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Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
April 29, 2017	WikiProject A-class review	Not approved
April 30, 2017	Featured article candidate	Not promoted
November 8, 2017	Peer review	Reviewed
December 17, 2017	Featured article candidate	Not promoted
April 29, 2018	Featured article candidate	Not promoted
March 1, 2019	Peer review	Reviewed
September 20, 2019	Good article nominee	Listed
October 7, 2019	Good article reassessment	Kept
December 22, 2019	Featured article candidate	Not promoted
May 29, 2023	Peer review	Reviewed
A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on November 21, 2019. The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that after the Bengal famine of 1943* was denied by authorities, news reports with images of the victims in English-language papers made it known internationally?*
A fact from this article was featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "On this day..." column on August 22, 2023.
Current status: Former featured article candidate, current good article

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