Churchill’s Famine: The killing of three million is a story waiting to be retold

Re:Churchill’s Famine: The killing of three million is a sto... by iamshs on Sunday May 28, 2023 @11:15AM (#36104723)

Bengalis were exploited by Marwari and Agarwals, and Brahmins in administration.

Jatts are merchants? Come on. Jatts are predominantly farmers. No Jatts or Khatris were in Kolkata.

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Re:Churchill’s Famine: The killing of three million is a sto... by alephnerd on Sunday May 28, 2023 @11:31AM (#36104898)

> Jatts are predominantly farmers

So are most Marwaris (Jodhpur region), but a subset of Biradaris migrated east to work in commerce.

Some Jatts

> No Jatts or Khatris were in Kolkata.

Bullshit.

Aroras have always had a decent sized commercial community across the region that was formerly the Bengal Presidency. I know a couple Aroras who's families have been in Kolkata for over a century at this point (rice trading).

And some of the southern Jatts in Rajasthan were called "Marwaris" by the locals in the east (Marwari being a linguistic/regional denonym, not a caste based one). Shouldn't have listed Punjabi Jatts - just waking up.

Also, the Bengal Presidency wasn't only Kolkata - it included a number of other towns and cities that had commercial needs (hence why the communities above entered that segment).

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