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The 1951 Census of India recorded that 27% of Calcutta's population was East Bengali refugees mainly Hindu Bengalis. Millions of Bengali Hindus from East Pakistan had taken refuge mainly in the city and a number of estimations shows that around 320,000 Hindus from East Pakistan had immigrated to Calcutta alone during 1946–1950 period.
He is also remembered for his performance as the Minister for Civil Supply during the Bengal famine of 1943. [1] [2] In India, he is seen as a controversial figure; directly responsible for the 1946 Calcutta Killings, [3] [4] [5] for which he is often referred as the "Butcher of Bengal" in West Bengal. [6]
In a city with a population of about 450,000 while under German occupation, there was a famine starting in the winter of 1941–42 that lasted until the end of September 1942. The local administration recorded 19,284 deaths between the second half of December 1941 and the second half of September 1942, thereof 11,918 (59.6%) from hunger. [ 136 ]
In 1946, Suhrawardy led the Bengal Provincial Muslim League to win the general elections and thus became the third and last Prime Minister of Bengal. He proposed a United Bengal, also known as the Free State of Bengal. [7] Huseyn is however criticized and held responsible for the Great Calcutta Killings.
In 1946 Nirode Mazumdar had his first one-man show in Calcutta. In 1949, he had a one-man show at Paris, which was presented by the art critic and poet Stanislas Fumet. In the same year 1949, he has an opportunity to visit Holland and to learn, in Utrecht, the technique of engraving which later on would have a bearing on his art.
Three million died in the 1943 Bengal famine - one man is collecting the remaining survivors' tales.
Soviet famine of 1946–1947; Soviet famine of 1946–1947 in Ukraine; Special Period; T. 1921–1922 famine in Tatarstan; Turnip Winter; V. Vietnamese famine of 1944 ...
The population of Paris had fallen during the war, but grew back quickly afterwards, despite the shortage of housing; the city grew by about 50,000 persons a year between 1946 and 1952. The birthrate in France was extremely high during this period; 800,000 persons were born in France during 1946, and a similar number in 1947 and 1948.