Indian and Pakistan Year Book and Who's whoSir Stanley Reed Bennett, Coleman., 1945 - India Issues for 1919-47 include Who's who in India; 1948, Who's who in India and Pakistan. |
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... Famine . India's history has been punctuated at fre- quent intervals by disastrous famines , the worst of which have killed millions of people and left wide tracts of country desolate . Famines may be said to arise when large groups of ...
... Famine . India's history has been punctuated at fre- quent intervals by disastrous famines , the worst of which have killed millions of people and left wide tracts of country desolate . Famines may be said to arise when large groups of ...
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... famine of 1896-97 . In that disaster 307,000 square miles were affected , with a popula- tion of 69,500,000 . The numbers relieved exceeded 4,000,000 at the time of greatest distress . The cost of famine relief was Rs . 7 crores ...
... famine of 1896-97 . In that disaster 307,000 square miles were affected , with a popula- tion of 69,500,000 . The numbers relieved exceeded 4,000,000 at the time of greatest distress . The cost of famine relief was Rs . 7 crores ...
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... famine was declared in 1921 after failure of the 1920 monsoon . In 1939 parts of the Punjab , Rajputana and Kathiawar suffered from famine and similar relief was organised . annually from general revenues . The first charge on the Grant ...
... famine was declared in 1921 after failure of the 1920 monsoon . In 1939 parts of the Punjab , Rajputana and Kathiawar suffered from famine and similar relief was organised . annually from general revenues . The first charge on the Grant ...
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Abdul acres administration agricultural Ahmedabad Ajmer-Merwara annual appointed Assam Assistant Asstt B.Sc banks Bar-at-Law Bengal Berar Bihar Board Bombay British India Burma Calcutta capital cent Central Government Central Provinces centres Chief City Civil co-operative College Commissioner Committee cotton Council crops crores dearness allowances Delhi Department Deputy Director District East elected employers Engineer established expenditure factories famine Frontier Fund Government of India Governor Hindu Hon'ble important Indian Army Industrial Planning Officer institutions irrigation Kathiawar Khan Bahadur Labour Lahore lakhs land Legislative LL.B loans Madras Maharaja Medical ment Mission Muhammad Muhammadan Rural Muslim Mysore Nagpur Nawab North North-West Frontier Province organised Orissa Police population port President Provincial Governments Public Punjab Railway Raja Rajputana Revenue Road Ruler rupees Sahib Sardar scheme schools Secretary Singh societies South square miles supply territory tion trade United Provinces village workers