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 neighboring provinces of Bengal, the North-Western Provinces and Oudh. It affected an area of 140,000 square kilometres (54,000 sq mi) and a population of 21.5 million.[1] The relief effort—organized by Sir Richard Temple, the newly appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal—was one of the success stories of the famine relief in British India; there was little or no mortality during the famine.[2] However, while some neighbouring princely states and outlying areas did experience excess deaths, with scholarly estimates ranging up from several hundred thousand to about 1.5 million
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The timeline of major famines in India during British rule covers major famines on the Indian subcontinent from 1765 to 1947. The famines ...
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The Deccan famine of 1630–1632 was a famine associated with a back-to-back crop failure. [ 1 The famine happened during the reign of Mugha...
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The 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 fa...
