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Disasters with highest death tolls - Great Chinese Famine

Time: 1950s

Place: China

Details: The Great Chinese Famine (Chinese: 三年大饑荒, "three years of famine") was a period in the People's Republic of China between the years 1959 and 1961 characterized by widespread famine. The policies of ruler Mao Zedong contributed the most to the famine. Estimates of deaths due to starvation 15,000,000–43,000,000.

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