How a Volcanic Eruption in Iceland caused terrible Famine in India leaving 11 million dead

Center of Laki Fissure in IcelandThe Chalisa famine of 1783-84 was one of the worst famine in India and the world.  It got its name Chalisa from the Vikram Samvat year 1840.  Over 11 million people died. The genesis of this famine lay in a volcanic eruption very far away