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Why was there a Sudden Spurt in Famines in colonial India (since) mid-eighteenth century? Give reasons.
Introduction
From mid 18th till beginning of 19th Century more than two crore people died of Starvation Caused by famine.
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From mid 18th till beginning of 19th Century more than two crore people died of Starvation Caused by famine.
Reasons for famines:
(A) Economic reasons:
1Revenue policies of british like Permanent land settlement, 1793 extracted maximum rents from peasants.
2Deindustrialization: Destruction of Handicraft and artisan industry => increased pressure on Agriculture.
3Impoverishment of peasantry by moneylenders, zamindars etc
— Abhishek Singh
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- Quantifies human cost with specific statistics
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- Identifies structural economic issues
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Abhishek Singh
2023
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Topic
Colonial India History
Famines and Economic Impact
Causes of Famines in Colonial Period
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