Below empire.

This is not famine.
This is allocation.

And allocation is power.

So when someone calls colonialism “development” —
Show them this image.

#BengalFamine #Colonialism #HiddenHistory

The 1943 Bengal Famine remains one of history’s darkest chapters. How much was caused by war and how much by policy? Walter Reid joins Jack and Rob to discuss this tragedy and its lasting impact on the legacy of the British Empire in India. Listen today. #BengalFamine #History #Podcast

#LearnOnBlueSky 📚

During the 1770 #BengalFamine, #EastIndiaCompany continued exporting rice while millions starved.
Company trade law prioritized export contracts over feeding locals.

#TradePolicy #UKHistory #BritishEmpire #IndiaHistory #ColonialEconomics #History

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At a time when #GreatBritain faced no danger of food shortages while #India was in dire need of food imports, on #ThisDayInHistory in 1943 the vicious imperialist PM #WinstonChurchill ordered Indian Ocean shipping cut by 56%. The #BengalFamine was the result, with 3 million dead.

​To add to the list: his policies actively contributed to the 1943 Bengal Famine, which killed 3 million people.

​He diverted food to British stockpiles while blaming the victims for "breeding like rabbits."

This is a core part of his legacy.

#BengalFamine #History #Churchill

Join Dr Diya Gupta as she discusses the 1943 Bengal Famine and the impact of wartime violence on colonised bodies for Newham’s South Asian Heritage Month programme.

Plaistow Library 14 Aug, 6–7.30pm

Book now: www.newhamsouthasianheritage.org

#SAHM2025 #BengalFamine #DecolonisingHistory

“The sight of emaciated children crawling to food depots is no longer shocking. It has become normal.”
- The Statesman (Aug 1943)

Politically inflicted famine is of all ages.

So is morally bankrupt leadership:
“If food is so scarce, why hasn’t Gandhi died yet?”
- W. Churchill.

#BengalFamine #gaza

Janam Mukherjee, "Hungry Bengal: War, Famine and the End of Empire" (Oxford UP, 2015) - New Books Network

Hungry Bengal: War, Famine and the End of Empire
Janam Mukherjee
newbooksnetwork.com/hungry-bengal - this was very in-depth -- looking at different choices made by different actors and economic conditions on the ground, and also examining the public memory of the famine #booksky #bengalfamine

Churchill at war...can't understand how he can be celebrated as a leader especially when blood and nothing but blood adornes his image in history #bengalfamine
WWII leadership lauded yet Colonialist and racist ugliness acknowledged at the same time, history is convoluted in more than a few ways!