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Bengal famine of 1943

Famine in British India during World War II
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Bengal famine of 1943

Summary

Bengal famine of 1943 is a famine[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of famine entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,193 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Bengal famine of 1943 is in the country of British Raj[3].
  • Bengal famine of 1943's image is recorded as Bengal famine 1943 photo.jpg[4].
  • Bengal famine of 1943's image is recorded as MotherWithShredsOfClothingAndChildCalcutta1943.jpg[5].
  • Bengal famine of 1943's image is recorded as FatherSonCowRummagingFoodBengalFamine1943.jpg[6].
  • Bengal famine of 1943's image is recorded as WomanDeadFromStarvationBengalFamine1943.jpg[7].
  • Bengal famine of 1943's instance of is recorded as famine[8].
  • Bengal famine of 1943's location is recorded as Bengal[9].
  • Bengal famine of 1943's Commons category is recorded as 1943 Bengal famine[10].
  • Bengal famine of 1943's start time is recorded as +1943-00-00T00:00:00Z[11].
  • Bengal famine of 1943's end time is recorded as +1944-00-00T00:00:00Z[12].
  • Bengal famine of 1943's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 23.9888, 'lon': 88.7311}[13].
  • Bengal famine of 1943's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0502hy[14].
  • Bengal famine of 1943's number of deaths is recorded as {'amount': '+2500000'}[15].
  • Bengal famine of 1943's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Bengal-famine[16].
  • Bengal famine of 1943's BBC Things ID is recorded as 8c5d87c6-de44-424a-b89c-321f0faabcc0[17].
  • Bengal famine of 1943's Banglapedia ID is recorded as দুর্ভিক্ষ,_১৯৪৩[18].
  • Bengal famine of 1943's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Human rights[19].
  • Bengal famine of 1943's RationalWiki ID is recorded as Great_Bengal_Famine_of_1943[20].
  • Bengal famine of 1943's Namuwiki ID is recorded as 벵골 대기근[21].

Why It Matters

Bengal famine of 1943 ranks in the top 6% of famine entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,193 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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