what was the condition of india during the first world war?

1.	what was the condition of india during the first world war?
Answer» The First World War created a new economic and political situation. It led to ahuge increase in defence expenditure which was financed by war loans andincreasing taxes. Custom duties were raised and income tax was introduced.Through the war years prices increased leading to extreme hardships for thecommon mass. Villages were called upon for supply of soldiers. Forcedrecruitment in rural areas caused widespread anger. Acute shortages of fooddue to failure of crops in several parts of India in 1918-19 and 1920-21 madethe life of the common people miserable. People hoped that their hardshipswould end after the war was over. But that did not happen. All this helped inthe growth of the national movement in the country

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