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I have added mortality estimates sourced from Mike Davis' book in tabular form. Reading through edit histories, I found out Prof. Fowler's doesnt approve of adding anything from Davis work as Davis is not a scholar of famines. So i have not added any research/conclusions from Davis, only the
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estimates he is quoting from secondary sources (works of Digby, Seavoy and Maharatna). The estimate of around 5.5 million itself is from the 1907 gazetteer and David Fieldhouse's essay from cambridge illustrated history. The same 5.5 million estimate is also present in
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Yes, I am in the process of writing one, and on some earlier famines too (the Agra famine of 1838, and the Upper Doab famine of 1860-61). I got side tracked by a controversy on the Talk India page. Also, I had to create articles for
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I would contest the objectivity of the information of this article - it sounds to me like the author read the Marxist/nationalist literature on the topic but has ignored more recent economic analysis and revision.
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Really? What do you think Roy 2006 is? Marxist-nationalist? And, the Imperial Gazetteer of India? Marxist-nationalist? The article is still a stub. I'm staying away from much analysis at this point. OK?
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I noticed that you haven't done an article on the 1899-1900 famine. May I ask why this is so, or are you in the process of writing one?_Led125
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in order to adequately explain the Agra and Upper Doab famines. Thanks for asking.
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Hi Led125, I have now created (actually still under construction) a page for the
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If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the
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I think this article is brilliant. Well done Fowler.-Led125
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Talk:Great Famine of 1876–1878
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Archive 1
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171.66.61.196
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02:58, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
Fowler&fowler
«Talk»
14:50, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
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87.114.128.152
talk
20:29, 2 June 2008 (UTC)
Fowler&fowler
«Talk»
13:38, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
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87.112.230.206
talk
14:02, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
Ceded and Conquered Provinces
North-Western Provinces
Doab
Fowler&fowler
«Talk»
16:02, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
Indian famine of 1899–1900
Fowler&fowler

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