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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 II.An estimated 800,000–3.8 million people died, [A] in the Bengal region (present-day Bangladesh and West Bengal), from starvation, malaria and other diseases aggravated by malnutrition, population displacement, unsanitary conditions, poor ...
The Bengali name Chiẏāttôrer mônnôntôr is derived from Bengali calendar year 1176 and the Bengali word meaning famine. [a]The regions in which the famine occurred affected the modern Indian states of Bihar and West Bengal in particular, but the famine also extended into Orissa and Jharkhand as well as modern Bangladesh.
The first major famine of the 20th century was the Bengal famine of 1943, which affected the Bengal region during wartime; it was one of the major South Asian famines in which anywhere between 1.5 million and 3 million people died. [9] The era is significant also because it is the first period for which there is systematic documentation. [10]
Great Bengal famine of 1770; Bengal famine of 1873–1874; Bengal famine of 1943; Bangladesh famine of 1974; See also. Famine in India This page was last edited on 21 ...
The Bengal famine of 1943 was the last catastrophic famine in India, and it holds a special place in the historiography of famine due to Sen's classic work of 1981 titled Poverty and Famines: An Essay on Entitlement and Deprivation whose accuracy and analysis has however been hotly contested by experts in the field.
The Bengal famine of 1943-44 was a major famine in the Bengal province [A] in British India during World War II.An estimated 2.1 million, [B] out of a population of 60.3 million, [2] died from starvation, malaria and other diseases aggravated by malnutrition, population displacement, unsanitary conditions, and lack of health care.
The Bengal famine of 1943 occurred during World War II and caused the death of an estimated 2.1–3 million people. Partition of Bengal (1947) The partition of Bengal ...
The timeline of major famines in India prior to 1765 covers major famines recorded in India between 1900 BC and 1765 AD.The famines included here span the entirety of the Indian subcontinent, currently comprising the Republic of India, Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the People's Republic of Bangladesh.