlord and ryot.

On 6 April 1885, Lord Dufferin removed numerous safeguards and the bill subsequently passed into law. The Bengal Tenancy Act thus came into force.

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