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

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By the time TISCO was set up the situation was
changing. When in 1914 the 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 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% of the steel manufactured by TISCO. Over time TISCO became the biggest steel industry within the British empire.

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