Ila Mitra, once a promising athlete in undivided Bengal, would soon don the role of Rani Ma, a leader in the Tebhaga Uprising, who led thousands of farmers for their right to keep their hard earned harvest.
From pot-bellied malnourished kids to sad faces of mothers hiding their babies in their skeletal embrace, his pen captured the true tragedy of the Bengal famine. #history #ForgottenHeroes