Social History of Modern India

Paper Code: 
24 HIS 324 (C)
Credits: 
04
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Course Objective

This course equips students to identify the development of community and caste during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, elucidate the diverse trends within socio-religious reform movements in India, and familiarize themselves with the expansion of modern education, the press, and the emergence of the middle and capitalist classes, understanding their pivotal roles in instigating societal shifts

Course Outcomes: 

Course Outcomes (CO)

Course

Outcome (at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

Course Code

Course Title

24 HIS 324 (C)

Social  History of Modern India

CO137- Analyse the society in India in 19th Century , Cultural Encounters with the Westand English legal system.

CO138—Evaluate the Nature and Causes of Indian Renaissance spécial focuse on reform movement in Bengal, Maharastra and South India.

 CO139- Assess contributions of Dayanand Sarasvati, Vivekananda, Ram Krishna Mission, Aligarh Movement, and B.R. Ambedkar to society

CO140-Delineate the origin and Growth of Modern Education.Rise of Middle Class and its Role in Social Change.

CO141-Critically examine the role of Press and the Making of Modern India.

CO142-Contribute effectively in course-specific interaction

 
  • Reading Assignments
  •  Asking Effective questions
  • Documentary Screening
  • Power Point Presentation
  • Interactive Lectures
  •  Group Discussions
  • Tutorials

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

 

12.00

Society in India in 19th Century.

Cultural Encounter with the West: Tradition and Modernity.

Introduction of English Legal System and its Impact.

 

 

12.00

Social Reform Movements in the 19th Century : Nature and Causes

Reform Movement in Bengal: Brahmo Samaj

Reform Movement in Maharastra; Prathana Samaj and Satyashodhak Samaj

Reform Movement in South India: Veerasalingam, Narayan Guru

 

 

12.00

Dayanand Saraswati and Arya Samaj

Vivekanand and Ram Krishna Mission.

Sir Syed Ahmed Khan and Aligarh Movement

B.R. Ambedkar

12.00

Origin and Growth of Modern Education, Resoution of 1835 and filtration theory, Wood’s Despach of 1854

Rise of Middle Class and its Role in Social Change

 

12.00

Role of Press and the Making of Modern India.

Rise of Capitalist Class and its Role in National Movement.

 

 

Essential Readings: 

Recommended Readings :

  • D.R. Gadgil : The Industrial Revolution of India in Recent Times
  • A.R. Desai : Social Background of Indian Nationalism
  • B.B. Mishra : The Indian Middle Class
  • Natrajan : Century of Social Reform in India
  • V.P. Verma : Modern Indian Social and Political Thought (in hindi also)
  • B.T. Mac Caull : Education and the Origins of Indian Nationalism
  • V.P.S. Raghuvanshi : Indian Society in the 18th Century
  • V.C. Joshi (ed) : Rammohan Roy and the Process of Modernization in India.

 

 

Academic Year: 
2024-25
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