Friday, 23 December 2016

Indian Natioanl Movement

1. Establishment of British rule in India: Factors behind British success against Indian powers-Mysore, Maratha Con federacy and the Punjab as major powers in resistance; Policy of subsidiary Alliance and Doctrine of Lapse. 
2. Colonial Economy : Tribute system. Drain of wealth and "deindustrialisation", Fiscal pressures and revenue settlements (Zamindari, Ryotwari and Mahalwari settlements); Structure of the British raj up to 1857 (including the Acts of 1773 and 1784 and administrative organisation). 
3. Resistance to colonia rule : Early uprisings; Causes, nature and impact of the Revolt of 1857; Reorganisation of the Raj, 1858 and after. 
4. Socio-cultural impact of colonial rule: Official social reform measures (1828-57); Orientalist-Anglicist controversy; coming of English education and the press; Christian missionary activities;Bengal Renaissance; Social and religious reform movements in Bengal and other areas; Women as focus of social reform. 
5. Economy 1858-1914: Railways; Commercialisation of Indian agriculture; Growth of landless labourers and rural indebtedness; Famines; India as market for British industry; Customs removal, exchange and countervailing excise; Limited growth of modern industry. 
6. Early Indian Nationalism: Social background; Formation of national associations; Peasant and tribal uprising during the early nationalist era; Foundation of the Indian National Congress; The Moderate phase of the Congress; Growth of Extremism; The Indian Council Act of 1909; Home Rule Movement; The Government of India Act of 1919. 
7. Inter-War economy of India: Industries and problem of Protection; Agricultural distress; the Great Depression; Ottawa agreements and Discriminatory Protection; the growth of trade unions; The Kisan Movement; The economic programme of the Congress' Karachi resolution, 1931. 
8. Nationalism under Gandhi's leadership: Gandhi's career, thought and methods of mass mobilisation; Rowlatt Satyagraha, Khilafat- Non Cooperation Movement, Civil Disobedience Movement, 1940 Satyagraha and Quit India Movement; State People's Movement. 
9. Other strands of the National Movement: 
a) Revolutionary movements since 1905; (b) Constitutional politics; Swarajists, Liberals, Responsive Cooperation; (c) Ideas of Jawharlal Nehru, (d) The Left (Socialists and Communists); (e) Subhas Chandra Bose and the Indian National Army; (f) Communal strands: Muslim League and Hindu Mahasabha; (g) Women in the National Movement. 
10. Literary and cultural lmovements: Tagore, Premchand, Subramanyam Bharati, Iqbal as examples only; New trends in art; Film industry; Writers' Organisations and Theatre Associations. 
11. Towards Freedom: The Act of 1935; Congress Ministries, 1937-1939; The Pakistan Movement; Post-1945 upsurge (RIN Mutiny, Telangana uprising etc.,); Consititutional negotiations and the Transfer of Power, 15 August 1947. 
12. First phase of Independence (1947-64): Facing the consequences of Partition; Gandhiji's murder; economic dislocation; Integration of States; The democratic constitution, 1950; Agrarian reforms; Building an industrial welfare state; Planning and industrialisation; Foreign policy of Non-alignment; Relations with neighbours. 

Section-B
13. Enlightenment and Modern ideas 
#1. Renaissance Background 
#2. Major Ideas of Enlightenment: Kant, Rousseau 
#3. Spread of Enlightenment outside Europe 
#4. Rise of socialist ideas (to Marx) 

14. Origins of Modern Politics 
#1. European States System 
#2. American Revolution and the Constitution. 
#3. French revolution and after math, 1789-1815. 
#4. British Democratic Politics, 1815-1850; Parliamentary Reformers, Free Traders, chartists. 

15. Industriatization 
#1. English Industrial Revolution: Causes and Impact on Society 
#2. Industrialization in other countries: USA, Germany, Russia, Japan 
#3. Socialist Industrialization: Soviet and Chinese. 

16. Nation-State System 
#1. Rise of Nationalism in 19th century 
#2. Nationalism : state-building in Germany and Italy 
#3. Disintegration of Empires through the emergence of nationalities. 

17. Imperialism and Colonialism 
#1. Colonial System (Exploitation of New World, Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade, Tribute from Asian Conquests) 
#2. Types of Empire: of settlement and non-settlement: Latin America, South Africa, Indonesia, Australia. 
#3. Imperialism and Free Trade: The New Imperialism 

18. Revolution and Counter-Revolution 
#1. 19th Century European revolutions 
#2. The Russian Revolution of 1917-1921 
#3. Fascist Counter-Revolution, Italy and Germany. 
#4. The Chinese Revolution of 1949 

19. World Wars 
#1. 1st and 2nd World Wars as Total Wars: Societal Implications 
#2. World War I : Causes and Consequences 
#3. World War II : Political Consequence 
20. Cold War 

#1. Emergence of Two Blocs 
#2. Integration of West Europe and US Strategy; Communist East Europe 
#3. Emergence of Third World and Non-Alignment 
4. UN and Dispute Resolution 
21. Colonial Liberation 

#1. Latin America-Bolivar 
#2. Arab World-Egypt 
#3. Africa-Apartheid to Democracy 
#4. South-East Asia-Vietnam 

22. Decolonization and Underdevelopment 
#1. Decolonization: Break up of colonial Empires: British, French, Duth 
#2. Factors constraining Development : Latin America, Africa 

23. Unification of Europe 
#1. Post War Foundations : NATO and European Community 
#2. Consolidation and Expansion of European Community/European Union. 

24. Soviety Disintegration and the Unipolar World 
#1. Factors in the collapse of Soviet communism and the Soviet Union, 1985-1991 
#2. Political Changes in East Europe 1989-1992 
#3. End of the Cold War and US Ascendancy in the World 
#4. Globalization

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