Contents of Modern Indian History

Unit 1: India in the Eighteenth Century

1. Decline of the Mughal Empire
2. Rise and Fall of Regional Powers
3. Indian Society in the Eighteenth Century

Unit 2: European Penetration and the British Conquest of India

4. Beginning of European Settlements in India
5. British Conquest of India
6. British Expansion Beyond Indian Frontiers

Unit 3: Structure of British Raj – 1

7. British Administration in India – I (1765-1858)

Unit 4: British Policies in India

8. Social and Cultural Policies of the British
9. Spread of Education
10. Land Revenue Policies of the British
11. British Economic Policies in India

Unit 5: India’s Response to the British Rule

12. Tribal and Peasant Movements – I
13. Revolt of 1857

Unit 6: Reform Movements

14. Social and Religious Reform Movements

Unit 7: Structure of British Raj – II

15. British Administration in India – II (1858-1947)

Unit 8: The Nationalist Movement (1858-1905)

16. Birth of Indian Nationalism
17. Indian National Congress
18. The phase of Moderate Nationalism

Unit 9: Growth of Militant Nationalism

19. The Nationalist Movement (1905-1918)

Unit 10: Arrival of Gandhi

20. Gandhi’s Formative Years and Early Activism

Unit 11: Struggle for Swaraj – I (1919-1927)

21. Non-Cooperation and Khilafat Movements
22. The Nationalist Movement (1922-27)

Unit 12: Struggle for Swaraj – II (1927-1947)

23. The Nationalist Movement (1927-34)
24. Nationalist Movement after the Civil Disobedience Movement
25. Nationalist Movement during the Second World War
26. Post-War Struggle
27. Freedom with Partition
28. Making of the Indian Constitution

Unit 13: National Movement and Social Groups

29. Tribal and Peasant Movements – 2
30. Nationalism and Working Class

Unit 14: The Rise of Press

31. Development of Indian Press under British Rule

Unit 15: Princely States

32. Popular Struggle in the Princely States