The Bengal famine of 1943 occurred in undivided Bengal (now independent Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal) in 1943. It is estimated that over three million people died from starvation, malnutrition and related illnesses during the famine.
This photographs are taken from Life archive hosted by Google. The photographer was William Vandivert. See the true face of British Raj and how they governed India at the end of their reign.
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 people lining up for government handouts in Calcutta
Starving people lining up for government handouts in Calcutta
This photographs are taken from Life archive hosted by Google. The photographer was William Vandivert. See the true face of British Raj and how they governed India at the end of their reign.
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 people lining up for government handouts in Calcutta
Starving people lining up for government handouts in Calcutta