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The Raj & the Freedom Struggle

Amartya Sen Watched the Bengal Famine of 1943 as a Boy, Argued the Rice Supply Had Barely Fallen, and Faced Critics Who Dispute the Harvest Figures and a Death Toll Put at 1.5 to 3 Million

Chittaprosad's Hungry Bengal Survives in One Copy, Zainul Abedin's Famine Drawings Reached London in 1948, and Ray's Distant Thunder Won the 1973 Golden Bear

The Raj & the Freedom Struggle

The Statesman of Calcutta Printed Photographs of Starving People From 22 August 1943 Under Wartime Press Rules, and the Government's Own Inquiry Later Called It a Public Service

The Raj & the Freedom Struggle

By November 1943 Bengal Had 6,625 Famine Kitchens, and Indian Relief Committees, the Ramakrishna Mission and an Army That Handled More Than 70,000 Tons of Grain Were Working Beside the Government

The Raj & the Freedom Struggle

Three Million Died in a Land That Had Enough Food: The Bengal Famine of 1943

The Raj & the Freedom Struggle

A Day After Amery Told the Commons Calcutta Rice Cost Six Times Its Pre-War Price, the War Cabinet Refused More Ships for Grain