The millions killed in India due to British ineptitude and apathy, as well as racism on the part of some British officials are, unfortunately, much forgotten victims of imperialism, whereby colonies are exploited without any real concern for their inhabitants. Just to take one example, Amartya Sen, the Nobel-Prize winning economist, found that the 1942-43 famine in India was completely unnecessary, and occurred in spite of a good harvest in Bengal. Nonetheless, the British insisted on exporting the crops.
I also find it interesting that some people trumpet the fact that policies in some socialist states led to famine, but forget completely or try to play down the foolish and inept policies of the British in their colonies.
It has been argued that even the Mughals were better at dealing with famines in India than the British, and, surprise surprise, since Indian independence, there have been no major famines.