Churchill was like some of the worst dictators: Tharoor
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor compared Former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill to "some of the worst genocidal dictators of the 20th century" for his role in the 1943 Bengal famine. Tharoor said that the famine, which claimed over 20 lakh lives, was caused by Churchill diverting grain to England despite knowing that people in Bengal were starving.