Bengal famine of 1943

Target entity: Bengal famine of 1943
Context triple: [Poverty and Famines, analyzes, Bengal famine of 1943]

• A. Holodomor
  The Holodomor was a man-made famine in Soviet Ukraine from 1932 to 1933 that caused the deaths of millions of Ukrainians and is widely regarded as a genocide.
• B. Siege of Calcutta
  The Siege of Calcutta was a 1756 military confrontation in which the Nawab of Bengal’s forces captured the British-held city of Calcutta, setting the stage for subsequent British military campaigns in India.
• C. Great Famine
  The Great Famine was a catastrophic mid-19th-century potato blight in Ireland that caused mass starvation, disease, and a huge wave of emigration, particularly to North America.
• D. Indian Emergency (1975–1977)
  The Indian Emergency (1975–1977) was a 21-month period of authoritarian rule in India marked by suspension of civil liberties, press censorship, and mass arrests under Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
• E. Partition of Bengal 1905
  The Partition of Bengal in 1905 was a controversial division of the Bengal province by the British colonial government that sparked widespread nationalist protest and helped galvanize the Indian independence movement.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Bengal famine of 1943
Target entity description: The Bengal famine of 1943 was a catastrophic wartime food crisis in British-ruled India that led to the deaths of an estimated three million people and exposed the devastating impact of colonial policies on food security.

• A. Holodomor
  The Holodomor was a man-made famine in Soviet Ukraine from 1932 to 1933 that caused the deaths of millions of Ukrainians and is widely regarded as a genocide.
• B. Siege of Calcutta
  The Siege of Calcutta was a 1756 military confrontation in which the Nawab of Bengal’s forces captured the British-held city of Calcutta, setting the stage for subsequent British military campaigns in India.
• C. Great Famine
  The Great Famine was a catastrophic mid-19th-century potato blight in Ireland that caused mass starvation, disease, and a huge wave of emigration, particularly to North America.
• D. Indian Emergency (1975–1977)
  The Indian Emergency (1975–1977) was a 21-month period of authoritarian rule in India marked by suspension of civil liberties, press censorship, and mass arrests under Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
• E. Partition of Bengal 1905
  The Partition of Bengal in 1905 was a controversial division of the Bengal province by the British colonial government that sparked widespread nationalist protest and helped galvanize the Indian independence movement.
• F. None of above. chosen