Famine in India, obtaining food from Bunniahs shops
The famine in India: starving natives obtaining food from the bunniahs (grain sellers) shops in a bazaar. Often grain was sold for the whole of a man's salary as people were often in debt to the bunniahs due to scarcity of employment
Picture No
12284724
Media ID
46127591
Size
3558px x 4864px
(5.9MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Illustration by F. C. Dickinson from sketches by Lieutenant C. De W. Crookshank in The Graphic, 27 February 1897
Date
1897
