The poor who lived in cities experienced rapidly rising incomes, especially in Calcutta, where huge expenditures for the war against Japan caused a boom that quadrupled food prices.

• 得益于经济地快速发展，在城市里，特别是加尔各答居住的贫困人口得以享受收入增加所带来的好处，而对日本的战争使得食物价格暴涨为原来的四倍。