British India: Consequences of the Rebellion (Famine)

Question 1

What role did Richard Temple gain in 1874?

Answer 1

Lieutenant- governor of Bengal Presidency

Question 2

Who became Lieutenant- governor of Bengal Presidency in 1874?

Answer 2

Richard Temple

Question 3

What did Richard temple do during the famine of 1874?

Answer 3

Imported half a million tons of rice from Burma bringing substantial relief to the starving

Question 4

Who Imported half a million tons of rice from Burma bringing substantial relief to the starving during the 1874 famine?

Answer 4

Richard Temple

Question 5

During what famine did Richard Temple bring half a million tons of rice from Bruma, bringing famine to the starving?

Answer 5

Famine of 1874

Question 6

What policy did the British government maintain?

Answer 6

Committed to the laissez faire

Castigated (insulted) Temple for interfering with the working of the markets

Question 7

Who castigated Temple for interfering in the 1874 famine? And Why?

Answer 7

The British government because they believed that he was interfering with the workings of the market

Question 8

What were the weather conditions like?

Answer 8

Drought and searing heat wave

Question 9

How many people were affected as a result of the drought and the searing heat wave?

Answer 9

330 million people across the country

Question 10

What weather condition affected 330 million people?

Answer 10

Drought sand searing heat wave

Question 11

When was the Orissa famine?

Answer 11

1866

Question 12

What happened in 1866?

Answer 12

Orissa famine

Question 13

How many people died as a result of the Orissa famine?

Answer 13

Killed over a million people in eastern India

Question 14

What killed over a million Indians in Eastern India in 1866?

Answer 14

Orissa famine

Question 15

What fraction of people in the Orissa state perished?

Answer 15

One out of every three

Question 16

What sector did the East India company push people in

Answer 16

Agriculture through killing the textile industry

Question 17

What was the impact of the East India pushing people into the agricultural sector?

Answer 17

Indians became more dependent on the whims of seasonal monsoons

Question 18

Why were Indians more dependent on seasonal monsoons?

Answer 18

East India company had pushed them into agriculture through killling the textile industry

Question 19

What was the impact of the east India company killing the textile industry?

Answer 19

Pushed people into agriculture

Question 20

What principles did the government follow?

Answer 20

Malthusian principles, which stated that famines were nature’s response to over population

Question 21

What were the Malthusian principles?

Answer 21

Stated that famines were nature’s response to over population

Question 22

What was the British response to the famine?

Answer 22

Nothing because they didn’t want to tamper with economics

Question 23

What did Beadon do?

Answer 23

Deserted his emancipated subjects in Orissa and returned to Kolkata (Calcutta) and busied himself with privately funded relief efforts

Question 24

What happened to British officers in Cutttack?

Answer 24

They were starving

Question 25

What happened in Puri?

Answer 25

Trenches were built to hide the dead bodies

Question 26

When beadon attempted to import rice, what hindered this?

Answer 26

Over abundant monsoon

Flooding

Question 27

What did the Orissa famine show to the western educated Indians?

Answer 27

British rule was improvising India

Question 28

What did the Orissa famine promote?

Answer 28

Early nationalists, Dadabhai Naoroji to begin a life long investigation into Indian poverty

Question 29

By early 1867, what was Naoroji drawing out?

Answer 29

Drain theory that British were enriching themselves through sucking the lifeblood out of India

Question 30

What was the drain theory?

Answer 30

Theory by Naoroji in early 1867 that British were enriching themselves through sucking the lifeblood out of India

Question 31

What happened between 1860-61?

Answer 31

Upper Doab famine

Question 32

When was the Upper Doab famine

Answer 32

1860-61

Question 33

How many people died as a result of the Upper Doab famine between 1860-61?

Answer 33

2 million

Question 34

What caused 2 million people to die during 1860-61?

Answer 34

Upper Doab Famine

Question 35

What happened between 1865-1867?

Answer 35

Orissa famine

Question 36

When was the Orissa famine?

Answer 36

1865-67

Question 37

How many people died as a result of the 1865-67 Orissa famine?

Answer 37

1 million

Question 38

What caused 1 million deaths between 1865-67?

Answer 38

Orissa famine

Question 39

When was the Rajputana famine?

Answer 39

Between 1868-70

Question 40

What happened between 1868-70?

Answer 40

Rajputana famine

Question 41

How many people died as a result of the 1868-70 Rajputana famine

Answer 41

1.5 million

Question 42

What caused 1.5 million people to die between 1868-70?

Answer 42

Rajputana famine

Question 43

What happened between 1873-74?

Answer 43

Bihar famine

Question 44

When did the Bihar famine happen?

Answer 44

1873-74

Question 45

How many people died as a result of the Bihar famine between 1873-74?

Answer 45

0 million people

Question 46

How come 0 million people died in the 1873-74 Bihar famine?

Answer 46

Extensive relief organised by the Bengal government

Question 47

When did the great famine happen?

Answer 47

1876-78

Question 48

What happened between 1876-78?

Answer 48

Great Famine/ Southern India famine

Question 49

What was the great famine also known as?

Answer 49

Southern Indian famine

Question 50

How many people died as a result of the great famine between 1876-78?

Answer 50

5.5 million in British territory

Question 51

How come 5.5 people died between 1876-78?

Answer 51

Great famine/ Southern India famine

Question 52

In the great famine (1876-78), where did the 5.5 million people die?

Answer 52

British territory