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Which one of the following is not true regarding the impact of the first world war on india |
| Answer» The hardships ended with the war as the British introduced the Rowlatt Act\tFirst of all, the war created a new economic and political situation.\xa0It led to a huge increase in defence expenditure\xa0which was financed by war loans and\xa0increasing taxes: customs duties were raised and income tax introduced.\tThroughout the war, prices doubled, which led to extreme hardships for the common people between 1913 & 1918.\xa0Villages had been requested to provide soldiers, and forcible rural recruitment\xa0caused widespread indignation. Crops had failed in several parts of India in 1918-19 and 1920-21. This added to extreme food shortages.\tThis was combined with an outbreak of influenza. 12 to 13 million people died in famines and plague,\xa0according to the 1921 census. People hoped that after the battle, their troubles could cease. That didn\'t happen, though.\tThe\xa0British government passed the infamous Rowlatt Act which gave enormous powers\xa0to the police to arrest any person without any reason whatsoever.The Act was meant to curtail the country\'s increasing nationalist upsurge. Gandhi urged the population to fight the oppressive act "Satyagraha" | |