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Three Million
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An audio documentary/podcast on the 1943 Bengal Famine, survivor testimony, and public memory.
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Bengal Famine (1943)
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Tarakchandra Das's survey-based study of the destitutes in Calcutta during the 1943 Bengal famine.
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From Fascism to Famine: Complicity, Conscience, and the Narrative of Peasant Passivity in Bengal, 1941-1945
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Useful for wartime Bengal, colonial responsibility, and peasant agency.
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Government Famine Relief in Bengal, 1943
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Important for state relief failure, administrative response, and famine governance.
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Hungry Bengal: War, Famine and the End of Empire
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A major study of wartime Bengal, the 1943 famine, and the structural crisis at the end of empire.
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Indian Famines and Peasant Victims: The Case of Bengal in 1943-44
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Strong for peasant suffering, rural crisis, and the social consequences of famine.
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Starvation amidst Plenty: The Making of Famine in Bengal, Honan and Tonkin, 1942-45
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Best for comparative famine history and the wartime political economy of Bengal.
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The Great Bengal Famine and the Question of FAD Yet Again
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Useful for the food-availability debate and the Sen-era famine interpretation.
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The Spoils of Partition: Bengal and India, 1947-1967
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A major Bengal-focused study of partition's aftermath, displacement, state formation, and long political consequences.
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Useful for foundational context.
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Midnight's Furies: The Deadly Legacy of India's Partition
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A narrative history focused on the political breakdown, communal escalation, and human cost surrounding partition.