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Industrial production in India increased during the First World War.

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Industrial production in India increased during the First World War. First, British mills were bustling, meeting the requirements of the war effort. Second, imports from Manchester decreased, which meant that Indian mills suddenly had a large domestic market to supply. India's rate of industrialisation was low till then. But during the First World War, the country's industrial production increased for many reasons. During World War I, as the textile mills of Britain were kept very busy fulfilling the requirements of the English army, the amount of cloth imported to India from Manchester saw a significant drop.

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