What Happened to the Indian Potato Famines?

Bengal's hard currency ran out. The parts of india the company owned only had much silver and gold. This also meant that suddenly the company had no money, since they weren't willing to send silver over from india so they could just buy things. A torrent of famished and disease stricken wretches poured into the great cities at an early period of the year. Pestilence had broken out. In march, we find smallpox at the morchedabad. streets were blocked up with promiscuous heaps of the dying and dead. Even the dogs and jackals, the public scavengers of the east, became unable to accomplish their revolting work.