III.MODERN HISTORY
THE ADVENT OF EUROPEANS IN INDIA
• The Portuguese in India
• De Almeida
• Albuquerque
• Causes of failure of Portuguese empire in India
• The Dutch in India
• The Danes in India
• The English
• The French
• Anglo-French Rivalry
• First Carnatic War
• Rise of the Hyderahad State
• The Second Carnatic War
• The Third Carnatic War
• Causes of English Succes
BRITISH EXPANSION IN INDIA
• Bengal
• Anglo Maratha Wars
• The Subsidiary Alliance System
• Second Phase of British
Expansion In India
• The Conquest of Sindh
• Anglo-Sikh Wars
• Doctrine of Lapse
• Annexation of Oudh
ADMINISTRATION BEFORE 1857
• The Dual System
• The Charter Acts
• Judicial System
• Impact of British Administration
ECONOMIC POLICIES OF THE BRITISH
• Phase of Mercantilism (1757-1813)
• Phase of Free Trade (1813-1858)
• Phase of Finance Imperialism (1858 onwards)
• Land Revenue Policy
Ryotwari
Mahalwari
Permanent Settlement
• Impact of British Policy on Indian Economy
• Drain of Wealth Theory
IMPACT OF BRITISH ADMINISTRATION
• Industrialization—Ruin of Artisans and Handicrafts men
• Impoverishment of Peasantry
• Emergence of New Land Relations, Ruin of Old Zamindars
• Stagnation and Deterioration of Agriculture
• Commercialization of Indian Agriculture
• Development of Modern Industry
• Rise of Indian Bourgeoisie
• Economic Drain
• Famine and Poverty
• Nationalist Critique of Colonial Economy
• Abolition of the Dual System
THE REVOLT OF 1857
• Causes of the Revolt
Economic Causes
Political Causes
Administrative Causes
Socio -Religious Causes
Influence of Outside Events
Discontent Among Sepoy’s
• Centres and Spread of the Revolt
• Leaders of the Revolt
• Causes of Failure of the Revolt
• Nature and Impact of the Revolt
• Consequences
ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES AFTER 1857
• Administration – Central, Provincial, Local
• Changes in the Army
• Public Services
• Princely States
• Foreign Policy
DEVELOPMENT OF CIVIL SERVICES
• Indian Civili Services Act, 1861
• Aitcision Comminittee on Public Services (1886)
• Montford Reforms (1919)
• Lee Commission (1924)
• Government of India Act, 1935
DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATION
• Charter Act of 1813
• Orientalist-Anglicism Controversy
• Efforts of Thomson
• Wood’s Dispatch (1854) Hunter Education Commission (1882-83)
• Indian Universities Act, 1904
• Government Resolution on Education Policy—1913
• Saddler University Commission (1917-19)
• Education Under Dyarchy
• Hartog Committee (1929)
• Wardha Scheme of Basic Education (1937)
• Sergeant Plan of Education
• Kothari Education Commission (1964-66)
• Development of Vernacular Education
• Development of Technical Education
• Evaluation of British Policy on Education
DEVELOPMENT OF PRESS
• Different Publications and Journals
• Acts related to Press
o Vernacular Press Act, 1878
• Struggle by Early Nationalists to
Secure Press Freedom ,
• During and After the First World War
• During the Second World War
• After Independence
SOCIO-RELIGIOUS REFORMS
• Factors causing Reforms
• Directions of refroms
• Hindu Reform Movements
• Reform Movements Among Muslims
• Sikh Reform Movement
• Parsi Reform Movement
o Parsi Religious Reform Association
• Significance of Reform Movements
• Impact of Reform Movements
PERSONALITIES
• Raja Ram Mohan Roy
• Swami Vivekananda
• Swami DayanandaSaraswati
• Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
• Keshab Chandra Sen
• Sri Ramakrishna Paramhamsa
• Mahadev Govind Ranade
• Annie Besant–Theosophical Society
• Syed Ahmad Khan
• Baba Dayal Das
• Pandita Ramabai Sarojini Naidu
• Jyotiba Phule
• Dr.Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar
PEASANT, TRIBAL AND OTHER MOVEMENTS
• Tribal Movements
o Bhil Uprising
o Kol Uprising
o Santhal Rebellion
o Jaintia and Garo Rebellion
o Rampa Rebellion
o Munda Rebellion
o Khonda Dora Uprisings
o Tana Bhagat Movement
• Peasant Movements
o Champaran Satyagraha
o Kheda Peasant Struggle
o Bardoli Movement
o Moplah Rebellion
o Tebhaga Movement
o Telangana Movement
REVOLUTIONARY NATIONALISM
• Early Phase Indian National Congress
• The Moderate Congress (1885-1905)
• Opinion Against Economic Exploitation Administrative Reforms Constitutional Reforms : Weaknesses & Evaluation
• The Extremist (1905-1920)
o Terrorist Movements
o The Revolutionary Movement
o Reasons for Failure
o Revolutionary Activities in Maharashtra
o Revolutionary Activities in Bengal
o Revival of Revolutionary Nationalism
o Surya Sen
o Revolutionary Activities Outside India
o The Indian Independence Committee in Berlin
• Differences between the Moderates and the Extremists
INDIAN NATIONAL MOVEMENT – I (1905-1918)
• Partition of Bengal (1905)
• Swadeshi Movement
• Muslim League, 1906
• Surat Session of INC, 1907
• Indian Council Act (Morley-Minto Act) 1909
• Ghadar Party, 1913
• Komagata Maru Incident 1914
• The Lucknow Pact (1916)
• Home Rule Movement (1915–1916)
• August Declaration, 1917
INDIAN NATIONAL MOVEMENT –II (1918-1929)
• World War I-Reforms and Agitation
• Champaran Satyagraha (1917)
• Ahmadabad Mill Strike (1918)
• Kheda Satyagraha (1918)
• The Government of India Act, 1919
• Rowlatt Act and Jallianwala Bagh
Massacre (1919)
• Khilafat Movement
• The Non-Cooperation Movement (1920-22)
• Bardoli Resolution
• Nagpur Session of Congress
• Swaraj Party and its Evaluation
• Muddiman Committee (1924)
• Simon Commission (1927)
• Bardoli Satyagraha (1928)
• Nehru Report (1928)
• Jinnah’s Fourteen Points
• Lahore Session, 1929
• Allahabad Address (1930)
INDIAN NATIONAL MOVEMENT – III (1930-1947)
• Civil Disobedience Movement (1930-1931)
• First Round Table Conference, 1930
• Gandhi-Irwin Pact, 1931
• Karachi session of 1931
• Second Round Table Conference, 1931
• Civil Disobedience Movement (Second-Phase)
• Third Round Table Conference (17 November 1932)
• Communal Award
• Poona Pact, 1932
• Government of India Act, 1935
• World War II and Indian Nationalism
• Resignation of Congress Ministers (1939)
• Poona Resolution and Conditional Support to Britain (1941)
• August Offer of 1940
• The Individual Civil Disobedience
• Two-Nation Theory
• Demand for Pakistan (1942)
• Cripps Mission (1942)
• Quit India Movement
• Azad Hind Fauj
• Indian National Army
• N.A. Trials
• I.N. Rebellion
• Rajagopalachari Formula, 1945
• Desai – Liaqat Pact
• Cabinet Mission (1946)
• Wavell Plan
• Jinnah’s Direct Action Resolution
• Mountbatten Plan of June 1947
• Indian Independence Act 1947
GOVERNOR GENERALS DURING BRITISH INDIA
• Governor of Bengal (Before 1773)
• Governor Generals of Bengal (1773-1833)
• Governor Generals of India (1832-1858)
• Viceroy and Governor Generals of India (1858-1947)
LIST
• Robert Clive (1754-1767)
• Lord Warren Hastings (1773-1785)
• Lord Cornwallis (1786-1793)
• Sir John Shore (1793-1798)
• Lord Arthur Wellesley (1798-1805)
• Lord George Barlow (1805-1807)
• Lord Minto-I (1807-1813)
• Francis Rawdon Hastings (1813-1823): (Marques of Hastings)
• Lord Amherst (1823-28)
• Lord William Bentinck (1828-1835)
• Sir Charles Metcalfe (1835-1836)
• Lord Auckland (1836-1842)
• Lord Ellenborough (1842-1844)
• Lord Hardinge-I (1844-1848)
• Lord Dalhousie (1848-1856 great imperialist and colonist)
• Lord Canning (1856-1857 and 1858-1862)
• Lord Elgin-I (1862-1863)
• Lord Lawrence (1864-1869)
• Lord Mayo (1869-1872)
• Lord Northbrook (1872-1876)
• Lord Lytton (1876-1880)
• Lord Rippon (1880-1884)
• Lord Dufferin (1884-1888)
• Lord Lansdowne (1888-1894)
• Lord Elgin-II (1894-1999)
• Lord Curzon (1899-1905)
• Lord Minto-II (1905-1910)
• Lord Hardinge-II (1910-1916)
• Lord Chelmsford (1916-1921)
• Lord Reading (1921-1926)
• Lord Irwin (1926-1931)
• Lord Willingdon (1931-1936)
• Lord Linlithgow (1936-1944)
• Lord Wavell (1944-1947)
• Lord Mountbatten (1947-1948)
CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN INDIA
• Regulating Act 1773
• Pitts India Act of 1784
• Charter Act of 1793
• Charter Act of 1813
• Charter Act of 1833
• Charter Act of 1853
• Government of India Act 1858
• The Indian Councils Act 1861
• Indian Councils Act 1892
• Indian Councils Act 1909 or Morley – Minto Reforms Government of India Act 1919 or Montague – Chelmsford Reforms
• Government of India Act 1935
• Indian Independence Act, 1947