Question

Why did industrial production in India increased during the First World War ??

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Answer 1

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Why did industrial production in India increase during First World War ?

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Till the First World War industrial growth was slow in India .The war created a drammatically new situation.

● With British mills busy with war production to meet the needs of army, Manchester imports into India declined . Suddenly, Indian mills had a vast home market to supply .

● As the war prolonged , Indian factories were called upon to supply war needs such as jute bags , cloth for Army uniform , tents and Leather boots , etc .

● New factories was set up and old ones ran multiple shifts .

● Many new workers were employed . And over the war years industrial production boomed .

Answer 2

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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.

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