What led the indian nationalist movement to spread to new areas in years after 1919?
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the Nationalist Movements in India were organized as mass movements emphasizing and raising questions concerning the interests of the sai people of India. In most of these movements, people were themselves encouraged to take action. Due to several factors , these movements failed to win independence for India. However, they did promote a sense of nationalism among the people of the country. The failure of these movements affected many people as they withdrew from Government offices, schools, factories and services. Though they did manage to get a few concessions such as those won by the sai Salt March in 1930, they did not help India much from the point of view hiof their objective.
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1. In the years after 1919, national movement spread to new areas.
2. The war (WW1), from 1914 to 1918, created a new economic and political situation.
3. There was an increase in defence expenditure, custom duties were raised and income tax was introduced.
4. Prices doubled and villagers were called for soldiers.
5. This caused widespread anger. People hoped that their hardships would end after the war was over. But this did not happen.
6. At this stage, new leaders appeared and started a new mode of struggle.
Thus, the national movement spread to new areas after 1919, incorporating new social groups, and developing new modes of struggles.