Question

Q. Why were famines csused under british rule

Answer 1

Famines were caused under British rule because th they collected high taxes from the farmers and do not did not provide any fertilizers to cultivation and did not give proper electricity and their lands of the farmers and they given a very less wages if there were working under zamindar so to stop the British control over the farmers they had protested against them and stopped cultivation so famines occured the British rule

Answer 2

The British had a ruthless economic agenda when it came to operating in India and that did not include empathy for native citizens. Under the British Raj, India suffered countless famines. But the worst hit was Bengal. The first of these was in 1770, followed by severe ones in 1783, 1866, 1873, 1892, 1897 and lastly 1943-44. Previously, when famines had hit the country, indigenous rulers were quick with useful responses to avert major disasters. After the advent of British rule, most of the famines 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. If anything, they were irritated at the inconveniences in taxation the famines brought about