Timeline

20th century

1. 1943★★★★★

   Bengal famine of 1943

   A wartime famine in British-ruled Bengal kills an estimated two to three million people.

   Disaster· India, Bangladesh
2. November 12, 1970★★★★★

   1970 Bhola cyclone

   A tropical cyclone strikes East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), killing an estimated 300,000 to 500,000 people, one of the deadliest natural disasters of the 20th century.

   Disaster· Bangladesh, India