- The famine of 1876-78, also known as the Southern India Famine, affected a vast area including Madras, Mysore, Hyderabad, Bombay, and parts of North-Western Provinces and Central Provinces. - It caused widespread mortality and prompted the British government to set up the first Famine Commission under Richard Strachey in 1880 to devise policies for famine relief and prevention.
The worst Indian famine was occurred under the British rule during
Asked in APPSC Gazated Posts 2012 · Topic: Economic Impact of British Rule on India (Famines, Poverty, and Agrarian Distress)
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