.... not to mention that this event happened in bangladesh, not india
1769-1770 -
Great Bengal Famine Bihar, Northern and Central Bengal - deaths -10 million(about one third of the then population of Bengal)
1782–83
Madras city and surrounding areas
Kingdom of Mysore
1783–84
Chalisa famineDelhi,
Western Oudh, Eastern
Punjab region,
Rajputana, and
KashmirSevere famine. Large areas were depopulated. - Up to 11 million people may have died during the years 1782–84.
1791–92
Doji bara famine or
Skull famine Hyderabad,
Southern Maratha country,
Deccan,
Gujarat, and
Marwar One of the most severe famines known. People died in such numbers that they could not be cremated or buried. It is thought that 11 million people may have died during the years 1788–94.
1837–38
Agra famine of 1837–38 Central
Doab and trans-
Jumna districts of the
North-Western Provinces (later
Agra Province), including
Delhi and
Hissar deaths:800,000.
1860–61
Upper Doab famine of 1860–61 Upper Doab of Agra; Delhi and Hissar divisions of the PunjabEastern Rajputana - 2 million.
1865–67
Orissa famine of 1866 Orissa (also 1867) and Bihar; Bellary and Ganjam districts of Madras 1 million (814,469 in Orissa, 135,676 in Bihar and 10,898 in Ganjam)
1868–70
Rajputana famine of 1869 Ajmer, Western Agra, Eastern Punjab Rajputana -1.5 million (mostly in the princely states of Rajputana)
1873–74
Bihar famine of 1873–74 Bihar An extensive relief effort was organized by the
Bengal government. There were little to none significant mortalities during the famine.
1876–78
Great Famine of 1876–78 (also
Southern India famine of 1876–78)Madras and BombayMysore and Hyderabad5.5 million in British territory.
[6] Mortality unknown for princely states. Total famine mortality estimates vary from 6.1 to 10.3 million.
1888–89
Ganjam, Orissa and North Bihar150,000 deaths in Ganjam. Deaths were due to starvation as famine relief was not provided in time.
1896–97
Indian famine of 1896–97 Madras, Bombay Deccan, Bengal, United Provinces, Central ProvincesNorthern and eastern Rajputana, parts of Central India and Hyderabad5 million in British territory.
1899–1900
Indian famine of 1899–1900 Bombay, Central Provinces, Berar, AjmerHyderabad, Rajputana, Central India, Baroda, Kathiawar, Cutch,1 million (in British territories). Mortality unknown for princely states.
1905–06 Bombay
Bundelkhand 235,062 in Bombay (of which 28,369 attributed to Cholera). Mortality unknown for Bundelkhand.
1943–44
Bengal famine of 1943 Bengal 1.5 million from starvation; 3.5 million including deaths from epidemics.
Timeline of major famines in India during British rule - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
As you can see they were all over India.