Great Bengal Famine of 1943

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Great_Bengal_Famine_of_1943
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:dam
gptkbp:affectedPopulation gptkb:Bengali_people
gptkbp:cause inflation
British colonial policies
food shortage
rice crop failure
wartime policies
gptkbp:commemoratedBy 16 October (Bengal Famine Remembrance Day)
Bengal Famine Memorial
gptkbp:consequence gptkb:migration
malnutrition
disease outbreaks
social unrest
political criticism of British rule
gptkbp:endDate 1944
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Great Bengal Famine of 1943
gptkbp:location gptkb:British_India
gptkb:Bengal
gptkbp:mediaCoverage photographs by Sunil Janah
reporting by Chittaprosad Bhattacharya
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:notableFor relief efforts by British government
relief efforts by Indian National Congress
relief efforts by local organizations
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Amartya_Sen
gptkb:Mahatma_Gandhi
gptkb:Winston_Churchill
gptkbp:notablePublication gptkb:Poverty_and_Famines
gptkb:Churchill's_Secret_War
gptkbp:startDate 1943
gptkbp:victim 3 million
2.1 million
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Great_Famine_of_1876–1878
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6