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A fact from Bihar famine of 1873–1874 appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 24 May 2008, and was viewed approximately 692 times (disclaimer) (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that the famine of 1873–74 in Bihar, India was less severe than had originally been anticipated, and 100,000 tons of grain was left unused at the end of the relief efforts?
Latest comment: 16 years ago2 comments2 people in discussion
This is a very nice article and does seem to be very good referenced. But I am not able to check the pages for most of the citations. These website either need some kind of subscription to view the pages. In such scenario how can we check the facts? --gppande«talk»07:21, 20 May 2008 (UTC)Reply
Yeah, that is a problem with most journal papers (you either have to subscribe or belong to an institution that does). What specific facts are you doubtful about? (I can provide the exact quotes.) Fowler&fowler«Talk»15:07, 21 May 2008 (UTC)Reply
Latest comment: 13 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion
How important was road construction etc.? The Times reported on 8 December 1873 (p. 5, col. a) that "1000 labourers [were] employed on the relief works." 1000 isn't that big a number, given the number of people in India... Ed[talk][majestic titan]03:17, 11 April 2011 (UTC)Reply
