Guntur famine also known as known locally as ''Dokkala Karuvu'' (only ribs are seen without any flesh) or ''Nandana karuvu'', ''pedda karuvu'', ''Dhatu karuvu'', ''Valasa Karuvu'', ''Musti karuvu'', ''Dobba Karuvu''. This has occurred in

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during 1832–1833 followed crop failure as well as excessive and uncertain levels of taxation on peasants by British

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famine A famine is a widespread scarcity of food, caused by several factors including war, natural disasters, crop failure, Demographic trap, population imbalance, widespread poverty, an Financial crisis, economic catastrophe or government policies. Th ...

has killed a third of the population 150,000 of 500,000 of

starvation Starvation is a severe deficiency in caloric energy intake, below the level needed to maintain an organism's life. It is the most extreme form of malnutrition. In humans, prolonged starvation can cause permanent organ damage and eventually, dea ...

, also 74,000 bullocks, 159,000 milk cattle, and 300,000 sheep and goats. The loss of revenue occasioned to Government during the following 15 years exceeded two and a half millions

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The famine of 1833 extended southwards to

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