छप्पनिया अकाल
राजस्थान या थार के इतिहास का सबसे भयंकर अकाल जो वर्ष 1898 में पड़ा.
विक्रमी संवत 1956 होने के कारण इसे छप्पनिया अकाल भी कहा जाता है. ऐसा माना जाता है कि इस अकाल में राजस्थान के दस लाख लोग भूख के कारण ही दम तोड़ गए. लोकगीतों व लोकजीवन में आज भी इस अकाल की भीषणता का वर्णन मिलता है.
Since the famine of 1899-1900 was in the Vikrami Samvat 1956, it is known as Chhappania Akal or Chhappania Kal. The El Niño year follow by El Niño+1 year in which the normal rainfalls are higher. The result was the famine was followed by epidemic , malaria & cholera and the severity of the famine was so bad that the tribals of Rajputana, Madhya Pradesh (central Provinces) , Gujarat (Bombay Presidency), Hissar and other places died in thousands. The tragedy is still sung in the folk songs of these areas. The famine relief in the British Provinces was organized by the Government of Lord Curzon and around 25% of the affected people were relieved as per the official figures, but the native princes of Rajputana and Gujarat who were autonomous failed to curb the death toll. The Government spent Rs. 170 Lakh and Rs. 130 Lakh in the famines of 1897 and 1900. This Chhappania Akal is the most widespread recorded in Indian history. Though, it was not as acute as the Orissa famine of 1866 or as fatal as the terrible Bengal famine of 1770, yet the progress of the media, invention and spread of Photography and the means of communication made it the most popular famine of India.http://www.gktoday.in/chhappania-akal-1899-1900/
MY great grand maa
my great grand ma used to distribute grains to the effected people during the famine time of chhappania-akal.
My great grand father was saahukar( money lender) and had lots of money. He was elected as president of आर्य समाज and donated a some of rs 100 in the year 1907.
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