Great Bengal Famine 1770-73

One of the worst disaster in India, Great Bengal Famine 1770-73

1. Great Bengal Famine 1770-73 Presented by, Hardik

2. Famine Scarcity of food caused by, Crop Failure, Population Imbalance & Government Policies

3. Great Bengal Famine s ource : www.ibtimes.com

4. Great Bengal Famine Countless famine under British Raj List of dates: 1770-73 1783 1866 1873 1892 1897 Lastly 1943-44  

5. Background Territory name: Bengal Earlier ruled by “ Mughal Empire ” After “ Battle of Plassey ” by EIC in 1757 Then the company became the Ruler of Bengal

6. Cause Sole rights of Tax Collection by EIC Land tax was typically raised by 3 to 4 time Also Trade Tariff was under EIC Forbidding “ hoarding ” of rice Importantly during 1770 the tax was doubled leading to famine

7. Consequences Early 1770, was starvation then death Estimated to have caused the deaths of 10 million people Affected some parts of Bihar, Assam, Odisha , Jharkhand and Bangladesh

8. Behind Politics " I hate Indians. They are a beastly people with a beastly religion .“ Winston Churchill, PM of UK “ If it was someone else other than Churchill, I believe relief would have been sent, and, if it wasn’t for the war, the famine wouldn’t have occurred at all,” Madhusree   Mukherjee told Inter Press Service

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