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India · 1914World War I begins; India drawn in amid Ghadar and the Komagata Maru

The Great War's outbreak in 1914 drew India into the conflict as part of the British Empire, even as Congress leaders largely supported Britain in the hope of constitutional reform. Revolutionary nationalism surged abroad through the Ghadar movement and the Komagata Maru incident, while Tilak's release and Annie Besant's political work foreshadowed the Home Rule agitation.

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Key figures

Lord Hardinge — Viceroy of India (1910–16); oversaw India's entry into the First World War.Bal Gangadhar Tilak — released from Mandalay in June 1914; 'Extremist' leader and future Home Rule campaigner.Annie Besant — joined the Congress in 1914 and used Commonweal and New India to advocate constitutional reform and Home Mahatma Gandhi — concluded the South African satyagraha after the Indians' Relief Act, 1914, before returning to India iLala Har Dayal — leading ideologue associated with the Ghadar Party and revolutionary nationalism among the Indian diaspBhupendra Nath Basu — president of the 1914 Madras session of the Indian National Congress.

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