171. The Bengal Famine: Chaos in Calcutta

Empire

Jack Davenport

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🗓️ 24 July 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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By 1943, the price of rice was beyond unaffordable for most in Bengal, and people were dying in the streets. Despite government censorship of letters, news spread about the famine and the tide turned with the introduction of a new Viceroy. Yet when aid eventually did arrive from other regions of India, it was so chaotically handled that some food shipments were halted at the station. Listen as Anita and William are joined again by Kavita Puri to explore the legacy of what is sometimes dubbed “Churchill’s Famine”. Twitter: @Empirepoduk Email: [email protected] Goalhangerpodcasts.com Assistant Producer: Anouska Lewis Producer: Callum Hill Exec Producer: Neil Fearn Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:04.1	William Durham and once again we're joined by kavita Puri who was with us for the
1:08.8	last episode which would have made some very difficult listening I know to
1:12.4	some of you. She recently made a rather brilliant podcast for the BBC
1:17.8	called 3 million. Do go and have a listen to and hopefully Camita is
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