The most devastating famine occurred in India in 1943, in the province of
The most devastating famine that occurred in India was the famine of Bengal in 1943, which took away many lives. There was a threat of famine, but after 1902 there was no major famine in India until the Bengal famine of 1943. This famine was the most devastating; between 2.5 and 3 million people died during World War II. The famine resulted in two-three million deaths. The 1943 Bengal famine, which is estimated to have caused over three million deaths, resulted not from a drought as is widely thought but from the British government's policy failures, option ‘a’ is correct answer.