GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -Victims of the Great Famine of 1876–1878 in British India, pictured in 1877. The famine ultimately covered an area of 670, 000 square kilometres (257, 000 sq mi) and caused distress to a population totalling 58, 500, 000. The death toll from this famine is estimated to be in the range of 5.5 million people.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Bengal famine stands as one of the single most horrific atrocities to have occurred under British colonial rule. From 1943 to 1944, more than three million Indians died of starvation and malnutrition, and millions more fell into crushing poverty.