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(How did the first world war help in the growth of the National Movementin India) |
| Answer» <p>The first world war created a new economic and political situation.# It led to a huge increase in defence expenditure which was financed by war loans and increasing taxes : customs duties were raised and income tax introduced.# Through the war years prices increased leading to extreme hardship for the common people.# Villagers were callled upon to supply soldiers and the forced recruitment in rural areas caused widespread anger.# Crops failed in many parts of India, resulting in acute shortage of food.# This was accompanied by an influenza epidemic.# 12 to 13 million people perished as a result of famines and the epidemic.</p> | |