The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c7.s9.161

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The famine of 1802-3, which was so devastating in some parts, appears to have been very partial in the Konkan, as one of the chief causes was absent, the ravages of Holkar. The influx of starving people from the Dakhan is mentioned as causing much of the scarcity in the Northern Konkan and Kolába. In the latter district many deaths are said to have occurred, and the same is stated of the Khed petha, the most rugged of the whole Konkan and the most easily affected by famine. The Málvan district is said also to have suffered severely, and here the ravages of war no doubt assisted the famine. But on the whole it is doubtful if any villages were deserted or depopulated.¹