10 Facts About Sunil Janah

Sunil Janah was an Indian-American photojournalist and documentary photographer who worked in India in the 1940s.

Sunil Janah was best known for his coverage of the Bengal famine of 1943.

Sunil Janah was born on 17 April 1918 in a Bengali Mahishya family to Sarat Chandra Jana, a prominent advocate at the Calcutta High Court, at Dibrugarh, Assam but grew up in Kolkata.

Sunil Janah attended St Xavier's College, Kolkata at the University of Calcutta.

Sunil Janah traveled to Bengal with Chittaprosad Bhattacharya to photograph the damage caused by the 1943 Bengal famine.

Sunil Janah moved with Bhattacharya to Bombay and joined the Progressive Writers Association and Indian People's Theatre Association.

Sunil Janah was awarded the Padma Shri in 1972 and the Padma Bhushan in 2012.

Sunil Janah was best known for his coverage of the Bengal famine of 1943.

Sunil Janah made portraits of Gandhi, Nehru, Jinnah, Sheikh Abdullah, Faiz, and J Krishnamurthi.

Sunil Janah died on 21 June 2012 at his home in Berkeley, California due to natural causes.