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Deaths in Bengal famine were due to native Indian administration and hoarding to grains by Hindu merchants. Why do you think Bangladesh never pays any attention
by iamshs 3y ago
Deaths in Bengal famine were due to native Indian administration and hoarding to grains by Hindu merchants. Why do you think Bangladesh never pays any attention to the famine? This re-surfacing of famine myths is Hindu Nationalist project at play.
1) https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/jid.3635 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/jid.3635
2) https://journal.oraltradition.org/wp-content/uploads/files/articles/31i/06_31.1.pdf https://journal.oraltradition.org/wp-content/uploads/files/a...
3) https://www.jstor.org/stable/651058 https://www.jstor.org/stable/651058
4) https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/jid.3635 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/jid.3635
5) https://www.euppublishing.com/doi/pdf/10.3366/brs.2009.0004 https://www.euppublishing.com/doi/pdf/10.3366/brs.2009.0004
- gishbunker 3y agoWhy were they hoarding grain?
- actuator 3y agoAll the sources quoted by you are western sources, they might have a reason to be a bit biased on this. Also, you would find the opposition to the current government also supports the proposition on Churchill, its prominent leader Tharoor having voiced it in many forums, so this is definitely not a partisan issue and not some "project at play".
- thunkshift1 3y agoFrom the wiki article on this book: > Reviewing the book in The Sunday Times, Max Hastings wrote: To put the matter brutally, millions of Indians were allowed to starve so that available shipping—including vessels normally based in India—could be used to further British purposes elsewhere. When Churchill's nation was engaged in a desperate struggle, perhaps this reflected strategic logic.