INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -It was the Great Famine of 1876–1878, however, that was the direct cause of investigations and the beginning of a process that led to the establishment of the Indian Famine code. The next major famine was the Indian famine of 1896–1897.

Detailed explanation-2: -Between 1876 and 1878, during the Madras famine, anywhere from four to five million people perished after the viceroy, Lord Lytton, adopted a hands-off approach similar to that employed in Ireland and Orissa.

Detailed explanation-3: -The famine-affected region had an extent of 79% and 78%, respectively, in August and September 1877. The 1876–1877 famine in south and north India affected more than 50 million people (IGI, 1907) of which about 6.1 to 10.3 million (Table S1) perished (Davis, 2001; Fieldhouse, 1996).

Detailed explanation-4: -The Bihar famine of 1873–1874 (also the Bengal famine of 1873–1874) was a famine in British India that followed a drought in the province of Bihar, the neighboring provinces of Bengal, the North-Western Provinces and Oudh. It affected an area of 140, 000 square kilometres (54, 000 sq mi) and a population of 21.5 million.