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    The Bengal famine of 1943 was a famine in the Bengal province of British India (present-day Bangladesh, West Bengal and eastern India) during World War...
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  • may refer to: Great Bengal famine of 1770 Bengal famine of 1873–1874 Bengal famine of 1943 Bangladesh famine of 1974 Famine in India This disambiguation...
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    Famine of 1876–1878. A poster envisioning the future of Bengal after the Bengal famine of 1943. Government famine relief Ahmedabad, c. 1901. "Famine in...
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    The Bengal famine of 1943-44 was a major famine in the Bengal province in British India during World War II. An estimated 2.1 million, out of a population...
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    famines, including the Bengal famine of 1770, the Chalisa famine, the Doji bara famine, the Great Famine of 1876–1878, and the Bengal famine of 1943....
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    Great Bengal famine of 1770 struck Bengal and Bihar between 1769 and 1770 and affected some 30 million people. It occurred during a period of dual governance...
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    Henan Famine of 1942–1943 (Chinese: 河南大饑荒) occurred in Henan, most particularly within the eastern and central part of the province. The famine occurred...
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    States. Bengal famine (disambiguation) Hunger in Bangladesh Rangan, Kasturi (13 November 1974). "Bangladesh Fears Thousands May Be Dead as Famine Spreads"...
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    The Bihar famine of 1873–1874 (also the Bengal famine of 1873–1874) was a famine in British India that followed a drought in the province of Bihar, the...
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  • Ian Stephens (editor) (category Alumni of King's College, Cambridge)
    photographs, in August 1943, of the Bengal famine of 1943, which claimed between 1.5 and 3 million lives. The publication of the images, along with Stephens'...
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    the 1943 Bengal famine. Controversially, it declined to blame the British government and emphasised the natural, rather than man-made, causes of the famine...
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    of rupees for famine relief in rural Bengal. The drama is about the Bengal famine of 1943 in which more than 2 million people died of starvation, malnutrition...
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    The first Partition of Bengal (1905) was a territorial reorganization of the Bengal Presidency implemented by the authorities of the British Raj. The reorganization...
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    British rule Company rule in India Famine in India Drought in India Great Famine (Ireland) Bengal famine of 1943 El Niño–Southern Oscillation Late Victorian...
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    neurological defects. Bengal famine of 1943 Chinese famine of 1942–1943 Effect of the Siege of Leningrad on the city Great Famine in German-occupied Greece...
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    in Satyajit Ray's Distant Thunder, a novel adaptation about the Bengal famine of 1943, which won the Golden Bear prize at the 23rd Berlin International...
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    by students. Bengal famine of 1943 Dutch famine of 1944–1945 Greek famine Holodomor Vietnam in World War II Chinese famine of 1942–1943 Charles Hirschman;...
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    Bangladesh has undergone several changes of government since the Proclamation of Independence in 1971. Between the first recorded uprising in August 1975...
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    Barisal as a result of the 1876 Bengal cyclone. The Bengal Presidency endured a vast famine between 1873 and 1874. The Bengal famine of 1943 killed an estimated...
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    known as the Permanent Settlement of Bengal, was an agreement between the East India Company and landlords of Bengal to fix revenues to be raised from...
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    history of West Bengal basically refers to the history of the western part of Bengal, located in the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent. Evidence of human...
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    2,615 dead and missing. Bengal famine of 1943 Cormac Ó Gráda (2007): "[E]stimates of mortality in [the Bengal famine of 1943] range from 0.8 million to...
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    to 10 million people died. The famines were ended by the 20th century with the exception of the Bengal famine of 1943 killing an estimated 2.1 million...
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    governor of the Mughal province of Bengal, taking advantage of the weakness of the declining Mughal Empire, declared the independence of Bengal and established...
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    of the newly formed state, although only four per cent of Pakistan's population spoke Urdu at that time. He mentioned that the people of East Bengal could...
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    British colony at the start of World War II. It was later invaded by Japanese forces and that contributed to the Bengal Famine of 1943. For the native Burmese...
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    of Bangladesh, initiated within the framework of the 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement. The sole demand of this movement was the resignation of Prime...
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    Bengal (Bengali: পূর্ব বাংলা/পূর্ববঙ্গ Purbô Bangla/Purbôbongo) was the eastern province of the Dominion of Pakistan, which covered the territory of modern-day...
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  • Viscount Wavell (from 1 October) National income - ₹69,247 million Bengal famine of 1943 3 February - Howrah Bridge in Calcutta commissioned. 10 February...
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    Bengal famine Droughts and famines in Russia and the Soviet Union Famine in India Famines in the Czech lands Famines in Ethiopia Great Bengal famine of...
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