Indian Famine Sufferers Magic Lantern Slide - 1880's

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Starving Indian Peasant woman with her young Granddaughter, after cooking a pot of Horse Meat which is the Best they can do during Famine Crisis - 1946

Photographer: Margaret Bourke-White
Source: Life Archive hosted by Google

Portraits of Indian Women During Country's Famine Crisis due to a Draught - 1946

Photographer: Margaret Bourke-White
Source: Life Archive hosted by Google

Famine Victim Mothers and Children - India c1877

Child Born of Famine-Stricken Mother - Age: 3 months, Weight: 3 lbs.
Source: The J. Paul Getty Museum

Portrait of Eight Victims of Famine of 1877-78

Source: http://photography.si.edu

The Great Famine of 1876–78 in Southern India - Two Albumen Photographs

The Great Famine of 1876–78 (also the Southern India famine of 1876–78 or the Madras famine of 1877) was a famine in India that began in 1876 and affected south and southwestern India (Madras, Mysore, Hyderabad, and Bombay) for a period of two years. In its second year famine also spread north to some regions of the Central Provinces and the North-Western Provinces, and to a small area in the Punjab. The famine ultimately covered an area of 257,000 square miles (670,000 km2) and caused distress to a population totaling 58,500,000. The death toll from this famine is estimated to be in the range of 5.5 million people.
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Relief work during the great famine in South India (1876-78)

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Miss Neil and a famine victim, India - Early 20th Century

Emaciated famine victim standing in between Miss Neil and an unindentified woman

Date: Between 1900 and 1920

Source: Library of Congress  (loc.gov)

Bengal famine of 1943 Part - 4

The Bengal famine of 1943 occurred in undivided Bengal (now independent Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal) in 1943. It is estimated that over three million people died from starvation, malnutrition and related illnesses during the famine.
This photographs are taken from Life archive hosted by Google. The photographer was William Vandivert. See the true face of British Raj and how they governed India at the end of their reign.


Photographer: William Vandivert
Source: Life Archive hosted by Google

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Famine affected Girl

An old 64 year old peasant and his granddaughter

An overheated man washing his face off with water from a fire hydrant

Children poking grain cars with wires, trying to pierce bags and pull grain down into bags

Distribution of food grain

Distribution of food grain

Distribution of food among people

Famine affected man

Famine affected people

Famine affected people

People lining up in front of officials

Famine affected people in a relief camp

Famine affected people being fed in a relief camp

Relief officials at work 

Relief Trucks

Relief Trucks

Relief officials at work 

Relief officials at work 

Relief or military trucks

Starving families sitting in the hot sun 

Starving families sitting in the hot sun 

Starving Mother and Child

Starving People lining up for food 

Starving People lining up for food

Starving People lining up for food

Starving women waiting for the government controlled Grain Shop to open

Starving women waiting for the government controlled Grain Shop to open

The skeleton of a starved man lying in a field after being eaten by vultures and jackals 

A Famine Victim Boy in India

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