What the records say
- When
- 1860 – 1861
- Kind
- Famine
- Coordinates
- 25.42° N, 81.88° E
- Description
- famine in India
- Deaths
- 2000000
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Upper Doab famine of 1860–1861
Famine in India
The Doab famine of 1860–1861 was a famine in India that affected the Ganga-Yamuna Doab in the North-Western Provinces, large parts of Rohilkhand and Awadh, the Delhi and Hissar divisions of the Punjab, all in British India, then under Crown rule, and the eastern regions of the princely states of Rajputana. Up to 2 million people are thought to have perished in the famine.
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