This was the staple rubbee crop in these regions, | and its success was mainly dependent on the river Ganges | overflowing its banks, but on this occasion the usual | inundations did not occur.”—Danvers, 1877. | 1831-32 | India. Scarcity in Poona and the Mahratta country, | producing considerable distress, but hardly a famine. | 1832-34 | India. Famine in some of the north-west provinces. “It is | said that not a single shower of rain fell in Ajmir in | 1832. In the following year the drought was most severely | felt in Bundelkhand, and in the southern pergunnahs of | Cawnpore; but in the pergunnahs bordering on the Ganges, | the rubbee was good owing to the facilities for | irrigation.”—Danvers, 1877. | 1833 | India. Famine in the Guntoor and other districts in the | Madras Presidency; about 200,000 perished. Mr. Danvers | says, “this was the most serious famine which has | occurred since the British occupation, and from the | fearful loss of life which took place in the Guntoor | district on this occasion, the scarcity became generally | known as the ‘Guntoor Famine.’” | 1833-35 | India. Famine in Madras Presidency. “In 1834 rain fell | copiously in Kach; grain was sown and came up well; but | locusts appeared and destroyed all the crops and grass as | well as the trees. In Ahmedabad there was excessive rain | the same year, which rendered cultivation impossible, and | locusts also appeared in great quantities. In Broach the | famine of 1835 was also caused by excessive rain, which | destroyed the spring crops, whilst the winter crops were | also burnt up by intense cold. In the other districts | named, the scarcity appears to have been caused by | failure of crops owing to drought.”—Danvers, 1877. | 1837-38 | India. Famine in north-west provinces, resulting from a | general failure of rain. This was also felt in the lower | provinces: for in Calcutta it is said the tanks were | empty. Lord Auckland wrote in January 1838: “The fall in | the usual season of the rains last year was unusually | late and scanty; and an absolute drought has followed up | to the present time.” | 1838-39 | India. Great scarcity and considerable distress, caused by | failure of rains in Surat and other districts in the | Bombay Presidency. Large numbers of people left these | provinces in search of food elsewhere. | 1853-54 | India. Great scarcity in the Bellary district (Madras | Presidency).