A man guards his family from the cannibals during The Madras famine of 1877 at the time of British Raj, India

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image showing A man guards his family from the cannibals during The Madras famine of 1877 at the time of British Raj, India

WoolenSquid on March 20th, 2019 at 21:51 UTC »

Unbelievable that he had managed to keep going to look after his family in that condition.

Alantuktuk on March 20th, 2019 at 23:08 UTC »

“There are only nine meals between mankind and anarchy.”

Alfred Henry Lewis

TooShiftyForYou on March 20th, 2019 at 23:23 UTC »

The famine caused distress to over 58 million people with more than 5 million dying as a result.