Question

why did the british start the great famine of 1876-78

Answer 1

Famines occurred in British India due to the inadequate transportation of food, which in turn was caused due to an absence of a supportive political and social structure.

It began in 1876 after an intense drought resulting in crop failure in the Deccan Plateau. It affected south and southwestern India (the British presidencies of Madras and Bombay, and the princely states of Mysore and Hyderabad) for a period of two years