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Causes of famine of bengal 1943 |
| Answer» The main reason for the famine of 1943 in Bengal, considered a land of rice growers and rice eaters, was apparently shortage of rice. Although Bengal mainly had an agrarian economy and produced one third of India’s rice, around half to three-quarters of the poor in rural areas were facing a semi-starved condition in the years prior to the famine. According to many it was not only supply shortage but also improper allocation of available rice stocks and several other natural, social, economic and politics factors and events that aggravated the situation resulting in such catastrophic famine. | |