Guntur famine of 1832
Appearance
Guntur famine of 1832 డొక్కల కరువు | |
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Country | India |
Location | Guntur, Madras Presidency |
Period | 1832 - 1833 |
Excess mortality | 150,000 |
Death rate | 33% |
Effect on demographics | population declined by 33% due to mortality |
Consequences | Dowleswaram Barrage built |
Preceded by | 1812-13 famine in western India |
Succeeded by | Orissa famine of 1866 |
Guntur famine also known as known locally as Dokkala Karuvu (only ribs are seen without any flesh) or Nandana karuvu, pedda karuvu, Dhatu karuvu, Valasa Karuvu, Musti karuvu, Dobba Karuvu. This has occurred in Madras Presidency during 1832–1833 followed crop failure as well as excessive and uncertain levels of taxation on peasants by British East India Company.[1]
Deaths
This famine has killed a third of the population 150,000 of 500,000 of starvation, also 74,000 bullocks, 159,000 milk cattle, and 300,000 sheep and goats. The loss of revenue occasioned to Government during the following 15 years exceeded two and a half millions Pound sterling The famine of 1833 extended southwards to Madras.[2]
See also
References
- ^ "Were Indian Famines 'Natural' Or 'Manmade'? - LSE" (PDF). Retrieved 16 December 2020.
- ^ "Famines / by Edward Balfour (1885)". www.payer.de. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
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