| World war is also known as The great War.On | | | | |
| the 28 June 1914, Gavrilo Princip, a Bosnian | | | | Military missing: 3,629,000lthough the |
| Serb student, killed Archduke Franz | | | | conflict in India cannot be explicitly said |
| Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian | | | | to have been a part of the First World War, |
| throne, in Sarajevo. Princip was a member of | | | | it can certainly be said to have been |
| Young Bosnia, a group whose aims included the | | | | significant in terms of the wider strategic |
| unification of the South Slavs and | | | | context. The British attempt to subjugate the |
| independence from Austria-Hungary. The | | | | tribal leaders who had rebelled against their |
| assassination in Sarajevo set into motion a | | | | British overlords drew away much needed |
| series of fast-moving events that eventually | | | | troops from other theaters, in particular, of |
| escalated into full-scale war. | | | | course, the Western Front, where the real |
| Austria-Hungary demanded action by Serbia to | | | | decisive victory would be made. |
| punish those responsible, and when | | | | |
| Austria-Hungary deemed Serbia had not | | | | The reason why some Indian and Afghani tribes |
| complied, declared war. Major European powers | | | | rose up simply came down to years of |
| were at war within weeks because of | | | | discontent which erupted, probably not |
| overlapping agreements for collective defense | | | | coincidentally, during the First World War. |
| and the complex nature of international | | | | It is likely that the tribal leaders were |
| alliances. | | | | aware that Britain would not be able to field |
| | | | the required men, in terms of either number |
| The casualties were: | | | | or quality. They underestimated, however, the |
| | | | strategic importance placed on India by the |
| Military dead: | | | | British; despite being located far away from |
| | | | the epicenter of the conflict, it provided a |
| 5,525,000 | | | | bounty of men for the fronts. Its produce was |
| | | | also needed for the British war effort and |
| Military wounded: 12,831,500 | | | | many trade routes running to other profitable |
| | | | areas of the Empire ran through India. |
| Military missing: 4,121,000[1] | | | | Therefore, although the British were not able |
| | | | to send the men that they wanted, they were |
| Military dead: | | | | able to send enough to resist the revolt of |
| | | | the tribesmen through a gradual but effective |
| 4,386,000 | | | | counter-guerilla war. The fighting continued |
| | | | into 1919 and in some areas lasted even |
| Military wounded: 8,388,000 | | | | longer. |