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There is no doubt that the British gave India many gifts for being part of their Empire. The most notable of course being the English language. However, there is equally no doubt that British policies directly or indirectly led to the death of crores of Indians, mostly from starvation. Flawed agricultural policies, forced conversion of land from food cultivation to cash crop cultivation, excessive taxation, plain old incompetence and a level of disinterest which chills the blood all led to this holocaust. There were three major famines during Queen Victorias reign over this country as Empress of India from 1876 to 1901. Yes, only 25 years of time. And the first of these was the great Madras Famine of 1876-78. The result of crop failure, this famine starved to death some 55 lakh Indians. And this is the British estimate. It began in what is today Tamil Nadu, before spreading to Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Maharastra and parts of Uttar Pradesh. During this famine, the Bri

United kingdomUttar pradeshTamil naduWilloughby wallace hooperQueen victoriaMadras famineAndhra pradeshLord lyttonEnglish colonel willoughby wallace hooper5 million dead the great madras famine of 1876ஒன்றுபட்டது கிஂக்டம்உத்தர் பிரதேஷ்தமிழ் நாடுவிருப்பம் வாலஸ் ஹூப்பர்ராணி விக்டோரியாமெட்ராஸ் பஞ்சம்