Indian National Movement
1. British expansion : The Carnatic Wars, Conquest of Bengal. Mysore
and its resitance to British expansion: The three Anglo-Maratha Wars.
Early structure of British raj: Regulating and Pitt's India Acts.
2. Economic Impact of the British Raj : Drain of Wealth (Tribute);
land revenue settlements (zamindari, ryotwari, mahalwari);
Deindustrialisation; Railways and commercialisation of agriculture;
Growth of landless labour.
3. Cultural encounter and social changes: Introduction of western
education and modern ideas. Indian Renaissance, social and religious
reform movements; growth of Indian middle class; The press and its
impact: rise of modern literature in Indian languages. Social reforms
measures before 1857.
4. Resistance to British rule : Early uprisings; The 1857 Revolt- causes, nature, course and consequences.
5. Indian Freedom struggle-the first phase: Growth of national
consciousness; Formation of Associations; Establishment of the Indian
National Congress and its Moderate phase;- Economic Nationalism;
Swadeshi Movement; The growth of "Extremism" and the 1907 split in
Congress; The Act of 1909 - the policy of Divide and Rule;
Congress-League Pact of 1916.
6 . Gandhi and his thought; Gandhian techniques of mass mobilisation-
Khilafat and Non Cooperation Movement, Civil Disobedience and Quit India
Movement; Other strands in the National Movement-Revolutionaries, the
Left, Subhas Chandra Bose and the Indian National Army.
7. Separatist Trends in Indian nationalist politics- the Muslim League
and the Hindu Mahasabha; The post -1945 developments; Partition and
Independence.
8. India independent to 1964. A parliamentary, secular, democratic
(republic the 1950 Constitution). Jawaharlal Nehru's vision of a
developed, socialist society. Planning and state-controlled
industrialization. Agrarian reforms. Foreign policy of Non-alignment.
Border conflict with China and Chinese aggression.
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