The Famine Campaign in Southern India : Madras and Bombay Presidencies and Province of Mysore, 1876-1878 Volume 1st

Name : The Famine Campaign in Southern India : Madras and Bombay Presidencies and Province of Mysore, 1876-1878 Volume 1st

Author : William Digby

Book Format : Paperback

Genre : Reference

ISBN : 9788121297998

Language : English

Pages : 501-600 Pages

Publish Year : 2023

Publisher : Gyan Publishing House

About The Book : Digby was a Liberal who saw the famine in India of 1876–1878 first-hand and reviled the laissez-faire policies of the Famine Commission. Whilst preparations were being made for the proclamation of Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain as Empress of India, and whilst the ceremonies were actually in progress, 65,000 died of starvation and the diseases caused by insufficient nourishment, in the Madras Presidency alone. It was complained, however, that sufficient information was not available regarding the actual state of things in Madras; it was further not concealed that a good deal of dissatisfaction was felt with the manner in which the disaster had so far been grappled with in the Southern Presidency. The death-rate in the Madras districts from October to December had increased greatly, as the returns from the various distressed districts testified. About The Author : William Digby (1849 –1904) was a British author, journalist and humanitarian. He did his apprenticeship with the Isle of Ely and Wisbech Advertiser. He was employed at the Sussex Advertiser from 1864 to 1871. William Digby moved to the Indian subcontinent in 1871 and worked as a sub-editor in The Ceylon Observer and as the editor of The Madras Times in 1877. He also worked as the editor of the Liverpool and Southport Daily News in 1880 and that of the Plymouth Daily Western Mercury in 1879. He s

Country of Origin : India