Why is the year 1921 identified as the year of ‘great divide’?

1.	Why is the year 1921 identified as the year of ‘great divide’?
Answer» In India, the population grew at a slower rate between the first two decades i.e. 1901 and 1921. In the first decade i.e. 1901-1911, it grew by 0.57% where as in the second decade i.e. 1911-21 it decreased by 0.03%. Apart from the year 1921, population has grown continuously in all the decades. Not a single decade has seen reduction in population after 1921. Hence the year 1921 was considered as the ‘Year of great divide’.

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In India, the population grew at a slower rate between the first two decades i.e. 1901 and 1921. In the first decade i.e. 1901-1911, it grew by 0.57% where as in the second decade i.e. 1911-21 it decreased by 0.03%.

Apart from the year 1921, population has grown continuously in all the decades. Not a single decade has seen reduction in population after 1921. Hence the year 1921 was considered as the ‘Year of great divide’.

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Why is the year 1921 identified as the year of ‘great divide’?

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