INDIA
, THE FIRST WORLD WAR, KHILAFAT AND
NON-COOPERATION MOVEMENT:
The First World War (1914) created a new economic
and political situation worldwide. India faced
various problems during the war period.
, NEW ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL
SITUATION
A new economical and Answer : ● Defence expenditure increased.
● Custom duties increased.
● Introduction of Income Tax.
political situation was created
● Forced recruitment in the army.
● Prices of food grains doubled between 1913
during first world war in - 1918.
● 1918-19 and 1920-21- Crops failed in many
India. Elaborate / Discuss parts of India.
● Acute shortage of food.
● Famine & epidemic- 12-13 million people
/Explain.
perished
● In such a critical situation, new leader
appear and suggested a new mode of
struggle.
, MAHATMA GANDHI
what do mean by satyagraha ?
ans :
satyagraha, (Sanskrit and Returned to India in
Hindi: “holding onto January 1915 from
truth”) concept South Africa.
introduced in the early
20th century by Mahatma
Gandhi to designate a
determined but Advocated noble method
nonviolent resistance to of mass agitation called
evil Satyagraha.