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The terrible Bengal famine of 1770 killed about how many people?

AHalf a million
BTen million
COne million
DThirty million
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Ten million
1. About one-third of the population died. 2. Ten million people perished. 3. Artisans and peasants were already in crisis. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts III, Chapter 3, Ruling the Countryside._
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