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Originally Posted by afc wimbledon
Between 1769 and independance there were easily 15 to 20 million deaths from famine in India, realistically there would have been regardless of who was in charge, none the less imperial rule there and in Ireland didn't help much.
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Comparing famine deaths in India to what happened in the Ukraine is comparing apples and oranges. Yes they were both famines but one was manmade and easily preventable and they other was simply a case of lack of food production due to some disaster.
The British simply did not have the technology or the production potential to stop what happened and continued to happen even after independence. Heck there was 14 or so famines from they 11-17th century during the Mogul Empire.
1943 1.5 million died
1960 another 1.5 million died. I know they were 2 or so famine in the 70's. Have no idea how many died then.