Original sentence: Amartya Sen (1976) challenged this orthodoxy, reviving the claim that there was no shortage of food in Bengal and that the famine was caused by inflation.Indeed, he refused to allow free relief shipments of food from the United States and Canada into Bengal on the grounds that the food was needed more elsewhere and because the Japanese Navy was patrolling Bay of Bengal.Some of the key reasons for this famine are: a) ever increasing financial and resource needs due to the war; b) the Japanese invasion of Burma which cut off food and other essential supplies to the region; c) mismanagement by Indian regional governments; and d) an increase in demand partially as resulted of refugees from Burma and Bengal
Edited sentence: Firstly, the British had been deliberately keeping food stocks in Bengal low to ensure that if the Japanese conquered Bengal, the occupying forces would not have a ready food supply.George Orwell echoed Amery's sentiments when he said, "The way the British government is now behaving in India upsets me more than a military defeat.Indeed, he refused to allow free relief shipments of food from the United States and Canada into Bengal on the grounds that the food was needed more elsewhere.Secondly, British soldiers fighting in that part of the world were relying on Bengali rice exports.Some of the key reasons for this famine are: a) ever increasing financial needs of the colonial rulers; b) the Japanese invasion of Burma which cut off food and other essential supplies to the region; c) poor administration by the British; and d) the financial crunch caused by the war.The British government at that time made the situation worse through some wartime policies