Report of the Indian Famine Commission : 1880-1885
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TextLanguage: English Publication details: New Delhi : Agricole Pub., 1989Description: 1 v. (various pagings) : folded maps; 23 cmISBN: - 8185005656
- [Famine Commission, 1878]
- 363.80954 22
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Commission of Inquiry on Indian Famines, appointed by the Government of India, 16th May, 1878
The book divided in the 3 Parts.
Pt. I -- Famine relief.- [2], iv, 69 p. -- pt. II -- Measures of protection and prevention - viii, 71-185 p. -- pt. III -- Famine histories - vii, 1-264 p.
The document deals with all aspects of devastating famines to which the provinces of India had from time to time been liable directly to the occurrence of seasons of unusual drought, the faliure of the customary rain fall leading to the failure of food crops on which the subsistence of the population depends.
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