A statue of Sir Winston Churchill stands opposite the Palace of Westminster, as if the man himself is constantly watching ...
Famine had long been a part of life in Bengal, but the one that began in the late 1760’s was turned into a full blown humanitarian disaster by the East India Company. It’s hard to come to ...
The forgotten story of World War II: the Bengal famine in British India, where at least three million people died, told for the first time by the eyewitnesses to it. "Three million is great radio ...
Bengalis and cinephiles know their Apu and Feluda well, but the life and work of a versatile actor, poet, artist, ...
East Bengal Club has expressed serious concern over ... beside the affected people be it the sufferers of the 1943 Bengal famine to Ayla and most recently the Covid 19 pandemic." ...
John Cartier, Governor of Bengal, died on this day. Cartier was first employed as a writer for the British East India Company ...
The report further pointed out the devastating Bengal famine of 1943, which resulted in an estimated three million deaths. “Grain import restrictions during World War Two, underpinned by racist ...