How did WW1 help in growth of national movement in india
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# 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 called 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.
All the problems made the people more aggressive and determined to fight against the British.
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The war created a new political and econoic situation.
Through the war years prices increased, leading to extreme hardship for common people.
Forced recruiment in rural areas caused widespread anger.
The first world war had ended with the defeat of Ottoman Turkey. There were rumours that a harsh treaty was going to be imposed on Khalifa- the spiritual head of Islamic world, infuriationg the Muslims in India too.
Also, during the first world war, Indian merchants and industrialists had made huge profits and now reacted agains colonial policies that restricted business activities.
Thus, the first world war adversely affected different communities in different ways and thus accelerated the process of development of nation wide movement against the british.
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