Template:Did you know nominations/Famine Inquiry Commission

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:21, 17 December 2019 (UTC)

Famine Inquiry Commission

  • ... that the Famine Inquiry Commission has been criticized for exonerating the British government of responsibility for the 1943 Bengal famine? Source: "the Famine Commission’s best efforts were directed not towards explaining the famine, but towards obscuring the role played by His Majesty’s government in precipitating and aggravating the famine" p. 72 (subscription required); Osmani 1993, p. 41; Ó Gráda 2009, p. 179.
    • ALT1:... that members of the inquiry into the 1943 Bengal famine were reportedly ordered to destroy the transcripts of their proceedings? Source: "For an answer, it is instructive to review the Nanavati Papers, the unpublished transcripts of the secret hearings of the Famine Commission. These are highly revealing of the body’s underlying motivations. Members of the commission were reportedly ordered to destroy their copies of these transcripts, but fortunately Justice Nanavati did not comply – his set, or at least parts of it, are to be found in the National Archives of India in New Delhi" first source above

Created by Fiamh (talk). Self-nominated at 08:34, 6 November 2019 (UTC).

  • : article is new and big enough. It is referenced and read neutral in tone, despite controversy it reports. No copyright problem found. Hooks both appear in article. Both hooks (original and alt1) are short enough. Original hook alt1 is referenced and AGF confirmed by the texts included above, and are interesting. No image, QPQ performed. Good to go either hook. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 04:49, 30 November 2019 (UTC)