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Bengal Famine
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Did Winston Churchill really say
"I hate Indians. They are a beastly people with a beastly religion. The famine was their own fault for breeding like rabbits.”
during the Bengal Famine?
If this is true, why is he regarded as such a great statesman and idol?
"I hate Indians. They are a beastly people with a beastly religion. The famine was their own fault for breeding like rabbits.”
during the Bengal Famine?
If this is true, why is he regarded as such a great statesman and idol?
Answers
I don't think the concept of 'racism' existed in his day, did it? I've just finished reading an Agatha Christie book and some of the stuff in that surprised me .... until I thought about it. Times change.
12:10 Thu 06th Oct 2016
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