Famines and Poverty in India

19th Century acre Administration agriculture areas average Balasore became Bengal Bombay British British rule brought calamities Calcutta canals causes cent collection communication Company condition construction Cotton crops cultivation Cuttack decline Delhi demand district Dutt economic embankments employment estimated export failure famine Famine Commission famine of 1866 floods forest Government growth hence History import improvement income increased India industries irrigation labourers lakhs land revenue Landlords less living London Maddox Madras manufacture maunds means measures miles natural neglected never Orissa owing peasants period period under study poor population ports poverty prevent problems production protect province Puri Quoted railways rainfall recommended region relief remained rent Report result rice rise rivers roads rural salt scarcities seen settlement Source started Statistical suffered supply Table trade transport village wages yield Zamindars