Question

Why were there so many huge famines in India under the Raj??

Answer 1

Answer: · Despite the fact that Great Britain had been profiting greatly from its holdings in India for more than a century, the British stood aside and allowed millions of people in the British Raj to starve to death. This event was one of several that inspired calls for Indian independence, calls that would increase in volume over the first half of the twentieth century.

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Answer 2

Answer: After the advent of British rule, most of the huge families were a consequence of monsoonal delays along with the exploitation of the country's natural resources by the British for their own financial gain. Yet they did little to acknowledge the havoc these actions wrought.