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| Picture No | 12284724 |
| Date | 1897 |
| Description | Famine in India, obtaining food from Bunniahs' shops |
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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.
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| Source | Illustration by F. C. Dickinson from sketches by Lieutenant C. De W. Crookshank in The Graphic, 27 February 1897 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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