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Bengal Famine

  • ‘Ulcerous wounds, skin and bones’: How Chittaprosad’s searing sketches chronicled the Bengal famine

    ‘Ulcerous wounds, skin and bones’: How Chittaprosad’s searing sketches chronicled the Bengal famine

    Avishek Ray
    · Nov 14, 2024 · 11:30 am
  • William Hunter: The Scottish historian who chronicled the horrors of Bengal and Orissa famines

    William Hunter: The Scottish historian who chronicled the horrors of Bengal and Orissa famines

    Ayesha Mukherjee
    · Sep 20, 2020 · 07:30 pm
  • New soil study confirms 1943 Bengal famine was caused by Winston Churchill’s policies, not drought

    New soil study confirms 1943 Bengal famine was caused by Winston Churchill’s policies, not drought

    Scroll Staff
    · Mar 30, 2019 · 02:50 pm
  • 75 years since the Bengal famine: How much was Churchill’s bias to blame for the death of millions?

    75 years since the Bengal famine: How much was Churchill’s bias to blame for the death of millions?

    Madhushree Mukerjee
    · Mar 30, 2018 · 05:30 pm