Answer» - In the period of war, England required manpower and money. So, they enforced the recruitment of army personnel from India.
- Extra taxes levied on Indians and taxes on trade and industries increased to raise funds needed for war.
- Due to inflation, prices of essential items increased and Indians have also been affected by an increase in unemployment.
- England exploited India and its resources to achieve victory in this war. India was a British colony and they took it in their right to use it as a source of supplying industrial products, cloth, and other commodities of daily use to their allied nations.
- Due to exploitation by the Britishers, a large number of Indians, from various societies, workers, and farmers joined the national movement against the British.
- India was pulled forcibly into this war by the British Government. India did not gain anything from this war.
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