About the Book: India And The First World War
The world changed after the First World War. Its aftermath saw the collapse of
the German, Russian, Austro-Hungarian, and Ottoman empires, and the world map
never seemed the same again. Though the Great War is widely considered to be a
European war, it had enormous effects halfway across the world in India. At the
advent of the war, the number of Indian soldiers fighting exceeded the number of
British soldiers. Because of funds reallocated to Britains advantage, Indias
economy took a toll as well. The Indian National Congress believed that
supporting Britains war efforts would benefit Indias