पाठ्यक्रम की समीक्षा 2008-2009

यहाँ पर पाठ्यक्रम की समीक्षा की गई है।

Unit I

1. Foundation of British Rule:

Circumstances leading to the battles of Plassey and Buxer and their significance; Dual System of Clive; Reforms of Warren Hastings:

जैसा की कक्षा में चर्चा हुई है की क्लाईव ऐव वारन हैसटिंग का Long Question तैयार किया जा सकता है।

Warren Hasting पर Web sources:

Wikipedia पर

For Biographical account you may check Banglapedia. (I must point out that at many times I find Banglapedia a better source than Wikipedia on Indian History.)
2. Administrative Reforms:

Reforms of Cornwallis, William Bentinck and Dalhousie.

यहाँ तीन गवर्नर जर्नल हैं। तीनो ही मह्ताव्पुरण प्रशन हैं। इन में से कारण्वालिस पर सब सी ज्यादा बार प्रशन आया है।

3. The Uprising of 1857:

Political, social-religious, economic and immediate causes, failure; results; nature of the uprising।

इस को दो प्रशनो मैं पूरा किया जा सकता है.

पहला प्रशन के १८५७ के उत्कर्ष क्या कारण था.

दूसरा प्रशन के १८५७ का क्या स्वरूप था.

Unit - II

4. Economic Changes:

British Agrarian policies; commercialization of agriculture, rural indebtedness, deindustrialization and growth of modern industry; theory of economic drain.

5. Social-Religious Reform Movements:

Brahmo Samaj; Aligarh Movement; Arya Samaj; Ramakrishna Mission; Swami Vivekananda’s contribution.

6. Depressed Classes Movement:

Contribution of Jotiba Phule, B. R. Ambedkar and Mahatama Gandhi.

Unit - III

7. Growth of political consciousness:

Causes for the growth of political consciousness and nationalism; foundation of Indian National Congress; national movement upto 1919.

8. Indian National Movement:

Gandhi’s emergence; circumstances leading to the non-cooperation movement and its significance; demand for complete independence ; the civil disobedience movement.

9. Rise of Communal Politics:

Factors responsible for the growth of communal politics ; separate electorate ; Muslim League and Pakistan Resolution.

Unit - IV

10. Towards Partition and Independence:

Quit India Movement; British Proposals for Independence; Indian Independence Act of 1947.

11. Significant developments after Independence, 1947 - 64 :

Making of the constitution ; integration of Princely states; the reorganization of states; industrial and agricultural development.

12 Map :

(a) Important Historical places: Delhi, Calcutta, Madras, Bombay, Goa, Pondicherry, Surat, Plassey, Buxar, Gwalior, Jhansi, Hyderabad, Sabarmati, Amritsar, Lucknow, Lahore and Aligarh.
(b) Extent of the British Empire in 1856.
(c) Republic of India in 1