In 1943, under direct orders and policies of Winston Churchill, the then Prime Minister of Great Britain, India’s Bengal province was starved to death. Over 5 million Indians perished in the famine, not because of natural causes, but because food stocks were deliberately diverted to Europe and Australia for the war effort. Churchill rejected repeated appeals to release grain to India, instead shipping rice from Bengal to feed British soldiers abroad, leaving millions of Indians to die.
Churchill’s racism is well-recorded. He mocked Indians as a “beastly people with a beastly religion,” sneered that Indians “breed like rabbits,” and openly declared that their death was “of no consequence.” This was not neglect it was planned extermination. In scale, it surpassed the Nazi gas chambers; yet the world still refuses to call it what it was: a genocide of Indians by Britain.
The so-called “savior of democracy” was in fact the butcher of Bengal, responsible for deaths far greater than those caused by the Holocaust. Britain’s war crimes tribunals targeted German, Italian, and Japanese leaders, but Churchill, who murdered millions, was glorified as a hero and shielded by colonial structures of law and propaganda.
Demands for Justice
Recognition of Genocide: The Government of India must formally declare the Bengal Famine of 1943 a genocide perpetrated by Winston Churchill and the British Raj.
Correcting History: School and university curricula must expose Churchill’s crimes, labeling him as the “Butcher of Bengal,” not a savior.
Symbolic Justice: All statues, portraits, and honors to Churchill in the UK should carry a plaque marking him as a war criminal.
Official Apology: The UK government, along with Churchill’s descendants, should issue a public apology on major British news channels and newspapers.
Reparations: Britain must pay compensation for the famine deaths, adjusted to today’s values, to India as partial atonement for this mass crime.
Diplomatic Leverage: India should make recognition of this genocide and reparations a precondition for any future trade or political agreement with Britain.
Conclusion
Churchill was no hero he was a genocidal racist who killed millions of Indians and laughed at their misery. The time has come for India to strip away British lies, demand justice, and make the world acknowledge that the Bengal famine was not a tragedy of nature but a crime against humanity greater than the Holocaust.