Why did industrial production in india incrasesduring the first world war?
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It increased due to the following reasons-
(i) While British mills busy with war production to meet the needs of the army Manchester imports into India declined.
(ii) With the decline of imports suddenly, Indian mills had a vast home market to supply.
(iii) As the war prolonged, Indian factories were called upon to supply war needs also, such as Jute bags, cloth for uniforms of soldiers, tents, leather boots, etc and lots of other items.
(iv) New factories were set up and old ones organized multiple shifts; during the war years Indian industries boomed.
(v) Overall, the First World War gave a boost to Indian industries.
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Why did the industrial production in India increase during the First World War
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Industrial production in India increased during the First World War because British mills became busy with tending to war needs. Manchester imports decreased, and Indian mills suddenly had a huge home market to supply. ... Industrial production boomed with the employment of new workers and longer working hours.
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India witnessed increased industrial production during the First World War due to following reasons:
1. British industries became busy in producing and supplying war-needs. Hence, they stopped exporting British goods or clothes for colonial markets like that in India.
2. It was a good opportunity for Indian industries to fill in empty Indian markets with their products. It was done so. Therefore, industrial production in India increased.
3. Also the British colonial government asked Indian factories to supply the war needs like - jute bags, cloth or army uniforms, tents and leather boots, horse and mule saddle, etc.
4. The increased demands of variety of products led to the setting up of new factories and old ones increased their production.
5. Many new workers were employed and everyone was made to work longer hours.