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VOL. 3, ISSUE 1 (2021)
A century of disasters; famine, earthquake and floods in late nineteenth century
Authors
Shahid Nabi Wani
Abstract
The history of Kashmir is full of disasters in the shape of floods, famines, fires, epidemics and earthquakes. In the late nineteenth century within a short time period of 17 years three massive disasters occurred which put both a long term as well a short term impact on the history of Kashmir. The present paper looks into the primary sources of the said period to find out the course of the; famine of 1877-78, the earthquake of 1885 and flood of 1893. It then focus on the impact of these disasters on the Kashmir; the lives lost and the economic impact of these disasters in the shape of damage to structures, cattle wealth, revenue loss. It then focusses on the response of the state viz a viz these disasters. Finally the researcher looks in what ways these contributed positively in the history of Kashmir i.e. how the loss caused by these disasters made State to take concrete steps to contain the damage that might be caused by the recurrence of similar events.
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Pages:56-59
How to cite this article:
Shahid Nabi Wani "A century of disasters; famine, earthquake and floods in late nineteenth century ". International Journal of Social Science and Humanities, Vol 3, Issue 1, 2021, Pages 56-59
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