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Great Bengal famine of 1770 occured in the period of _____.

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Robert Clive
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Henry Vansittart
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John Cartier
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Warren Hastings
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The correct option is D Warren Hastings

The Great Bengal Famine of 1770 was a famine between 1769 and 1773 that affected the lower Gangetic plain of India. The famine is estimated to have caused the deaths of 10 million people. The famine is usually attributed to the rule of the British East India Company.


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