While it wouldn't be wise to attribute all those deaths to the British Empire, it's important to note that British agricultural practices led to widespread fami

While it wouldn't be wise to attribute all those deaths to the British Empire, it's important to note that British agricultural practices led to widespread famines and crop-failures. Diversion of food crop land to grow Opium and Indigo led to famines[1]. And the risk of crop-failures was often beared by the cultivator[2]. 1. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irrigation_in_India#History https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irrigation_in_India#History 2. http://barrett.dyson.cornell.edu/NEUDC/paper_364.pdf http://barrett.dyson.cornell.edu/NEUDC/paper_364.pdf