History of Modern India I

Paper Code: 
HIS 501
Credits: 
3
Contact Hours: 
45.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

This objective of this paper is to acquaint the students with the various political developments in India with particular reference to the Marathas and Bengal, the emergence of regional powers and their absorption in the British Empire The establishment, development and growth of British paramountcy shall be dealt extensively along with the uprising of 1857.

 

 

8.00
Unit I: 
Unit I

Rise of Peshwas, Third Battle of Panipat and its consequences.

8.00
Unit II: 
Unit II

Marathas under Mahadji Sindhia and Nana Phadnavis

Anglo Maratha Relations

Causes of the decline of the Marathas.

10.00
Unit III: 
Unit III

Establishment of British Rule in Bengal – Battle of Plassey and Buxar

Dual Administration of Bengal

Administrative changes (1772-1793).

10.00
Unit IV: 
Unit IV

Concept of British Paramountcy and the Doctrine of Lapse                         British Relations with Indian States – Mysore, Punjab and Awadh                              

 

9.00
Unit V: 
Unit V

Uprising of 1857, causes, nature and consequences.

Essential Readings: 

References:

·         G.S. Sardesai: New History of the Marathas. Vol. III (also in Hindi)

·         B.N. Pande: Centenary History of the Indian National Congress (1885 –1985). Vikas Publishing House, New Delhi, 1985.

·         Tara Chand: History of the Freedom Movement in India in Vol. I – IV, Delhi, Publication Division. Vol. I – 1965, Vol. II – 1967, Vol. III – 1971, Vol. IV – 1973.

·         Bayly, C.A. Indian Society and the making of the British Empire, The new Cambridge History of India, Vol. II, Cambridge, 1988

·         Dharma Kumar & Tapan Ray Chaudhauri ed. Cambridge Economic History of India, Vol II,. Cambridge 1982.

·         Majumdar, Datta and Ray Chaudhary (eds.) Advanced History of India, London, Macmillan, 1961.

·         Shukla R.L. ed. Adhunik Bharat ka Itihas, Delhi, Hindi Directorate, reprint, 1998.

·         Gorden Stewart, The Marathas, 1600-1818, New Cambridge History of India, Delhi, Foundation Books, 1994.

 

Essential Reading:

·         Sumit Sarkar: Modern Indian 1885 to 1947, Delhi, McMillan, 1985.

·         Bipin Chandra et al, India’s Struggle for Independence, 1857-1947, Delhi, Penguin 1996.

·         B.L. Grover – A Constitutional History of Modern India.

 

Academic Year: 
2015-16
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