Between 1769 and 1770 a famine hit the Bengal region ... This was the first of several famines to hit India during British rule throughout the 1700s and 1800s. From 1757, the East India Company ...

A new book offers a comprehensive and heartbreaking account of the most terrible catastrophe to befall Ireland in the modern ...

"Tough Choices: Grappling with Famine in Qing China, the British Empire, and Beyond." Journal of World History 24 ... Gray, Peter. "Famine and Land in Ireland and India, 1845–1880: James Caird and the ...

Discuss the British perception of India and Britain’s role in the subcontinent Examine the methods used by the British to establish and then maintain control of India. To the British ...

Between 1770 and 1943, India saw numerous famines, exacerbated by British policies, resulting in millions of deaths. The Bengal famine of 1943, for instance, killed an estimated 3 million people ...

The Indian governments new ‘Green Wall initiative along the Aravallis echoes a forgotten historical effort — a 19th-century 4 ...

Looking at our past, it's quite striking to note that India comes out of crises stronger. There's no reason why this should ...

New Delhi: A British national was allegedly raped and ... and they became friends. She arrived in India on March 7 and visited Goa. She stayed there for a few days before travelling to Delhi ...