Question

What helped TISCO expand steel production during the First World War?

Answer 1

→ In 1914 the First Would War broke out.

→ Steel produced in Britain now had to meet the demands of war in Europe.

→ So imports of British steel into India declined dramatically and the Indian Railways turned to

TISCO for supply of rails.

→ As the war dragged on for several years, TISCO had to produce shells and carriage wheels for

the war.

→ By 1919 the colonial government was buying 90 per cent of the steel manufactured by

TISCO.

→ Over time TISCO became the biggest steel industry within the British Empire.