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After the devastating famine of 1770, which killed nearly 10 million people in regions of Bengal, Bihar and modern day Bangladesh, Warren Hastings, then Governor-General of India, ordered the construction of this beehive shaped structure for the purpose of storing grains for the British Army.[2] It was conceived and built by Captain John Garstin, an engineer with the East India Company,[3] and has a storage capacity of 140000 tons, it construction was completed on 20 July 1786.
A drive to improve the appearance of the structure was begun in 2002
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