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One of the worst catastrophes ever to occur under British rule, the Bengal famine of 1943 cost, at the most conservative of British estimates, one and a half million lives. Michael challenges our c...ollective amnesia and asks historians from both India and Britain whether it could have been avoided.
One of the worst catastrophes ever to occur under British rule, the Bengal famine of 1943 cost, at the most conservative of British estimates, one and a half million lives. Michael challenges our c...ollective amnesia and asks historians from both India and Britain whether it could have been avoided.
| Series: | Things we forgot to remember |
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| First transmission date: | 2008-11-07 |
| Original broadcast channel: | BBC Radio 3 |
| Published: | 2007 |
| Rights Statement: | Rights owned or controlled by The Open University |
| Restrictions on use: | This material can be used in accordance with The Open University conditions of use. A link to the conditions can be found at the bottom of all OU Digital Archive web pages. |
| Duration: | 00:27:39 |
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| Producer: | Tom Alban |
| Contributor: | Michael Portillo |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Subject terms: | Famines--India--History--20th century; India--History--20th century |
| Production number: | AUDA319B |
| Available to public: | no |
