The Bengal famine of 1943 killed more than three million people in eastern India. It was one of the worst losses of civilian life on the Allied side in World War Two. There is no memorial ...

it was a British government-made famine,” Patnaik said, noting that around 10 million people—one-third of Bengal’s population—died due to the economic policies designed to maximise British ...

Famine had long been a part of life in Bengal, but the one that began in the late 1760’s was turned into a full blown humanitarian disaster by the East India Company. It’s hard to come to ...

After more than three million died of starvation, malaria and other diseases related to malnutrition during the Bengal famine of 1943, in India, an Australian man, made attempts to ameliorate the ...

The forgotten story of World War II: the Bengal famine in British India, where at least three million people died, told for the first time by the eyewitnesses to it. "Three million is great radio ...

In the aftermath of the Great Bengal Famine of 1770, the textile-makers were among the most affected. Figures available for this date suggest how severely the famine affected the rearers of silkworms, ...

His Famine Sketches depict the devastating effects of the 1943 Bengal famine. The series brought the plight of the starving millions to public attention, and is considered one of the greatest ...

In West Bengal, photography flourished as a dynamic art form painting a rich picture of urban life. But in Bangladesh, the ...