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Starvation amidst Plenty: The Making of Famine in Bengal, Honan and Tonkin, 1942-45

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Sugata Bose

Best for comparative famine history and the wartime political economy of Bengal.

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1943

Bengal Famine

The Bengal Famine of 1943 caused catastrophic hunger and death across Bengal. Wartime disruption, inflation, grain-market failures, and policy breakdown under British colonial administration intensified the crisis, devastating rural households and urban poor communities alike.