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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 ...
Churchill's Secret War: The British Empire and the Ravaging of India during World War II is a book by Madhusree Mukerjee about the Bengal famine of 1943 during the period of British rule in India. It was published in August 2010 by Basic Books of New York, and later that month by Tranquebar Press of Chennai. [ 1 ]
In 2010, Madhusree Mukerjee wrote Churchill's Secret War which discussed about the possible role Churchill played in the Bengal famine. [88] By the mid-2010s, there had been increase in discussion of the topic and several media outlets questioned whether there would be a reassessment of Churchill's legacy.
In his near 70-year career, faced controversy and criticism around his views on race, his approach during the 1943 Bengal Famine, the Irish War of Independence, and for his reputation as being ...
It has been estimated between 1.5 and 4 million people died during the Bengal famine of 1943, despite the fact that food stocks continued to be produced and shipped out of the Indian subcontinent to Europe. [27] [28] Cherwell and Churchill's policies contributed heavily to the severity of the famine. [29]
Churchill responded by appointing Earl Wavell as Viceroy on 1 October 1943 and ordering the military under Wavell's direction to transport aid into Bengal. [76] The combination of relief transports and a successfully harvested winter rice crop eased the famine in December 1943.
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]
[4] In Current Affairs, Alex Skopic commended the book for calling more attention to Churchill's broader political career than simply to his actions during the Second World War, which "allows Ali to place Churchill in a more complete world-historical context", giving special commendation to the chapters on the Bengal famine of 1943 and the Mau ...