History - Old Indian Photos

Bengal famine of 1943 Part - 1

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Starving families sitting in the hot scortching sun

Starving women waiting for the government controlled Grain Shop to open

The skeleton of a starved man lying in a field after being eaten by vultures and jackals

Children poking grain cars with wires, trying to pierce bags and pull grain down into bags

A young Hindu girl serving food to the starving citizens suffering from the famine

An Bengali girl lying on the roadside, died in her sleep

Starving Hindus waiting for the government controlled Grain Shop to open

Hindus burning their starved dead at the Calcutta Myrone Memorial

Starving Hindus lining up for government handouts in Calcutta

Starving Hindus lining up for government handouts in Calcutta

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