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    Winston Churchill refused to provide food and medicine to the people of Bengal during the 1943 famine, prioritizing supplies for soldiers fighting in World War 2 instead. Conditions were severe, with many people becoming skin and bones, and requests for food aid and healthcare from the Secretary of State were repeatedly declined. The famine reflected the government's inability to integrate relief spending and develop a system to assist rural populations most at risk, and the Bengal government had recently changed its famine relief instructions.

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    Winston Churchill refused to provide food and medicine to the people of Bengal during the 1943 famine, prioritizing supplies for soldiers fighting in World War 2 instead. Conditions were severe, with many people becoming skin and bones, and requests for food aid and healthcare from the Secretary of State were repeatedly declined. The famine reflected the government's inability to integrate relief spending and develop a system to assist rural populations most at risk, and the Bengal government had recently changed its famine relief instructions.

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    Relief Measures of BENGAL FAMINE 1943

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    Winston Churchill refused to provide food and medicine to the people of Bengal during the 1943 famine, prioritizing supplies for soldiers fighting in World War 2 instead. Conditions were severe, with many people becoming skin and bones, and requests for food aid and healthcare from the Secretary of State were repeatedly declined. The famine reflected the government's inability to integrate relief spending and develop a system to assist rural populations most at risk, and the Bengal government had recently changed its famine relief instructions.

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    Relief measures of BENGAL FAMINE 1943:-

    No major relief measures was taken for the famine. Winston Churchill refused to give food and
    medicines to the people of Bengal, he instead emphasized to give food to the soldiers who are
    fighting in World War 2. The conditions were grim,people were skin and bones. Many times the
    Secretary of State,Leo Amery requested to provide food aid and basic healthcare to Bengal, but
    the request was declined every time. The article by Lance Brennan explores relief operations in
    three districts of Bengal during the famine of 1943. According to him,the huge death toll also
    reflected the government's inability to devise a relief system that integrated food and relief
    expenditures in the rural areas in order to assist the people who were most at risk. Moreover,
    the Bengal government had recently revised the instructions for bringing relief to those affected
    by famine.

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