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Deaths from malnutrition on a large scale have continued across India into modern times. In Maharashtra alone, for example, there were around 45,000 childhood deaths due to mild or severe malnutrition in 2009, according to the Times of India . [ 150 ]
Map of Indian famine of 1899–1900 from Prosperous British India by William Digby: 1943–1944: Bengal famine of 1943: Bengal: 1.5 million from starvation; 2.1 to 3 million including deaths from epidemics. [48] A map of the districts of Bengal, 1943, from Famine Enquiry Commission, Report on Bengal, 1945
The Bengal famine of 1943 was a famine in the Bengal province of British India (present-day Bangladesh, West Bengal and eastern India) during World War II.An estimated 800,000–3.8 million people died, [A] in the Bengal region (present-day Bangladesh and West Bengal), from starvation, malaria and other diseases aggravated by malnutrition, population displacement, unsanitary conditions, poor ...
In other parts of India, such as the United Provinces, where relief was meagre, the resulting mortality was high. [16] In the second half of 1878, an epidemic of malaria killed many more who were already weakened by malnutrition. [16] By early 1877, Temple proclaimed that he had put "the famine under control".
Death by starvation was not the only reason for the rapid decline in population: deportation to Germany and Nazi shootings also played their part. Nevertheless, starvation was an important factor. [140] British historian Alex Kay estimates that about 10,000 city inhabitants died of starvation. [138] Soviet Union: 10,000: 1942–1943
According to a 1908 estimate of The Imperial Gazetteer of India, in the British-administered districts alone, approximately one million people died of starvation or accompanying disease; in addition, as a result of acute shortage of fodder, millions of cattle also perished. [2] Other estimates vary between one million [6] [a] and 4.5 million [7 ...
The Indian famine of 1896–1897 was a famine that began in Bundelkhand, India, early in 1896 and spread to many parts of the country, including the United Provinces, the Central Provinces and Berar, Bihar, parts of the Bombay and Madras presidencies, and parts of the Punjab; in addition, the princely states of Rajputana, Central India Agency ...
The Bihar drought of 1966–1967 was a drought in Bihar and eastern Uttar Pradesh, India. [1] [2] The official death toll from starvation in the Bihar drought was 2353, roughly half of which occurred in the state of Bihar. [3] The wholesale price of food grains in Bihar had increased while there was a marginal increase in the prices in other ...