Question

Describe the impact of WW1 on India.​

Answer 1

Answer:

(i) The First World War led to a huge rise in the defence expenditure of the Government of India. The government in turn increased taxes on individual incomes and business profits. (ii) Increased military expenditure and the demands for war supplies led to the sharp rise in prices which badly affected the common mass.

Answer 2

Answer
Introduction:-
The outbreak of 1st World War had widespread implications in India.
1) Huge increase in defence expenditure.
2) War created a new economic and political situation.
3) Customs duties were raised and income tax introduced.
4) Crops failed in many parts of India.
5) Shortage of food.
6) This was accompanied by an influenza epidemic.
Conclusion:-
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.
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