Question

Why did industrial production in India increase during first world war?

Answer 1

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World war 1 (1914) or the great war which was basically fought to end all wars was one f the greatest wars in human history. British were one of the major allied forces in the war.

in any war there is always crunch on the economy and all the other balance of the nation. British made sure that they should not suffer such crunch yet diverting all thier resources in the war. Clothing, food, weapons everything is required in very large scale to work for it. British was ruling India at the time of war, the main reason that british started industrialisation over here was, they wanted to produce as much as clothing, food and other machinery required for the war.

at the the time of war India was one of the biggest suppliers of clothing and other commodities to British army. not willingly but as the nation was under the British rule it was them who produced everything using every resource possible to support the army which lead toward the industrialisation over here.

Answer 2

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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.