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'''''An Imperial Disaster: The Bengal Cyclone of 1876''''' is a work of history by the [[New Zealand]] scholar [[Benjamin Kingsbury]]. Originally formulated as the author's PhD thesis at [[Victoria University of Wellington]] in 2016, the book was published in 2018 to critical acclaim. It deals with the [[1876 Bengal cyclone]], which was one of the worst natural disasters of the 19th century and claimed up to 300,000 lives, but is almost completely forgotten today. Kingsbury's book is the first single-volume modern work entirely dedicated to the disaster. It has been praised by South Asian scholars such as [[Sunil Amrith]] (Harvard), [[Chandrika Kaul]] (St Andrews), [[Nandini Gooptu]] (Oxford), [[Peter Robb (academic)|Peter Robb]] (SOAS), and [[Rochona Majumdar]] (Chicago).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.victoria.ac.nz/hppi/about/news/1686588-glowing-reviews-for-book-published-by-recent-history-phd-graduate|title=Glowing reviews for book published by recent History PhD graduate {{!}} School of History, Philosophy, Political Science and International Relations {{!}} Victoria University of Wellington|website=www.victoria.ac.nz|access-date=2019-02-12}}</ref><br />
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It has been also received positive reviews in mainstream Indian papers such as ''[[The Telegraph (Kolkata)|The Telegraph]]'' ([[Calcutta]]) and ''[[The Sunday Guardian]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/culture/books/death-by-apathy/cid/1690645|title=Death by apathy|work=The Telegraph|location=Kolkata}} May 16, 2019</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.sundayguardianlive.com/culture/full-moon-night-tides-peak|title=‘It was a full moon night and the tides were at their peak...’|date=March 9, 2019|work=The Sunday Guardian}}</ref><br />
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