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	Podcast:		The Documentary
	Episode:		Three Million: Silk scarves
	Category:		Society & Culture
	Duration:		00:29:11
	Publish Date:		2024-06-16 00:30:00
	Description:		Eighty years ago at least three million Indians, who were British subjects, died in the Bengal Famine. But today different generations in Britain are coming to terms with this difficult past. Kavita Puri meets the granddaughter of a senior colonial figure, who is only just learning about her grandfather's role in the famine. Initially she feels shame, but discoveries in her family archive change her perspective. A 97 year-old British man makes a surprising revelation about his role in the Bengal famine. And three generations on, British Bengalis mark the famine in Britain, in an unexpected way.
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