TIL that during WWII, the British diverted so much Indian textile production that civilians raided graveyards for clothes. Some people couldn’t work because they didn’t have clothes; others locked ...

There was lots of famines before and after the Brits. It's just the Brits actually kept records about it, prior Indian rulers.

If you want an example of Brits causing a famine where there wasnt one, you just have to look at the Irish

Some scholars characterise the famine as anthropogenic (man-made), asserting that wartime colonial policies exacerbated the crisis. Others argue that the famine was the result of natural causes.

When your empire is so evil some call it "natural causes"

I'm showing this to anyone who says the Raj benefited India. I have met them before