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The Great Bengal Famine which took almost 3 million lives occured in?

  1. 1943

  2. 1944

  3. 1945

  4. 1946
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The Great Bengal Famine of 1943 was a catastrophic man-made famine during World War II that resulted in an estimated 2-3 million deaths in Bengal (including present-day Bangladesh and Indian states of West Bengal, Bihar, and Odisha). It was caused by wartime priorities, Churchill's export policies, and hoarding, not natural causes. The famine peaked in 1943.

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