A famine in the Bengal province of British India (present-day Bangladesh, West Bengal and eastern India) during World War II.Estimated 2.1 to 3.8 million deaths in Bengal alone. ...Read More
◇ Jawaharlal Nehru - Prime Minister; External Affairs & Commonwealth Relations; Scientific Research. ◇ Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel - Home, Information & Broadcasting; States. ◇ Dr. Rajendra Prasad - Food & Agriculture. ◇ Maulana Abul Kalam Azad - Education. ◇ Dr. John Mathai - Railways & Transport. ◇ R.K. Shanmugham Chetty - Finance. ◇ Dr. B.R. Ambedkar - Law. ◇ Jagjivan Ram - Labour. ◇ Sardar Baldev S...Read More
• The Lahore Congress of 1929 had given the mandate to launch civil disobedience movement along with the non-payment of taxes. • Mahatma Gandhi presented his 11 demands to the Viceroy Lord Irwin and gave him the ultimate of January 31, 1932 to acccept his 11 demands. • In Tamil Nadu, C. Rajgopalchari led a march-similar to the Dandi marchfrom Trichinopoly to Vedaranyam. • In Dharsana, in Gujarat, Sarojini Naidu, led non-violent satyagrahis in a march to the sal...Read More
