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Re:Churchill’s Famine: The killing of three million is a sto... by RcouF1uZ4gsC on Sunday May 28, 2023 @10:03AM (#36104073)
There was a famine in Bangladesh in 1974 that may have killed 1.5 million people.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh_famine_of_1974

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Re:Churchill’s Famine: The killing of three million is a sto... by polygamous_bat on Sunday May 28, 2023 @10:09AM (#36104116)
Which was also caused by the atrocities of the (arguably colonial) Pakistani military during the Bangladeshi liberation war.

If you are trying to argue self-governance can also cause famines, this isn't an example to be used.

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Re:Churchill’s Famine: The killing of three million is a sto... by cppenjoyer on Sunday May 28, 2023 @10:12AM (#36104134)
That's about Bangladesh, not Bengal. Bangladesh is a neighboring country of India.
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Re:Churchill’s Famine: The killing of three million is a sto... by ralfd on Sunday May 28, 2023 @11:07AM (#36104639)
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/90/IndiaPolitica...

Bangladesh was part of British Indian Empire and the Bengal region is partly in it.

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