Memories of the mid-1960s rice shortage in Tamil Nadu

The Hindu, in a news report on October 7, 1964, stated that “Thanjavur district, the ‘rice bowl’ of the Madras State [which was how the State was called then], has been experiencing very great difficulty for the last six weeks in meeting the local demands for rice and daily one can see long queues in every town and village in the district waiting for hours to get their daily quota.”  Read More

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