1. Geoffrey Wheatcroft's review of "Churchill and Empire claims Bengali famine of 1943 "destroyed any moral authority" of Raj in India.
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2. Surely the "moral authority" of British in India destroyed long before 1943 -- plunder of Clive & Nabobs, countless man-made famines.
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3. Other small blots on "moral authority" of British Empire: opium trade, divide-and-rule tactics encouraging communal violence
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4. Tying prisoners to cannon & blowing them to smithereens (in 1857 mutiny) also calls "moral authority" of Raj into question.
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