What the records say
- When
- 1943 – 1944
- Kind
- Famine
- Coordinates
- 23.99° N, 88.73° E
- Description
- Famine in British India during World War II
- Deaths
- 2500000
Bengal famine of 1943
Famine in British India during World War II
The Bengal famine of 1943 was a famine during World War II in the Bengal Province and Orissa Province of British India. An estimated 800,000–3.8 million people died, in the Bengal region, from starvation, malaria and other diseases aggravated by malnutrition, population displacement, unsanitary conditions, poor British wartime policies, and lack of health care.
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