1876 AD–1878 AD
Drought and imperial policy magnify the Great Famine
British Empire · Companies, trade & extraction · Famine, health & environment
Monsoon failure and El Niño struck southern and western India while prices, exports, taxation, and restrictive state relief magnified mortality. Estimates vary widely—millions died, but no single total is secure—and the disaster prompted famine codes and nationalist criticism
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- 2026-09-23
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