Deccan famine of 1630–1632

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Deccan famine of 1630–1632
CountryMughal Empire Deccan sultanates, India
LocationDeccan Plateau, Khandesh and Gujarat
Period1630 - 1632
Excess mortality7.4 million
Preceded byDamajipant famine
Succeeded byDeccan in 1655, 1682 and 1884

The Deccan famine of 1630–1632 was a famine associated with a back-to-back crop failure.[1] The famine was the result of three consecutive staple crop failures.[citation needed] The main reasons were climate and plague, leading to intense hunger, disease, and displacement in the region.[citation needed] About three million people died in Gujarat in the ten months ending in October 1631 while another million died around Ahmednagar. The Dutch report gives an overall death toll of 7.4 million by late 1631, which might be for the whole region.[2]

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  1. ^ Ó Gráda, Cormac (March 2007). "Making Famine History". Journal of Economic Literature. 45 (1): 5–38. doi:10.1257/jel.45.1.5. hdl:10197/492. JSTOR 27646746. Well-known famines associated with back-to-back harvest failures include ... the Deccan famine of 1630–32
  2. ^ Winters, R.; Hume, J. P.; Leenstra, M. (2017). "A famine in Surat in 1631 and Dodos on Mauritius: A long lost manuscript rediscovered". Archives of Natural History. 44: 134. doi:10.3366/anh.2017.0422.
  • Ó Gráda, Cormac. (2007). "Making Famine History", Journal of Economic Literature, 65 (March 2007), pp. 5–38.

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