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Gather more information about famines in India.

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Details of some famines which occurred in India since 1769 are given below. All these famines occurred prior to independence.   Major Famines in India

Year	Name of Famine	British Territory	Indian Kingdoms/ Princely States	Mortality
1769-70	Great Bengal famine	Bihar, Northern and Central Bengal		10 million (about one third of the then population of Bengal).
1783-84	Chalisa famine		Delhi, Western Oudh, Eastern Punjab region Rajputana and Kashmir	Severe famine. Large areas were depopulated up to 11 million people may have died during the years 1982-84.
1791-92	Doji bara famine or Skull famine.		Hyderabad, Southern Maratha country Deccan Gujarat and Marwar	One of the most severe famines known. People died in such numbers that they could not be cremated or buried. It is thought that 11 million people may have died during the years 1788-94.
1837-38	Agra famine of 1837-38	Central Doab and trans-Jamna districts Provinces (later Agra Province) including Delhi and Hissar		0.8 Million
1860-61	Upper Doab famine of 1860-61	Upper Doab of Agra, Delhi and Hissar divisions of the Punjab	Eastern Rajputana	2. Million
1865-67	Orissa famine of 1866	Orissa (also 1867) and Bihar, Ballary and Qujam district of Madras		1 Million (814,469 in Orissa 135,676 in Bihar and 10,898 in Ganjam).
1868-70	Rajputana famine of 1869	Ajmer, Western Agra, Eastern Punjab	Rajputana	1.5 million (Mostly in the princely states of Rajputana).
1873-74	Bihar famine of 1873-74	Bihar		An extensive relief effort was organised by the Bengal Government. There were little to none significant mortalities during the famine.
1876-78	Great famine of 1876-78 (also Southern India famine of 1876-78)	Madras and Bombay	Mysore and Hyderarabad	5.5 million In British territory. Mortality unknown for princely states. Total famine mortality estimates vary from 6.1 to 10.3 million.
1888-89	(none)	Ganjam, Orissa and North Bihar		1,50,000 deaths in Ganjam. Deaths were due to starvation as famine relief was not provided in time.
1896-97	Indian famine of 1896-1997	Madras, Bombay Deccan, Bengal United Provinces, Central Provinces	Northern and Eastern Rajaputana parts of Central India and Hyderabad	5 million in British territory.
1899-1900	Indian famine of 1899-1900	Bombay, Central Provinces, Berar Ajmer	Hyderabad Rajputana Central India Baroda Kathiawar Cutch	1 million (in British territories) Mortality unknown for princely states.
1905-06	(none)	Bombay	Bundelkhand	2,35,062 in Bombay (of which 28,369 attributed to Cholera) Mortality unknown for. Bhundelkhand.
1943-44	Bengal famine of 1943	Bengal		1.5 million From starvation 3.5 million including deaths from epidemics.