“The Vultures of Calcutta” (photo by Margaret Bourke-White) feast on the bodies of victi
“The Vultures of Calcutta” (photo by Margaret Bourke-White) feast on the bodies of victims of the Hindu-Muslim riots of 1946. The violence took place amid increasing communal tension in British India as it became clear that the British wanted to leave the colony and the Muslim League was insistent on partitioning India. -- source link
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