How the First World War helped in the growth of the National Movement in India. Explain.

Explanation

The first World War created a new economic and political situation which led to increase in defence expenditure. This expenditure increased was financed by war loans and by increasing taxes. Moreover,
(i) Price hike during the war years (1914-1918) led to extreme hardships for commoners.
(ii) Villagers and farmers were forcefully recruited in the British army, this caused widespread anger.
(iii) Incidents such as implementation of Rowlatt Act, Jallianwala Bagh massacre, martial law in Punjab, disintegration of the Ottoman Empire, further aggravated the situation, resulting in the emergence of the national movement.