What the records say
- When
- 1783 – 1784
- Kind
- Famine
- Coordinates
- 22.80° N, 83.00° E
- Description
- famine in North India in 1783-1784
- Date from
- year in its Wikidata description
Placed at the country: the source names no closer place.
Chalisa famine
Famine in North India in 1783–1784
The Chalisa famine of 1783–1784 in the Indian subcontinent followed unusual El Niño events that began in 1780 and caused droughts throughout the region. Chalisa refers to the Vikram Samvat calendar year 1840 (1783). The famine affected many parts of North India, especially the Delhi territories, present-day Uttar Pradesh, Eastern and Western Punjab, Rajputana, and Kashmir, then all ruled by different Indian rulers.
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