Famines and Poverty in India

19th Century acre Administration agriculture in Orissa annas areas Baitarani Balasore became Bengal Bengal Presidency Bhubaneswar Bihar Board of Revenue Bombay British India British rule brought Calcutta canals capital causes cent collection cotton crop failures cultivation Cuttack Dadabhai Naoroji decline Delhi district Dutt embankments employment estates export Famine Commission famine of 1866 famines and scarcities Famines in India floods foodgrains forest Ganjam Government Govt hence History of India import improvement income increased industries irrigation Laissez faire lakhs land revenue landless Landlords London Maddox Madras Mahanadi Maratha maunds money-lenders Mukherjee natural calamities Oriya owing peasantry peasants period under study permanent settlement Population of Orissa poverty in Orissa price of rice price rise production province Puri railways rainfall relief rent result rivers roads rupee rural ryots Sambalpur seers Source Statistical suffered Table trade transport village wages West Bengal Zamindars