The devastating story of the Bengal Famine of 1943 in British India, where at least three million people died, told for the first time by the eyewitnesses to it. The causes of the famine are many ...

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. The Bengal Famine of 1943 in ...

Between 1769 and 1770 a famine hit the Bengal region ... This was the first of several famines to hit India during British rule throughout the 1700s and 1800s. From 1757, the East India Company ...

OUT here in India our attention has been of late called ... for at this present moment the millions of Bengal are threatened with famine.

In 1838 there was terrible drought in Agra, which meant many crops and cattle died causing a famine. The East India Company and the British rulers did little to help with the relief and by the end ...

in the Central Province of India, right in the heart of the district which is being now devastated by famine. In his letter Mr. Mitchell says: View Full Article in Timesmachine » Advertisement ...

It was funded by India as a deterrent to potential conflict among its 550 princely states. Similarly, the British state subsidized Indian naval capability. Until World War I, army deployment ...

Between 1770 and 1943, India saw numerous famines, exacerbated by British policies, resulting in millions of deaths. The Bengal famine of 1943, for instance, killed an estimated 3 million people ...