Question

Describe any three effects of the 'first world war' on india
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Answer 1

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Explanation:

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 - doubling between 1913 and 1918 - leading to extreme hardship for the common people.

• Villages were called upon to supply soldiers, and the forced recruitment in rural areas caused widespread anger.

• Then in 1918-19 and 1920-21, crops failed in many parts of India, resulting in acute shortages of food.

• This was accompanied by an influenza epidemic.

• According to the census of 1921, 12 to 13 million people perished as a result of famines and the epidemic.

• People hoped that their hardships would end after the war was over. But that did not happen.