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 ...

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 ...

This was such an extraordinary achievement on the part of the writer that ultimately, when I got to the end of the book, I ...

East Bengal Club has expressed serious concern over ... beside the affected people be it the sufferers of the 1943 Bengal famine to Ayla and most recently the Covid 19 pandemic." ...

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 ...

Here is a look at famine, a severe and prolonged hunger in a significant portion of a region or country’s population that results in malnutrition and death by starvation and disease. To assess a ...