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What country ruled India during the food disaster known as the Bengal famine?
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There has been more than one 'Bengal famine', though the term is often used for the 1943 famine.
During the Great Bengal famine of 1770, the area was controlled by the British East India Company.
The area of 'Bengal' at the time included the modern day Indian states of Bihar, West Bengal, Odisha and Jharkhand, as well as modern day Bangladesh.
During the Bengal famine of 1943, the area was a province of British India, ruled by Britain.
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