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44. He had no other choice, imo; and the Brit Rule of India saw Millions of deaths due to famine

Mon May 19, 2014, 12:32 AM

May 2014

Here is a Very Good BBC Documentary about the Millions of deaths in India during The British Rule

An excerpt from the BBC documentary series, "Racism: A History", about the famines in India under British rule.

"In all, almost 30 million Indians starved to death under British rule - a story airbrushed out of the glorious accounts of the Raj, and the men who ruled over it."

There were some Threads on this on DU as well
http://www.democraticunderground.com/101687393

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4534351

Imo, If I were Netaji; I would have done the same. And he did ask other majors powers; and was denied any assistance before asking Nazi help(even that was short lived anyways).

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