Great Bengal Famine of 1770

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:dam
gptkbp:affects gptkb:Bengal
gptkb:Bihar
gptkb:Orissa
gptkbp:category Famines in India
History of Bengal
18th-century famines
gptkbp:causedBy gptkb:dam
British East India Company policies
crop failure
gptkbp:consequence mass starvation
epidemics
economic decline
social disruption
depopulation
decline in agricultural output
increase in banditry
gptkbp:currency rupee
gptkbp:endDate 1773
gptkbp:governingBody gptkb:British_East_India_Company
gptkbp:historicalSource gptkb:William_Bolts
East India Company records
contemporary British reports
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Great Bengal Famine of 1770
gptkbp:location gptkb:British_India
gptkb:Bengal
gptkb:Bengal_Subah
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:Great_Famine_of_1876–1878
gptkb:Chalisa_famine
gptkbp:startDate 1770
gptkbp:victim 10 million
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Famine_of_1770
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6