Famine had been a recurrent feature of life in the South Asian subcontinent countries of India and Bangladesh, most notoriously under British rule. Famines...

Great Famine of 1876–1878 was a famine in India under British Crown rule. It began in 1876 after an intense drought resulted in crop failure in the Deccan...

Bengal famine of 1943 was an anthropogenic famine in the Bengal province of British India (present-day Bangladesh, West Bengal and eastern India) during...

major famines in India during British rule covers major famines on the Indian subcontinent from 1765 to 1947. The famines included here occurred both in the...

A famine is a widespread scarcity of food, caused by several possible factors, including war, natural disasters, crop failure, widespread poverty, an economic...

failure in autumn 1768 and summer 1769 and an accompanying smallpox epidemic were thought to be the manifest reasons for the famine. The East India Company...

famines. *Topics marked as such are still under debate. Bengal famine Droughts and famines in Russia and the Soviet Union Famine in India Famines in the...

under the British Raj, poverty in India intensified, peaking in the 1920s. Famines and diseases killed millions in multiple vicious cycles throughout...

The Orissa famine of 1866 affected the east coast of India from Madras northwards, an area covering 180,000 miles and containing a population of 47,500...

The Indian famine of 1896–1897 was a famine that began in Bundelkhand, India, early in 1896 and spread to many parts of the country, including the United...

"of the fortieth" in Hindustani) refers to the Vikram Samvat calendar year 1840 (1783). The famine affected many parts of North India, especially the Delhi...

The Indian famine of 1899–1900 began with the failure of the summer monsoons in 1899 over Western and Central India and, during the next year, affected...

all ruled by Indian rulers). In regions like the Madras Presidency (governed by the East India Company), where the famine was less severe, and where records...

The Deccan famine of 1630–1632 was a famine associated with a back-to-back crop failure. The famine happened during the reign of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan...

crop failures. Agriculture in Ethiopia Food security in Ethiopia Famine in India List of famines in China List of famines "Ethiopia's drought: On the...

The Bihar famine of 1873–1874 (also the Bengal famine of 1873–1874) was a famine in British India that followed a drought in the province of Bihar, the...

half of the 19th century also saw an increase in the number of large-scale famines in India. Although famines were not new to the subcontinent, these were...

The Doab famine of 1860–1861 was a famine in India that affected the Ganga-Yamuna Doab in the North-Western Provinces, large parts of Rohilkhand and Awadh...

independence of India.[page needed] The region of Bengal in India suffered a devastating famine from 1940 to 1943. Some of the key reasons for this famine are: Japanese...

refer to: Great Bengal famine of 1770 Bengal famine of 1873–1874 Bengal famine of 1943 Bangladesh famine of 1974 Famine in India This disambiguation page...

The Great Famine, also known as the Great Hunger (Irish: an Gorta Mór [ənˠ ˈɡɔɾˠt̪ˠə ˈmˠoːɾˠ]), the Famine and the Irish Potato Famine, was a period of...

The Rajputana famine of 1869 (also the Great Rajputana Famine, Bundelkhand and Upper Hindustan famine, Rajputana famine of 1868-70) affected an area of...

B. Johnson in retaliation for Indian criticism on the US's role in the Vietnam War. Deccan famine of 1630–1632 Famine in India Bihar famine of 1873–1874...

Agra famine of 1837–1838 was a famine in the newly established North-Western Provinces (formerly Ceded and Conquered Provinces) of Company-ruled India that...

Madras. Bengal famine of 1943 Famine in India "Were Indian Famines 'Natural' Or 'Manmade'? - LSE" (PDF). Retrieved 16 December 2020. "Famines / by Edward...

Front (abbr. MNF) is a regional political party in Mizoram, India. MNF emerged from the Mizo National Famine Front, which was formed by Pu Laldenga to protest...

The Great Chinese Famine (Chinese: 三年大饥荒; lit. 'three years of great famine') was a famine that occurred between 1959 and 1961 in the People's Republic...

Religion in India is characterised by a diversity of religious beliefs and practices. Throughout India's history, religion has been an important part...

Bangladesh famine of 1974 began in March 1974 and ended in about December of the same year. The famine is considered one of the worst in the 20th century;...

 245: An expansion of state functions in British and in princely India occurred as a result of the terrible famines of the later nineteenth century, .....