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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 13 February 2025. Famine in British India during World War II Bengal famine of 1943 From the photo spread in The Statesman on 22 August 1943 showing famine conditions in Calcutta. These photographs made world headlines and spurred government action. Country British India Location Bengal Orissa Period ...
Bengal famine victim, 1943. The Famine Inquiry Commission, also known as the Woodhead Commission, was appointed by the Government of British India in 1944 to investigate the 1943 Bengal famine. [1] Controversially, it declined to blame the British government and emphasised the natural, rather than man-made, causes of the famine. [2]
Sunil Janah (17 April 1918 — 21 June 2012) [1] [2] was an Indian-American [3] photojournalist and documentary photographer who worked in India in the 1940s. Janah documented India's independence movement, its peasant and labour movements, famines and riots, rural and tribal life, as well as the years of rapid urbanization and industrialization.
Nabanna is a Bengali language drama written by Bijon Bhattacharya in 1944 and staged by the Indian People's Theatre Association (IPTA) the same year under the joint direction of Sombhu Mitra and Bijon Bhattacharya, and in 1948, by Bohurupee under the direction of Sombhu Mitra. [1] The play is about the Bengal famine of 1943.
There have been several significant famines in the history of Bengal (now independent Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal) including: Bengal famine may refer to: Great Bengal famine of 1770; Bengal famine of 1873–1874; Bengal famine of 1943; Bangladesh famine of 1974
Tilanjali is a 1944 Bengali language novel authored by Subodh Ghosh. [1] [2] The novel was published serially in Desh.[3]The novel is a love story set in the backdrop of the 1943 Bengal famine.
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. Millions ...
Bengal famine of 1770: 1770 CE Bengal Renaissance: 1772 - 1913 CE Faraizi Movement: 1818 – 1884 CE The Great Rebellion: 1857 – 1858 CE: British Raj: 1858 – 1947 CE Partition of Bengal: 1905 CE Bengal and Assam: 1905 - 1912 CE Bengal Famine: 1943 CE Bengali Prime Minister: 1937 - 1947 CE