Madagaskar_sky comments on Bengal famine, Madras famine, Travancore famine, Wagon massacre, Jallianwala Bagh massacre and much more

[–] Madagaskar_sky@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 child)

Alright, I know everyone is busy fighting over the meme being AI, but can someone comment on that number of dead people? How are we coming to that number? Are we counting all the famines?

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[–] Simon_Shitewood@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago

It's calculated from excess mortality in census data - the full range given is 50 million to 165 million depending on how you calculate the baseline, but the top end is uncertain due to lack of census data from before Britain conquered India.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305750X22002169

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