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Who was the Governor of Bengal during the Great Famine of 1770?

Solve this multiple-choice question and check the correct answer with its explanation below.

Answer options

  1. Robert Clive
  2. John Verelst
  3. John Cartier
  4. Warren Hastings

Correct answer and explanation

Correct answer: John Cartier

Explanation: āœ… Correct Answer: (C)John Cartier šŸ“š Explanation: John Cartier was the Governor of Bengal from 1769 to 1772, the period during which the catastrophic Great Famine of 1770 occurred. The famine killed approximately one-third of the population of Bengal. The famine was exacerbated by the East India Company's policies of high land revenue and the forced cultivation of commercial crops like indigo instead of food crops.