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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

But the partition of British India into the new nations by a line drawn by a civil servant on a map, triggered a series of events the consequences of which millions are still living with today.

"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 ...

The British East India Company came to India as a trader, but socio-political conditions of Indian subcontinent drives them to become ruler. This resulted in the need of subordinates and to ...

The British ruled India for about 190 years with their divide-and-rule policy. They looted the country and filled Britain with gold and diamonds, including the precious Kohinoor diamond.