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2024-01-13 08:59:13 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: B91956B72063A58746EC9F0D7331721744E748212EFF120C4CC8F7A0055EBF65
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British involvement was its inability to provide food aid. Had they, it likely wouldn't have arrived in time to save them. The Famine Inquiry Commission found "other [Indian] provinces with a surplus refused to sell their surpluses under the Basic Plan, and so Bengal starved" https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/jid.3635
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