MODERN INDIAN HISTORY

Modern Indian History

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(A) Post Independence Modern India

Consolidation as a Nation

Nehru’s Foreign Policy;

India and her neighbours (1947-1964); 

The linguistic reorganisation of States (1935-1947);

Regionalism and regional inequality;

Integration of Princely States;

Princes in electoral politics;

Question of National Language.

Caste and Ethnicity after 1947

Backward castes in postcolonial electoral politics;

Tribes in postcolonial electoral politics;

Dalit movements

Economic development and political change

Land reforms;

The politics of planning and rural reconstruction;

Ecology and environmental policy in post – colonial India;

Progress of science.

(B) Pre-Independence Modern India:

European Penetration into India

European Penetration into India: The Early European Settlements; The Portuguese and the Dutch; The English and the French East India Companies; Their struggle for supremacy; Carnatic Wars: Part I

European Penetration into India: The Early European Settlements; The Portuguese and the Dutch; The English and the French East India Companies; Their struggle for supremacy; Carnatic Wars: Part II

European Penetration into India: The Early European Settlements; The Portuguese and the Dutch; The English and the French East India Companies; Their struggle for supremacy; Carnatic Wars: Part III

Bengal -The conflict between the English and the Nawabs of Bengal; Siraj and the English; The Battle of Plassey; Significance of Plassey, Bengal – Mir Jafar and Mir Kasim;The Battle of Buxar

British Expansion in India

Bengal;

Mysore;

The Marathas; The three Anglo-Maratha Wars;

The Punjab.

Early Structure of the British Raj

The early administrative structure; The Regulating Act of 1773, From diarchy to direct control

The Pitt’s India Act  of 1784

The Charter Act of 1793 and 1813

The Charter Act of 1833

The voice of free trade and the changing character of British colonial rule;

The English utilitarian and India

Economic Impact of British Colonial Rule

Land revenue settlements in British India; The Permanent Settlement; Ryotwari Settlement; Mahalwari Settlement; Economic impact of the revenue arrangements: Part I

Land revenue settlements in British India; The Permanent Settlement; Ryotwari Settlement; Mahalwari Settlement; Economic impact of the revenue arrangements: Part II

Land revenue settlements in British India; The Permanent Settlement; Ryotwari Settlement; Mahalwari Settlement; Economic impact of the revenue arrangements: Part III

Commercialization of agriculture

Rise of landless agrarian labourers;

Impoverishment of the rural society.

Dislocation of traditional trade and commerce;

De-industrialisation; Decline of traditional crafts;

Rise of Modern Industries in British India

Drain of wealth

Economic Transformation of India;

Railroad and communication network including telegraph and postal services;

Famine and poverty in the rural interior;

European business enterprise and its limitations.

Social and Cultural Developments

The state of indigenous education, its dislocation; Orientalist-Anglicist Controversy, the Introduction of western education in India;

The rise of press, literature and public opinion;

The rise of modern vernacular literature;

Progress of science;

Christian missionary activities in India

Social and Religious Reform movements in Bengal and Other Areas

Ram Mohan Roy, The Brahmo Movement; Devendranath Tagore;

Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar

The Young Bengal Movement

Dayanada Saraswati and Arya Samaj

Theosophical Society

Ramakrishna Movement and Vivekananda 

Sikh and Parsi Reform Movements

The social reform movements in India including Sati, widow Remarriage, child marriage etc.;

The contribution of Indian renaissance to the growth of modern India;

Islamic revivalism – the Feraizi Movements

Islamic revivalism – the Wahabi Movements

Islamic revivalism – the Deoband Movement

Islamic revivalism- Ahmedia Movement

Aligarh Movement

Indian Response to British Rule

Peasant movements and tribal uprisings in the 18th and 19th centuries including:

Other peasant movements and tribal uprisings in the 18th and 19th centuries: Part I- Pabna Revolt

Other peasant movements and tribal uprisings in the 18th and 19th centuries: Part II

The Great Revolt of 1857 – Origin, Character, Causes of failure the consequences- Part I

The Great Revolt of 1857 – Origin, Character, Causes of failure the consequences- Part II

The shift in the character of peasant uprisings in the post -1857 period;

The peasant movements of the 1920s and 1930s.

Early Indian Nationalism

Factors leading to the birth of Indian Nationalism

Politics of Association before Congress

The Foundation of the Indian National Congress; The Safety-valve thesis relating to the birth of the Congress; Programme and objectives of Early Congress;

The social composition of early Congress leadership

The Moderates and Extremists

The Partition of Bengal (1905),The Swadeshi Movement in Bengal; the economic and political aspects of Swadeshi Movement

The Split in the Surat Congress, 1907

The beginning of revolutionary extremism in India

Home Rule Movement

Lucknow Pact 1916

Rise of Gandhi, Character of Gandhian nationalism and Gandhi Era

Philosophy and Ideas of Mahatma Gandhi

Rise of Gandhi; Character of Gandhian nationalism; Gandhi ‘s popular appeal; Early activism; Rowlatt Satyagraha 

Khilafat Movement; Non-cooperation Movement

National politics from the end of the Non-cooperation movement to the beginning of the Civil Disobedience movement:

The two phases of the Civil Disobedience Movement; The Round Table Conferences, Gandhi-Irwin Pact, Communal Award, Poona Pact

Nationalism and the Peasant Movements

Nationalism and Working class movements

Praja Mandal Movements in Princely States

Women in Indian politics (1885-1947)

Indian youth and students in Indian politics (1885-1947)

The election of 1937 and the formation of ministries

August Offer, Individual Satyagraha and Cripps Mission(1939-1942)

The Quit India Movement (1942-1944)

Rajaji Formula,The Wavell Plan, INA Trial, RIN Mutiny, Election and The Cabinet Mission

Constitutional Developments in the Colonial India between 1858 and 1935

(a) Viceroy’s Executive Council and The Imperial Legislative Council

(b) The Government of India Act, 1858 and The Indian Council Act, 1861

(c) The Indian Council Act, 1892

(d) Morley-Minto Reforms,1909 or  Indian Councils Act,1909

(e) Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms and Government of India Act, 1919

(f) The Government of India Act 1935

Other strands in the National Movement

The Revolutionaries: Bengal, the Punjab, Maharashtra, U.P, the Madras Presidency, Outside India.

The Left; The Left within the Congress: Jawaharlal Nehru, Subhas Chandra Bose, the Congress Socialist Party; the Communist Party of India, other left parties: Part I

The Left; The Left within the Congress: Jawaharlal Nehru, Subhas Chandra Bose, the Congress Socialist Party; the Communist Party of India, other left parties: Part II

Strategy and Ideologies of the Indian National Movement

Politics of Separatism

The Muslim League; the Hindu Mahasabha; Communalism and the politics of partition: Part I

The Muslim League; the Hindu Mahasabha; Communalism and the politics of partition: Part II

The Muslim League; the Hindu Mahasabha; Communalism and the politics of partition: Part III

Transfer of power; Independence

 

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    1. “(e)Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms and Government of India Act, 1919 ” IS MISSING INSTEAD IT IS MORLEY MINTO INSTEAD PLEASE CORRECT IT.

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  40. Sir please activate this hidden(j)The Left; The Left within the Congress: Jawaharlal Nehru, Subhas Chandra Bose, the Congress Socialist Party ; the Communist Party of India, other left parties.

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