Prosperity and Misery in Modern Bengal: The Famine of 1943–44
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Prosperity and Misery in Modern Bengal: The Famine of 1943–44 is a historical study that analyzes the causes, dynamics, and social consequences of the Bengal famine during World War II, highlighting the interplay of colonial policy, economy, and society.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Prosperity and Misery in Modern Bengal: The Famine of 1943–44 Context triple: [Paul Greenough, notableWork, Prosperity and Misery in Modern Bengal: The Famine of 1943–44]
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The Great Bengal Famine (by P. C. Mahalanobis and others)
The Great Bengal Famine is a seminal analytical study by P. C. Mahalanobis and colleagues that uses statistical and economic methods to examine the causes, dynamics, and impact of the 1943 Bengal famine.
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Hungry Bengal: War, Famine and the End of Empire
"Hungry Bengal: War, Famine and the End of Empire" is a historical study that examines how wartime policies, colonial governance, and political priorities contributed to the catastrophic 1943 famine in Bengal and shaped the decline of British rule in India.
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Poverty and Famines
Poverty and Famines is a seminal book by economist Amartya Sen that revolutionized the understanding of famine by arguing that they result more from failures of access and entitlement than from food shortages alone.
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Three Years of Great Famine
Three Years of Great Famine refers to the catastrophic nationwide famine in China from 1959 to 1961, during which tens of millions of people died amid policies associated with the Great Leap Forward and adverse natural conditions.
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Bengal famine of 1943
The Bengal famine of 1943 was a catastrophic wartime food crisis in British-ruled India that led to the deaths of an estimated three million people and exposed the devastating impact of colonial policies on food security.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Prosperity and Misery in Modern Bengal: The Famine of 1943–44 Target entity description: Prosperity and Misery in Modern Bengal: The Famine of 1943–44 is a historical study that analyzes the causes, dynamics, and social consequences of the Bengal famine during World War II, highlighting the interplay of colonial policy, economy, and society.
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A.
The Great Bengal Famine (by P. C. Mahalanobis and others)
The Great Bengal Famine is a seminal analytical study by P. C. Mahalanobis and colleagues that uses statistical and economic methods to examine the causes, dynamics, and impact of the 1943 Bengal famine.
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B.
Hungry Bengal: War, Famine and the End of Empire
"Hungry Bengal: War, Famine and the End of Empire" is a historical study that examines how wartime policies, colonial governance, and political priorities contributed to the catastrophic 1943 famine in Bengal and shaped the decline of British rule in India.
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C.
Poverty and Famines
Poverty and Famines is a seminal book by economist Amartya Sen that revolutionized the understanding of famine by arguing that they result more from failures of access and entitlement than from food shortages alone.
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D.
Three Years of Great Famine
Three Years of Great Famine refers to the catastrophic nationwide famine in China from 1959 to 1961, during which tens of millions of people died amid policies associated with the Great Leap Forward and adverse natural conditions.
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E.
Bengal famine of 1943
The Bengal famine of 1943 was a catastrophic wartime food crisis in British-ruled India that led to the deaths of an estimated three million people and exposed the devastating impact of colonial policies on food security.
- F. None of above. chosen
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