----- Original Message ----- From: <Haztwin@aol.com> To: <india-british-raj@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ] Late Victorian Holocausts: The IndianFamines > Erm, excuse me - But weren't there terrible famines in India long before > the > advent of the 'colonial' rulers'? And I don't think many 'rich' > Indians - > like Ma\harajahs - did much to alleviate the suffering of their poorer > brothers and sisters. Hazel Craig I think you mean that there were famines in the Indian sub-continent - made up of self-governing territorial states. There was no nation of 'India' before the British 'colonialists'. I wonder how many years would have passed (otherwise)before the sub-continent became a unified nation? Please correct me if I am mistaken. I have long asked the question and mean no offence. Wishes S. Stewart