Government of IndiaFamine Aspects of Bengal District
Author: Hunter, W.W.
Keywords: Famine, District accounts of Bengal, 1866, 1869, W.W. Hunter, Population, Agriculture, Outturn crops, Famine prices, British India
Issue Date: 1874
Publisher: London, Trubner and Co.
Description: Famine system - Bengal
Famine - History - Bengal - 1866
Agricultural population - Bengal
Labouring population
Description: The author, a part of the Indian civil services, was engaged in the famine-stricken districts of Bengal in 1866. Initially, he could not find sufficient information about the calamity. In 1869, while collecting statistical accounts of Bengal, the author gathered credible evidence, researched thoroughly, and created this document to provide information on the famine aspects of forty districts of Bengal. These district accounts contain information on famine prices in 1866 (in some cases 1869), famine warning, means of transit, cultivated area and outturn of crops, agricultural population, cost of grains, labour population, and a summary of population estimates.
Type: Rare Book
Received From: Central Secretariat Library
| DC Field | Value |
| dc.contributor.author | Hunter, W.W. |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2006-11-15T09:18:17Z 2018-05-31T01:12:02Z |
| dc.date.available | 2006-11-15T09:18:17Z 2018-05-31T01:12:02Z |
| dc.description | The author, a part of the Indian civil services, was engaged in the famine-stricken districts of Bengal in 1866. Initially, he could not find sufficient information about the calamity. In 1869, while collecting statistical accounts of Bengal, the author gathered credible evidence, researched thoroughly, and created this document to provide information on the famine aspects of forty districts of Bengal. These district accounts contain information on famine prices in 1866 (in some cases 1869), famine warning, means of transit, cultivated area and outturn of crops, agricultural population, cost of grains, labour population, and a summary of population estimates. |
| dc.date.issued | 1874 |
| dc.description.abstract | Famine system - Bengal Famine - History - Bengal - 1866 Agricultural population - Bengal Labouring population |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Delhi Superintendent Government of India |
| dc.format.extent | 8018520 bytes1832 bytes |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdfapplication/pdftext/plain |
| dc.language.iso | English |
| dc.publisher | London, Trubner and Co. |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | 361.551 HUN-F |
| dc.subject | Famine, District accounts of Bengal, 1866, 1869, W.W. Hunter, Population, Agriculture, Outturn crops, Famine prices, British India |
| dc.type | Rare Book |
| dc.date.copyright | 1874 |
| DC Field | Value |
| dc.contributor.author | Hunter, W.W. |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2006-11-15T09:18:17Z 2018-05-31T01:12:02Z |
| dc.date.available | 2006-11-15T09:18:17Z 2018-05-31T01:12:02Z |
| dc.description | The author, a part of the Indian civil services, was engaged in the famine-stricken districts of Bengal in 1866. Initially, he could not find sufficient information about the calamity. In 1869, while collecting statistical accounts of Bengal, the author gathered credible evidence, researched thoroughly, and created this document to provide information on the famine aspects of forty districts of Bengal. These district accounts contain information on famine prices in 1866 (in some cases 1869), famine warning, means of transit, cultivated area and outturn of crops, agricultural population, cost of grains, labour population, and a summary of population estimates. |
| dc.date.issued | 1874 |
| dc.description.abstract | Famine system - Bengal Famine - History - Bengal - 1866 Agricultural population - Bengal Labouring population |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Delhi Superintendent Government of India |
| dc.format.extent | 8018520 bytes1832 bytes |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdfapplication/pdftext/plain |
| dc.language.iso | English |
| dc.publisher | London, Trubner and Co. |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | 361.551 HUN-F |
| dc.subject | Famine, District accounts of Bengal, 1866, 1869, W.W. Hunter, Population, Agriculture, Outturn crops, Famine prices, British India |
| dc.type | Rare Book |
| dc.date.copyright | 1874 |
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