Template:Famines in British India

Timeline of major famines in India during British rule (including independent states)
Famine Years Deaths (in millions)
Bengal Presidency
Great Bengal Famine 1769–1770
10[1]
Maratha Confederacy, Mysore, and Madras City
Chalisa famine 1783–1784
11[2]
Maratha Confederacy, Hyderabad, Mysore, Northern Circars and Madras City
Doji bara famine 1789–1795
11[3]
Company Rule in India
Agra famine of 1837–38 1837–1838
0.8[4]
British Raj
Eastern Rajputana 1860–1861
Orissa famine of 1866 1865–1867
Rajputana famine of 1869 1868–1870
1.5[6]
Bihar famine of 1873–74 1873–1874
0
Great Famine of 1876–78 1876–1878
10.3[7]
Odisha, Bihar 1888–1889
0.15[8]
Indian famine of 1896–97 1896–1897
Indian famine of 1899–1900 1899–1900
4.5[4]
Bengal famine of 1943 1943–1944
Total (1765–1947)[10][11][12] 1769–1944 64.48


References

  1. ^ Kumar & Desai 1983, p. 528.
  2. ^ Grove 2007, p. 80.
  3. ^ Grove 2007, p. 83.
  4. ^ a b c d Fieldhouse 1996, p. 132.
  5. ^ Kumar & Desai 1983, p. 529.
  6. ^ Imperial Gazetteer of India vol. III 1907, p. 488.
  7. ^ Davis 2001, p. 7.
  8. ^ Kumar & Desai 1983, pp. 530.
  9. ^ Kumar & Desai 1983, p. 531.
  10. ^ Bose 1916, pp. 79–81.
  11. ^ Rai 2008, pp. 263–281.
  12. ^ Koomar 2009, pp. 13–14.
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