An unsparing account of one of the most overlooked episodes of mass starvation in history, offering a fresh insight into Indian history by focussing on three crises that precipitated independence: WWII, the Bengal famine of 1943, and the Calcutta riots of 1946.
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C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd Hungry bengal. war, famine and the end of empire, hardback/janam mukherjee
