Women in Indian History

Paper Code:

HIS 322

Credits:

4

Contact Hours:

60.00

Objective:

Course objectives

This course will enable the students –

To understand the role and status of women in Ancient and Medieval Indian history.
To get acquainted with social reform movement during British Period
To study the contribution of women in Indian National Movement.
To deepen the knowledge about the Gender Issues and Feminist Movements in India.

Course Outcomes :

Course

Outcome (at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

Paper Code

Paper Title

HIS 322

Women in Indian History

The students will be able –

CO 70-Understand historiographical intervention in writing womens’ history thus visualizing them as subjects and understand the Position of Women in Ancient and Medieval India.

CO.71-Students will understand social Reform movements during British Period and Social Legislation related to women during the Colonial Period.

CO72-Students will get acquainted with the role of women in the Indian National Movement.

CO73- Students will understand the social and economic rights enshrined in the constitution of India.

CO74-Students will get acquainted with Gender Issues and Feminist Movements in Independent India

Interactive Lectures
Group Discussions
Tutorials
Reading Assignments
Documentary Screening
Power Point Presentation

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

10.00

Women in Historical Perspective : Position of Women in Ancient and Medieval India

14.00

Social Reform movements during British Period: Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, Ranade, Pandita Ramabai , Jyotiba Phule and Tarabai Shinde.

Social Legislation related to women during the Colonial Period.: Abolition of Sati, Widow Re- Marriage and the Age of Consent bill (1891) Sharda Act.

14.00

Participation of women in the Indian National Movement.

Important Women Leaders in the Freedom Movement : Sarojini Naidu, Anne Besant, Aruna Asaf Ali and Madam Bhikaji Kama

10.00

Social and economic rights enshrined in the constitution of India

12.00

Gender Issues and Feminist Movements in Independent India- Towards Equality Report 1978 onwards.

Essential Readings:

Recommended Readings :

Agnew Vijay : Elite Women in Indian Politics.
Altekar, A.S. : The Position of Women in Hindu Civilization
Basu A and Ray B. : Women Struggle – A History of All India Women’s Conference, 1927 -1990.
Desai Neera : Women in Modern India.
Evernst, Jana M : Women and Social Change in India.
Nanda B.R (ed) : Indian Woman; From Purdah to Modernity.
Mishra Rekha : Women in Mugal India. (1526-1748).
Raj, Bharti and Basu Aparna etc. : From Freedom to Independence: Women and Fifty years of India Independence.
Shashi Arora : Rajasthan me Nari ki Stithi, Bikaner, 1981.
G.N. Sharma : Social Life in Medieval Rajasthan.
Tara Ali Begh : India’s Women Power.
Uma Chakravarti: Rewriting History- The Life and Legends of Pundita Ramabai
Sudhir Chandra: Enslaved Daughters
Roslyn O Hanlon: A Comparison Between Man and Woman: Tarabai Shinde and the Critique of Gender Relations in Colonial India