Original sentence: It began in 1876 after an intense drought resulting in crop failure in the Deccan Plateau.The famine ultimately covered an area of  and caused distress to a population totalling 58,500,000
Edited sentence: It began in 1876 when the England Viceroy started exporting food grains at a record peak, despite an intense drought resulting in crop failure in the Deccan Plateau.The draught combined with inhumane exports of food grain created a great famine.The famine ultimately covered an area of  and caused distress to a population totaling 58,500,000