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Because the Indian were in a lot of trouble wiwwth the British!

In India, worlds worst recorded food disaster is known as Bengal Famine. It occurred on 1943 and an estimated 4million people died of hunger that year in eastern India (which include toady's Bangladesh)

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Who is responsible for Bengal Famine?

The government of East India Company was responsible for the famine in Bengal.


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There has been more than one 'Bengal famine', though the term is often used for the 1943 famine. During the Great Bengal famine of 1770, the area was controlled by the British East India Company. The area of 'Bengal' at the time included the modern day Indian states of Bihar, West Bengal, Odisha and Jharkhand, as well as modern day Bangladesh. During the Bengal famine of 1943, the area was a province of British India, ruled by Britain.


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