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Bengal Speaks Starvation Fatality Bengal Famine 1943 - An old book with a picture of a woman in a bathing suit

Bengal Speaks Starvation Fatality Bengal Famine 1943 - An old book wit...

Illustration from Bengal Speaks (1944) showing a victim of starvation during the Bengal famine of 1943

Woman Dead From Starvation Bengal Famine 1943 - An old picture of a man laying on the ground

Woman Dead From Starvation Bengal Famine 1943 - An old picture of a ma...

A woman who died of starvation on a Calcutta pavement. Bengal famine 1943

Bengal Speaks Last Picture - Public domain print

Bengal Speaks Last Picture - Public domain print

A picture envisioning the brighter future of Bengal after the famine of 1943-44. From the preface: "Out of 300 photos that were at our disposal we have selected only 50 that were somewhat presentable to the p... More

Bengal Speaks Title Page And Copyright - A close up of a book on a table

Bengal Speaks Title Page And Copyright - A close up of a book on a tab...

The front cover and copyright page of book Bengal Speaks by Kalyani Bhattacharyee (also Bhattacharjee) about the Bengal famine of 1943-44. From the preface: "Out of 300 photos that were at our disposal we hav... More

Bengal Speaks Jackals Vultures Eating Corpses Bengal Famine 1943 A - A black and white photo of some birds in a field

Bengal Speaks Jackals Vultures Eating Corpses Bengal Famine 1943 A - A...

Jackals and vultures eating corpses during the Bengal famine of 1943-44. From the preface: "Out of 300 photos that were at our disposal we have selected only 50 that were somewhat presentable to the public ey... More

Mother With Shreds Of Clothing And Child Calcutta 1943 - An old picture of a woman carrying a child

Mother With Shreds Of Clothing And Child Calcutta 1943 - An old pictur...

Mother in shreds of clothing with child begging on the streets of Calcutta during the Bengal famine of 1943

Belongings Sold Away Bengal Famine 1943 - A black and white photo of a man sitting in front of a hut

Belongings Sold Away Bengal Famine 1943 - A black and white photo of a...

Bengal famine of 1943: as the famine became more severe belongings were sold away by those affected

Orphans Who Survived Bengal Famine 1943 - A black and white photo of a group of children

Orphans Who Survived Bengal Famine 1943 - A black and white photo of a...

Some orphans who survived the Bengal famine of 1943 Public domain photograph of ethnic groups in India, ethnography, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Destitute mother and child Bengal famine 1943

Destitute mother and child Bengal famine 1943

A destitute mother and child on the sidewalk in Calcutta during the Bengal famine of 1943-44. From the preface: "Out of 300 photos that were at our disposal we have selected only 50 that were somewhat present... More

Father Son Cow Rummaging Food Bengal Famine 1943 - A group of people sitting on top of a sandy beach

Father Son Cow Rummaging Food Bengal Famine 1943 - A group of people s...

A father, his young son, and a cow rummaging for scraps of food on the street during the Bengal famine 1943. The photo caption says, "destitute peasants lived on scrappings from drains. Bad food killed lakhs... More

Bengal Speaks Eating On The Street 1943 - An old book with a picture of a boy and a girl

Bengal Speaks Eating On The Street 1943 - An old book with a picture o...

Illustration from book Bengal Speaks (1944) showing homeless people eating on the sidewalk during the Bengal famine of 1943

Bengal Speaks Jackals Vultures Eating Corpses Bengal Famine 1943 - A black and white photo of a dog and some birds

Bengal Speaks Jackals Vultures Eating Corpses Bengal Famine 1943 - A b...

Jackals and vultures eating corpses during the Bengal famine of 1943-44. From the preface: "Out of 300 photos that were at our disposal we have selected only 50 that were somewhat presentable to the public ey... More