Explanation:

It was one of the biggest famines to ever take place in British India.Bengal's economy was predominantly agrarian. For at least a decade before the crisis, between half and three quarters of those dependent on agriculture were already at near subsistence level.Underlying causes of the famine included inefficient agricultural practices, dense population, and de-peasantisation through debt bondage and land grabbing.
An estimated 2.1 million people died in the famine, the deaths occurring first from starvation and then from diseases, which included cholera, malaria, smallpox, dysentery, and kala-azar.Other factors, such as malnutrition, population displacement, unsanitary conditions, and lack of health care, further increased disease fatalities.