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The '''''Doji bara'' famine''' (also '''Skull famine''') of 1791–1792 in the [[Maratha confederacy|Maratha Confederacy]] and [[Hyderabad State|Hyderabad]] was brought on by a major [[El Niño]] event lasting from 1789–1795 and producing prolonged droughts.<ref>{{Harvnb|Grove|2007|p=80}}</ref> Recorded by William Roxburgh, a surgeon with the [[British East India Company]], in a series of pioneering meteorological observations, the El Niño event caused the failure of the South Asian monsoon for four consecutive years starting in 1789.<ref name=grove-elnino-81>{{Harvnb|Grove|2007|p=81}}</ref> | The '''''Doji bara'' famine''' (also '''Skull famine''') of 1791–1792 in the [[Maratha confederacy|Maratha Confederacy]] and [[Hyderabad State|Hyderabad]] was brought on by a major [[El Niño]] event lasting from 1789–1795 and producing prolonged droughts.<ref>{{Harvnb|Grove|2007|p=80}}</ref> Recorded by William Roxburgh, a surgeon with the [[British East India Company]], in a series of pioneering meteorological observations, the El Niño event caused the failure of the South Asian monsoon for four consecutive years starting in 1789.<ref name=grove-elnino-81>{{Harvnb|Grove|2007|p=81}}</ref> | ||