Indian Famines: Their Causes and Prevention (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Dutt, Romesh

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1331479835 ISBN 13: 9781331479833

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

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Excerpt from Indian Famines: Their Causes and Prevention Ten Famines within Forty Years, 1860 to 1900. The Reports of the Indian Famine Commissions of 1880 and 1898 tell us a melancholy tale. For excluding severe scarcities, often confined to limited areas, there have been ten wide-spread famines in India within the last forty years; and in spite of relief operations, the loss of life has been enormous. I. - Famine of 1860 in Northern India. It was a wide-spread famine, and the loss of life was estimated at 200,000, but was probably very much larger. II. - Famine of 1866 in Orissa. One-third of the population of Orissa, or about a million people, died of this famine. III. - Famine of 1869 in Northern India. The loss of life was estimated at 1,200,000. IV. - Famine of 1874 In Bengal. The Land Tax of Bengal is light, and is permanently settled. The people are therefore comparatively prosperous and resourceful, and there was no loss of life from this famine. V. - Famine of 1877 in Madras. The Land Tax of Madras is heavy, and is enhanced from time to time, and the people are poor and resourceless. Five millions of them perished from this famine. VI. - Famine of 1878 in Northern India. The loss of life was estimated at 1,250,000. VII. - Famine of 1889 in Madras and Orissa. The loss of life was very severe, but no official figures are available. VIII. Famine of 1892 in Madras, Bengal, Burma, and Rajputana. The loss of life was heavy in Madras, while there was no loss of life in Bengal. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however

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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1331479835
• ISBN 13: 9781331479833
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 26