famine-stricken people

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• Famine in India — Owing to its almost entire dependence upon the monsoon rains, India is more liable than any other country in the world to crop failures, which upon occasion deepen into famine. [ [http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Famine Famine] , Encyclopaedia… …   Wikipedia

• Doji bara famine — Map of India (1795) shows the Northern Circars, Hyderabad (Nizam), Southern Maratha Kingdom, Gujarat, and Marwar (Southern Rajputana), all affected by the Doji bara famine. The Doji bara famine (also, Skull famine) of 1791 92 in South Asia was… …   Wikipedia

• Great Famine (Ireland) — The Great Famine ( ga. An Gorta Mór [The term has appeared in the titles of numerous books on the event, as demonstrated by [http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=%22Gorta+Mo%CC%81r%22 =Search qt=results page this search on WorldCat] ] or ga. An… …   Wikipedia

• Indian famine of 1896–1897 — The Indian famine of 1896–1897 was a famine that began in Bundelkhand, India, early in 1896 and spread to many parts of the country, including the United Provinces, the Central Provinces and Berar, Bihar, parts of the Bombay and Madras… …   Wikipedia

• Indian famine of 1899–1900 — [ British Indian Empire (1909), showing the different provinces and native states. The Central Provinces and Berar, Bombay Presidency, Ajmer Merwara, and the Hissar district of the Punjab were especially hard hit by the Indian famine of 1899… …   Wikipedia

• Rajputana famine of 1869 — The Rajputana famine of 1869 (also the Great Rajputana Famine, Bundelkhand and Upper Hindustan famine, Rajputana famine of 1868 70) affected an area of 296,000 square miles and a population of 44,500,000, primarily in the princely states of… …   Wikipedia

• 1984–1985 famine in Ethiopia — The 1984 1985 famine in Ethiopia were two famines that occurred simultaneously in Ethiopia, of which the northern is the most prominent. In the north, the insurgency of the Tigrayan People s Liberation Front and the government s counterinsurgency …   Wikipedia

• Allegations of Bahá'í involvement with other powers — Opponents of the Bahá í Faith have made accusations that the religion has been involved with other powers. During its early years, the Bahá í Faith and its predecessor, the Bábí religion, experienced growth in Persia. This growth caught the… …   Wikipedia

• Chandra Gupta — ▪ emperor of India also called  Chandra Gupta Maurya  or  Maurya        (reigned c. 321–c. 297 BCE), founder of the Mauryan dynasty (Mauryan empire) and the first emperor to unify most of India under one administration. Credited with saving the… …   Universalium

• Benedict XII —     Pope Benedict XII     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Benedict XII     (JACQUES FOURNIER)     Third of the Avignon popes, b. at Saverdun in the province of Toulouse, France, elected 20 December, 1334; d. at Avignon 24 April, 1342. Nothing is… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Pope Pelagius I — Infobox Pope English name=Pelagius I birth name=Pelagius term start=556 term end=March 4, 561 predecessor=Vigilius successor=John III birth date=??? birthplace=Rome, Italy dead=dead|death date=death date|561|3|4|mf=y deathplace=Rome, Italy… …   Wikipedia