Famines and Famine Relief:An Andhra Zamindari in 19thCentury

About the Book:- The 19th Century India provides interesting vistas for assessing the nature of the British colonial rule in the country and the Famine relief policies of the government amply reflect its apathy towards the natives. The present book, Famines and famine Relief: An Andhra Zamindari in 19th Century, is about the numerous scarcities and famines that visited Punganur Zamindari from 1800 when the area came under the British control, up to 1900, when the last of the severe famines was recorded.The famines which occurred in Punganur present certain unique features both in their severity and also in the manner the relief was provided. During the early phases of the famines, a large number of ryots were forced to abandon their lands and leave the villages in search of a living. The starving people ate even the leaves and roots to keep the body and soul together. The Famine of 1891 marked the scarcity of not only food grains, but also fodder and water. As a result, cattle perished in large number. A new phenomenon that could be discerned in the 1896 famine was that the ryots started selling land at distress rates to the moneylenders and traders. There were also cases of migration of the Punganur ryots to places like Kolar Gold Fields and even far off Natal, in South Africa.While the relief works undertaken by the Zamindar were mostly related to the improvement of irrigational works, the government's relief revolved around the laying of roads for the provision of transport facilities. Besides, there were also certain concessions shown by the government to the Zamindar with the hope that those concessions would ultimately percolate to the ryots. About the Author :- Professor K.S.S. Seshan is former Head of the Department of History, University of Hyderabad. Earlier, he taught History at Besant Theosophical College, Madanapalle, in Andhra Pradesh. He was also for some time associated with Assam Central University, Silchar, where he was the founder Head, Department of History. He has guided a large number of Ph.D and M.Phil scholars during the course of his long teaching career. He has visited a number of Universities like Oxford, Glasgow, Swansea (Wales),Manchester and Edinburgh in United Kingdom, where he participated in Seminars/ gave invited-lectures. His biographical details are featured in “Reference Asia, Vol. IX, Asia's Who is Who, Refacimento International, 1995.Prof. K.S.S. Seshan's earlier books, Early Anti-British Revolts in Andhra,1766-1857, British Role in Rural Economy (1989), Hyderabad-400 (ed) (1991) and Tipu Sultan of Mysore (2000 NBT) are popular. He contributes articles to The Hindu (Chennai) and Deccan Herald (Bangalore) and State Times, (Jammu) on historical aspects.Prof. Seshan is connected with a number of History Associations in the country. He was the Sectional President at the 79th Annual Session of Indian History Congress, held at Bhopal in February, 2019. He served earlier as the treasurer, joint secretary and as Executive Committee member of the Indian History Congress, the highest body of professional historians in India. CONTENTS:- Foreword . 7Preface .9Acknowledgements .15I. Introduction .19II. Historical Background . 25III. Land Tenures and Revenue Settlements . 33IV. Agricultural Practices .67V. Famines During Early Phase: 1800-1860 . 85VI. Famines During 1860-1870 .93VII. The Great Famine: 1876-78 .103VIII. The Famines During 1891-1901 .133IX. Conclusions .163Bibliography . 171Appendices . 181Index . 195 The Title 'Famines and Famine Relief:An Andhra Zamindari in 19thCentury written/authored/edited by K.S.S. Seshan', published in the year 2020. The ISBN 9788121219945 is assigned to the Hardcover version of this title. This book has total of pp. 204 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is Sociology. Size of the book is 14.34 x 22.59 cms Vol:-