On the record
That about the year 1770 the provinces of Bengal and Bahar were visited with a dreadful famine and mortality, by which at least one third of the inhabitants perished.
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Edmund Burke
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Burke recounts the devastating impact of a famine in Bengal, highlighting the severe loss of life during that period.
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