Great Bengal Famine 1770-73
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One of the worst disaster in India, Great Bengal Famine 1770-73
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Great Bengal Famine 1770-73
- 1. Great Bengal Famine 1770-73 Presented by, Hardik
- 3. Famine โบ Scarcity of food caused by, โ Crop Failure, โ Population Imbalance & โ Government Policies
- 4. Great Bengal Famine source : www.ibtimes.com
- 5. Great Bengal Famine โข Countless famine under British Raj โข List of dates: โ 1770-73 โ 1783 โ 1866 โ 1873 โ 1892 โ 1897 โ Lastly 1943-44
- 6. Background โข Territory name: Bengal โข Earlier ruled by โMughal Empireโ โข After โBattle of Plasseyโ by EIC in 1757 โข Then the company became the Ruler of Bengal
- 7. Cause โข Sole rights of Tax Collection by EIC โข Land tax was typically raised by 3 to 4 time โข Also Trade Tariff was under EIC โข Forbidding โhoardingโ of rice โข Importantly during 1770 the tax was doubled leading to famine
- 8. Consequences โบ Early 1770, was starvation then death โบ Estimated to have caused the deaths of 10 million people โบ Affected some parts of Bihar, Assam, Odisha, Jharkhand and Bangladesh
- 9. Behind Politics โบ "I hate Indians. They are a beastly people with a beastly religion.โ โ Winston Churchill, PM of UK โบ โIf it was someone else other than Churchill, I believe relief would have been sent, and, if it wasnโt for the war, the famine wouldnโt have occurred at all,โ โ Madhusree Mukherjee told Inter Press Service
- 10. Donations โบhttps://internationalmedicalcorps.org/ โบ Text โAFRICAโ to 80888 to give $10 ( *Messaging & data rates may apply )
- 11. Thank you
Editor's Notes
- Aย famineย is a widespread scarcity ofย food,ย caused by several factors includingย crop failure,ย population imbalance, or government policies This phenomenon is usually accompanied or followed by regional malnutrition, starvation, epidemic, and increased mortality. Every inhabited continent in the world has experienced a period of famine throughout history. Some countries, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, continue to have extreme cases of famine. It remains to be the most affected area in the world.
- This is the less cruel face of Great Bengal Famine
- After the advent of British rule, most of the famines were a consequence of monsoonal delays along with the exploitation of the countryโs natural resources by the British for their own financial gain. Yet they did little to acknowledge the havoc these actions wrought. If anything, they were irritated at the inconveniences in taxation the famines brought about.
- In the 17th century, the British East India Company had been given a grant on the town ofย Calcutta, by the Mughal emperorย Akbar. At this time the Company was effectively another tributary power of the Mughal. During the following century, the Company obtained sole trading rights for the province, and went on to become the dominant power in Bengal. Inย 1757, at theย battle of Plassey, the British defeated the then Nawab,ย Siraj Ud Daulah, and plundered the Bengali treasury. Inย 1764ย their military control was reaffirmed atย Buxar. The subsequent treaty gained them theย Diwani, that is theย taxationย rights: in effect, the Company became the ruler of Bengal.
- Fault for the famine is now often ascribed to the British East India Company policies in Bengal. As a trading body, its first remit was to maximise its profits and with taxation rights the profits to be obtained from Bengal came fromย land taxย as well asย trade tariffs. As lands came under company control, the land tax was typically raised by 3 to 4 times what it had been โ from 10-15% up to 50% of the value of the agricultural produce. In the first years of the rule of the British East India Company, the total land tax income was doubled and most of this revenue flowed out of the country. As the famine approached its height, in April of 1770, the Company announced that land tax for the following year was to be increased by 10%.
- By early 1770 there wasย starvation, and, by mid 1770, deaths from starvation were occurring on a large scale. There were also reports of the living feeding on the bodies of the dead in the middle of that year.ย Smallpoxย and other diseases further took their toll of the population. Later in 1770, goodย rainfallย resulted in a good harvest and the famine abated. However, other shortfalls occurred in the following years, raising the total death toll.
- The United Nations (UN) has officially declared the dire situation in parts of southern Somalia, a famine. And warns that without immediate and effective humanitarian intervention, famine could quickly spread throughout the country โ taking thousands of lives.ย Of course accessibility to food โ especially nutritious food โ is critical. But famine and acute malnutrition need much more complex solutions. The current crisis in East Africa โ especially taking into account the complexities of Somalia - will require a multi-faceted and long-term intervention. Not just food drops.ย