This is an unsparing account of one of the most overlooked episodes of mass starvation in history. It offers fresh insight into Indian history by focusing on three crises that precipitated independence: WWII, the Bengal famine of 1943, and the Calcutta riots of 1946.
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This is an unsparing account of one of the most overlooked episodes of mass starvation in history. It offers fresh insight into Indian history by focusing on three crises that precipitated independence: WWII, the Bengal famine of 1943, and the Calcutta riots of 1946.
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Add this copy of Hungry Bengal: War, Famine and the End of Empire to cart. $89.09, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2015 by Oxford University Press.
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