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| Picture No | 12284726 |
| Date | 1897 |
| Description | Famine in India, 1897 |
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Sketches recording the famine in India in 1897. Top picture shows Nepaulese authorities stopping Bengal traders from smuggling grain across the border by breaking up their cart and confiscated cattle. Bottom left picture shows starving women searching for water crabs to feed their families. Bottom right image depicts an emaciated corpse, witnessed by the correspondent for The Graphic, Lionel James.
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| Source | Illustration by C. J. Staniland in The Graphic, 27 March 1897 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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