#BengalFamine1943
1. Once upon a time Bengal produced one third of India’s rice, but due to natural calamities and political decisions Bengal faced the worst famine in 1943. In Jan 1942 during WW II, the Japanese invaded Burma and bombed cont..2/-
1. Once upon a time Bengal produced one third of India’s rice, but due to natural calamities and political decisions Bengal faced the worst famine in 1943. In Jan 1942 during WW II, the Japanese invaded Burma and bombed cont..2/-
2. Rangoon. Now a days #Rohingyas are illegal immigrants from Myanmar but in 1942,1943 over one million Burmese #refugees entered Bengal and Assam. Rice imports from Burma stopped export to Ceylon continued. The main source of transport in Bengal was waterways. Fearing cont..3
3. Japanese attack from the East,the British resortd to scorched earth policy ie burning standing crops and all resources so that the invading Japanese could not use them. The British confiscated over 45,000 boats of the natives and burnt them. Fishing and transport cont.. 4/-
4. of rice took a hit. There was inter-provincial trade barriers ie provinces created barriers to movement of food grains under the Defence of India Act, 1939. Punjab banned export of wheat,Madras banned export of rice, Central Provinces banned export of food grains.
5. Increased Indian,British,American and Chinese military presence (many airfields were built in Bengal) in the province,poor productivity,refugees from Burma(Myanmar),diversion of food grains for British Army all led to 3-4 million deaths.
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