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INDIA. Bengal region. The port of Calcutta. Unloading corn sent by foreign countries to help India's famine stricken areas. Due to flooding and drought, in 1951 the province of Bihar was heavily stricken by famine. The US sent 136 million tons of wheat and a 190 million dollar loan, while the USSR sent 50.000 tons of wheat. 1951. 
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