20th Century

Three Days to Save the Ganges Delta

A single British colonial official defied London's orders to feed millions during a famine, and was quietly fired for it.

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British EmpireBengalSouth AsiaFamineWorld War IIColonial IndiaBureaucratic Resistance20th Century

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