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Bengal famine of 1943 — The Bengal famine of 1943 is one amongst the several famines that occurred in British administered Bengal. It is estimated that around 4 million people [http://www.abc.net.au/rn/science/ockham/stories/s19040.htm] died from starvation and… … Wikipedia
Bengal famine of 1770 — The Bengal famine of 1770 (Bengali: ৭৬ এর মন্বন্তর, Chhiattōrer monnōntór ; lit The Famine of 76 ) was a catastrophic famine between 1769 and 1773 (1176 to 1180 in the Bengali calendar) that affected the lower Gangetic plain of India. The famine… … Wikipedia
Bengal — (Bengali: বঙ্গ Bôngo , বাংলা Bangla , বঙ্গদেশ Bôngodesh or বাংলাদেশ Bangladesh ), is a historical and geographical region in the northeast of South Asia. Today it is mainly divided between the independent nation of Bangladesh (previously East… … Wikipedia
Famine in India — Owing to its almost entire dependence upon the monsoon rains, India is more liable than any other country in the world to crop failures, which upon occasion deepen into famine. [ [http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Famine Famine] , Encyclopaedia… … Wikipedia
Famine — This article is about scarcity of food. For other uses, see Famine (disambiguation). Child victim of the Holodomor. A famine is a widespread scarcity of food. This phenomenon is usually accompanied or followed by regional malnutrition, starvation … Wikipedia
famine — /fam in/, n. 1. extreme and general scarcity of food, as in a country or a large geographical area. 2. any extreme and general scarcity. 3. extreme hunger; starvation. [1325 75; ME < MF, deriv. of faim hunger ( < L fames); see INE2] Syn. 2.… … Universalium
Famine — Pour l’article homonyme, voir famine (informatique). La famine est une situation dans laquelle la population d une zone géographique donnée, ou seulement une partie de cette population, manque de nourriture. L état de sous… … Wikipédia en Français
Famine au Bengale de 1943 — La famine du Bengale de 1943 est la famine la plus meurtrière à s être déroulée durant la colonisation du sous continent indien par l Empire britannique. Il est estimé qu un million et demi à trois millions de personnes sont mortes de la faim… … Wikipédia en Français
History of Bengal — The history of Bengal (including Bangladesh and West Bengal) dates back four millennia. To some extent, the Ganga and the Brahmaputra rivers separated it from the mainland of India, though at times, Bengal has played an important role in Indian… … Wikipedia
West Bengal — Infobox Indian Jurisdiction type = state state name = West Bengal native name = West Bengal capital = Kolkata latd = 22.5697 longd = 88.3697 largest city = Kolkata (Calcutta) abbreviation = IN WB official languages = Bengali legislature type =… … Wikipedia
