During the mid-nineteenth century a series of severe famines hit British India. Of these, the Great Famine of 1876 caused the most deaths. Between six and ten million people starved to death as a consequence of drought, bad harvest, and poor British food policies.
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Further Readings:
- Davis, Mike. Late Victorian Holocausts, El Niño Famines, and the Making of the Third World. London: Verso, 2001.
- Digby, William. The Famine Campaign in Southern India: Madras and Bombay Presidencies and Province of Mysore, 1876–1878. London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1878. E-book
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