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What really caused the Bengal Famine of 1943?

This video breaks down how colonial policy—not nature—led to the deaths of nearly three million people in Bengal. Despite sufficient food availability, British wartime decisions, distribution failures, and administrative indifference created one of the deadliest famines in modern history.

Drawing on the work of Nobel laureate Amartya Sen, we examine how food existed in Bengal but never reached those who needed it most. From Britain’s “denial policy” and the destruction of tens of thousands of boats, to hoarding, price collapse, and delayed intervention by the colonial administration, this was a man-made catastrophe.

The Bengal Famine was not an isolated tragedy. Under the British Raj, millions of Indians died in repeated famines revealing a system that consistently failed to protect colonized lives during crisis.

When people die holding money because food cannot reach them, it is not a natural disaster. It is policy failure.

This is the story of the Bengal Famine of 1943 and why it still matters today.

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