Bengal Famine 1943- Effects and aftermath explained with pictures

1. BENGAL FAMINE 1943
Presented by,
Umer amin bhat
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2. Bengal famine:
● The Bengal famine of 1943, was a devastating famine in
the bengal provance during world war second.
● An estimated 2 –3 million,out of 60 million population
died of starvation/deprivation , malaria, or other diseases.

5. Causes of famine:
Typically the causes of a famine include:
● Supply side shocks including bad harvest.
● War time supply issues, which lead to rapid food price
inflation.
● A relatively bad harvest in winter crop of 1942, led to
supply shortages.
● Occupation of Burma by Japan in 1942 resulted in
restriction on rice imports from Burma.
● The primary reason for the famine was shortages in Rice.

7. A crowd of people watching while Army convoy unloads
government controlled food rations. Life
A crowd of people watching while Army convoy unloads government controlled
food rations. Life

9. Overall deaths:
● Overall, the table shows the dominance of malaria as the
cause of death throughout the famine, accounting for
roughly 43% of the excess deaths in 1943 and 71% in
1944.
● Cholera was a major source of famine-caused deaths in
1943 (24%).

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