Economic History of Modern India

Paper Code: 
HIS 423 (C)
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Course Objectives

This course will enable the students –

  1. To study about the most significant aspects of the Indian economy under British rule from the mid-18th to the mid-19th century.
  2. To introduces students with fundamental economic changes in agriculture, weaving, trade and finance and labour in colonial India.
  3. To acquaint with the economic policies of the British along with the land revenue arrangements, Industrialisation, Free trade, Tariff and policy of discriminatory protection.

Course Outcomes

Course

Outcome (at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

Paper Code

Paper Title

HIS 423 (C)

 

Economic History of Modern India

 

The students will be able –

CO162- Students will develop an understanding of Indian Economy in the 18th Century Nature and Structure.

CO163-Students will understand the various processes that led to the Destruction of Cottage Industries. De-industrialization and its Consequences.

CO164-Students will be acquainted with Agrarian relation: British Land Tenure Policy and .Commercialization of Agriculture and its effects.

CO165-Students will comprehend the process of Drain of Wealth and its implications and development of Railways and its impact.

CO166-Students will understand Industrialization with special reference to Cotton Textiles and Jute Industry
  • Interactive Lectures
  • Group Discussions
  • Tutorials
  • Reading Assignments
  • Asking Effective questions
  • Documentary Screening
  • Power Point Presentation

 

Class test, Semester End Examinations, Class Assignment, Presentation, Individual and group projects, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials,

 

12.00

Indian Economy in the 18th Century Nature and Structure.

Early Phase of Colonial Economy.

 

12.00

Destruction of Cottage Industries. De-industrialization and its Consequences.

 

12.00

Agrarian relation: British Land Tenure Policy: Permanent, Ryotwari and Mahalwari.

Commercialization of Agriculture and its effects.

Famines in British India

 

12.00

Drain of Wealth and its implications

Railways: British Construction Policy, Growth and impact.

 

12.00

Industrialization with special reference to Cotton Textiles and Jute Industry.

Policy of Free Trade, Tariff and Policy of Discriminatory Protection.

 

Essential Readings: 

Recommended Readings :

·        R.C. Dutt : Economic History of India

·        Pandey S.N., Economic History of Modern India, Readworthy publication, New Delhi, 2008

·        A.K. Bagchi : Private Investment in India 1909-1930

·        B.N. Ganguli : Dadabhai Naroji and the Drain Theory

·        Elizabeth Whitcombe : Agrarian Conditions in Northern India 1860-1900

·        Daniel and Alice : Land and Labour in India

·        Bipin Chandra : Rise and Growth of Economic Nationalism in India

·        Dharma Kumar and Tapan Ray Choudhary (eds) : The Cambridge Economic History of India, Vol. II

·        Rajat K. Ray (ed) : Entrepreneurship and Industry in India, 1800-1947

·        A.R. Desai : Peasant Struggles in India

Dadabhai Naoroji : Poverty and Un-British Rule in India     

References: 

Indian Economy in the 18th Century Nature and Structure and Early Phase of Colonial Economy

Destruction of Cottage Industries. De-industrialization and its Consequences

Agrarian relation: British Land Tenure Policy: Permanent, Ryotwari and Mahalwari.

Commercialization of Agriculture and its effects

Famines in British India

Drain of Wealth and its implications

Railways: British Construction Policy, Growth and impact

Industrialization with special reference to Cotton Textiles and Jute Industry

 

 

Academic Year: 
2023-24
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