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| The '''Bihar famine of 1966–1967''' was a famine in [[Bihar]] and eastern [[Uttar Pradesh]].<ref>{{Cite journal|url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/4398553|title=Bihar Famine, 1966-67 and Maharashtra Drought, 1970-73: The Demographic Consequences|author1=Dyson, Tim|author2=Maharatna, Arup|year=1992|journal=Economic and Political Weekly|volume=27|issue=26|pages=1325-1332|via=JSTOR}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/2055843|title=The Political Uses of Crisis: The Bihar Famine of 1966-1967|author=Brass, Paul R.|year=1986|journal=The Journal of Asian Studies|volume=45|issue=2|pages=245-267|via=JSTOR|doi=10.2307/2055843}}</ref> The official death toll from starvation in the Bihar drought was 2353, roughly half of which occurred in the state of Bihar.{{sfn|Drèze|Sen|1991|p=59}}
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| The annual production of [[food grains]] had dropped in Bihar from 7.5 million tonnes in 1965–1966 to 7.2 million tonnes in 1966–1967 during the Bihar drought. There was an even sharper drop in 1966–1967 to 4.3 million tonnes. The national grain production dropped from 89.4 million tonnes in 1964–1965 to 72.3 in 1965–1966 — a 19% drop. The rise in prices of food grains caused [[Human migration|migration]] and [[starvation]], but the public distribution system, relief measures by the [[Government of India|government]], and voluntary organizations limited the impact.{{sfn|American Association for the Advancement of Science|Indian National Science Academy|International Rice Research Institute|Indian Council of Agricultural Research|1989|pp=378–9}} On a number of occasions, the Indian-government sought food and grain from the United States to provide replacement for damaged crops, however [[Food for Peace|US food aid]] was limited by [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] in retaliation for Indian criticism on the US's role in the [[Vietnam War]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Brass|first=Paul R.|date=February 1986|title=The Political Uses of Crisis: The Bihar Famine of 1966–1967|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-asian-studies/article/political-uses-of-crisis-the-bihar-famine-of-19661967/49C07025CC6CEA86468CEC438257EF5C|journal=The Journal of Asian Studies|language=en|volume=45|issue=2|pages=245–267|doi=10.2307/2055843|jstor=2055843|issn=1752-0401}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Milestones: 1961–1968 - Office of the Historian|url=https://history.state.gov/milestones/1961-1968/pl-480|access-date=2020-11-27|website=history.state.gov}}</ref>
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| == See also ==
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| *[[Deccan famine of 1630–1632]]
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| *[[Famine in India]]
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| *[[Bihar famine of 1873–1874]]
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