Great Bikaner Famine(1899 – 1900)
The catastrophic famine of 1899–1900 devastated Bikaner State; Maharaja Ganga Singh's relief operations became a model for princely state humanitarian response.
Participants
- Maharaja Ganga Singh
- Ruling Maharaja who organised famine relief and resolved to end drought through irrigation
Theatres
- Delhi
Imperial Court (decree issued)
Facts at a glance
- Start
- End
- Tags
- famine, Bikaner, Ganga Singh, 1899, disaster, relief, desert, Rajasthan
Significance · NATIONAL
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