Question

How the first world war helped i)n the growth of the national movement in india c?

Answer 1

The conflict caused logistical problems for the British government to maintain the supply lines from Britain to the far-flung war fronts in Africa and elsewhere. This created opportunities for Indian industrialists to set up war goods oriented industries in the country. As a result, a good number of factories sprang up in centres like Bombay. This created employment and benefited the economy.

Answer 2

Answer:

During the First World War, the British army conducted forced recruitment from rural areas in India.

To finance the defence expenditure, high customs duties and income taxes were imposed.

Also, during 1918-19 and 1920-21, crops failed in many parts of India, thereby resulting in acute food shortages. Accompanied by epidemics it accounted for 12 to 13 million deaths. All this caused extensive anger and opposition against the British colonial rule.

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

The war had given rise to many social and economic problems. The Montague-Chelmsford Reforms of 1919 could not satisfy the aspirations of the Indians. There arose a general discontent among the Indian masses against the British rule.