British Policy in Awadh (1856)

Statements 2 and 3 are correct. Following the annexation of Awadh in 1856, the British administration introduced the Summary Settlement. This land policy operated on the assumption that the local Taluqdars were land usurpers without legitimate ancestral rights, attempting to bypass them to collect revenue directly from the cultivators. Statement 1 is incorrect because the British disarmed the Taluqdars and demolished their local forts to prevent armed resistance against colonial authorities.