A catastrophic famine struck Bengal and adjoining regions in 1769–1770 during early Company rule, causing enormous mortality amid crop failure, drought and severe economic stress.
This is a later allegorical print, not an eyewitness photograph or literal documentary scene of the famine. Commons/Royal Museums Greenwich explicitly connect its subject context with the severe Bengal famine of 1769–1770. · Credit: Charles Knight; Henry Singleton; Royal Museums Greenwich collection · License: Public domain
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