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When things like the bengal famine happen because of just diverting India's supply chain to the WWII how the F* do you put up with something like that. If you h
by itissid 9y ago
When things like the bengal famine happen because of just diverting India's supply chain to the WWII how the F* do you put up with something like that.
If you haven't seen it already read the wikipedia entry[1] and pause and think for a moment, they denied food shipments for almost 2 full years in a famine.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengal_famine_of_1943 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengal_famine_of_1943
- nonamechicken 9y agoIt's not just one famine. There have been many. It's estimated that anywhere from 10 to 40 million died in these alone. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/india-35-million-deaths-britain-shashi-tharoor-british-empire-a7627041.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/india-35-millio...