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After independence in 1971, Bangladesh's economy faced a crisis. According to Time magazine: [2]. In the aftermath of the Pakistani army's rampage last March, a special team of inspectors from the World Bank observed that some cities looked "like the morning after a nuclear attack."
This list of wars by death toll includes all deaths directly or indirectly caused by the deadliest wars in history. These numbers encompass the deaths of military personnel resulting directly from battles or other wartime actions, as well as wartime or war-related civilian deaths, often caused by war-induced epidemics , famines , or genocides .
Deaths Date Notes Ref. Bangladesh famine of 1974: Famine: 1970 Bhola cyclone: Cyclone: Bhola: 500,000+ 12 November 1970: Entire coast of Bangladesh (then called East Pakistan) Cyclone: Bengal 200,000+ 1897 A cyclone with a storm-surge of 12.2 metres (40 ft) hit Meghna River estuary near Chittagong, Barisal, and Noakhali. Casualty is about 200,000.
Famine during the War in Darfur: Sudan: 200,000: 2004–2005 Twelfth Kere: Madagascar: 2005–2006: 2005–2006 Niger food crisis. At least three million were affected in Niger and 10 million throughout West Africa [169] [170] [171] Niger and West Africa: 2009–2013 Thirteenth Kere: Madagascar: 2011–2012: Famine in Somalia, brought on by the ...
The year 1974 was the third year after the independence of Bangladesh. It was also the third year of the first post-independence government in Bangladesh. The year saw a period of mass starvation beginning in March 1974 and ending in about December of the same year. The famine, allegedly causing death of a million people, is considered the ...
The war in Ukraine is not the first to contribute to famine. One of modern history's most noted examples also involved Russia and Ukraine How a Post-War Famine in Russia and Ukraine Shaped the ...
The internet has been shut down and mobile services severely disrupted in Bangladesh amid student protests that began earlier this week. ... government jobs for relatives of 1971 independence war ...
Ever since independence, the possibility of famine started appearing in Bangladesh. Corrupt administration, worsening flood situation, failure to deal with food crisis led to famine in North Bengal in 1974. The death toll from the famine is claimed to be between 27,000 and 15 lakh or approximately 300,000 to 4,500,000 (or 1 to 1.5 million). [38 ...