Paper – II
MODERN INDIA AND THE WORLD
UNIT A
1. European Penetration and Rise of British power in India:
The early European Settlements in India
in the 17th and 18th centuries – The Anglo-French rivalry. The British East
India Company and the Bengal Nawabs – the EIC as sovereign ruler of Bengal
(From Plassey to Buxar), Grant of Dewani. British relations with and subjugation
of the other principal Indian powers – Oudh, Hyderabad, Marathas, the Sikhs,
and Mysore.
2. Indian economy under the British Colonial Rule:
(A) Impact of Colonial rule on Indian
agrarian economy:
Land revenue settlements‒ Permanent,
Ryotwari and Mahalwari Settlements. Economic Impact of revenue settlements –
Commercialization and its consequences. Rural Indebtedness and growth of
landless labour. Famine and poverty.
(B) Changing nature of India’s trade
and industry under the colonial rule:
Dislocation of traditional trade and
commerce; De-industrialization – decline of village industries and town
handicrafts; Railways; The growth of Foreign capital and rise of modern
industries.
3. Indian Society in transition: Cultural Encounter and
Socio-cultural changes:
Introduction of western education and
modern ideas
Reform movements – Ram Mohan Roy,
Brahmo Samaj, Young Bengal, Vidyasagar, Arya Samaj, Vivekananda and Ramkrishna
Mission.Women’s Question and Indian Reformers;The Growth of
modern vernacular literature, press and public opinion, growth and spread of scientific ideas.The Faraizi and Wahabi
movements; The Aligarh movement, Deoband School.Social Reform movements in the
late 19th and early 20th centuries (including depressed caste movements) – a broad overview.
4. Resistance to the British rule:
Early uprisings against the British
rule in the 18th and 19th centuries (1757 – 1856) with special reference to
Bengal and eastern India. The Revolt of 1857 – genesis, course, character,
causes of its failure and its impact. The Act of 1858 and the establishment of
the British Raj.
5. Growth of Nationalism (1858 – 1918):
Factors leading to birth of Indian
Nationalism –Early Political Associations –The foundation of the Indian
National Congress (1885) –The Safety-valve thesis –Programme and objectives of
the early Congress –Economic Nationalism and Drain Theory –The moderates and
the extremists –the Partition of Bengal (1905) –The Swadeshi Movement in Bengal
and other provinces –the economic, cultural and political aspects of Swadeshi
movement.
6. Gandhian Era (1919 – 1947):
Rise of Gandhi –The character of
Gandhian nationalism –the Rowlatt Satyagraha –The Khilafat –the Non
Co-operation movement –Simon Commission, Nehru Report and Round Table
Conferences –Civil Disobedience Movement –Quit India Movement. The Left: The
Left within the Congress and Jawaharlal Nehru Subhas Chandra Bose and the INA –the Congress
Socialist Party –the Communist Party of India –other left parties.The Peasant
Movement.The Working Class and Trade Union Movements.Women’s organisations,
development of women issues and the role of women in the nationalist movement.The
Peoples’ Movement in the Princely States.The Post – War upsurge Growth of Muslim
Separatism –The rise of Muslim League –Demand for Pakistan; Hindu Nationalism;Depressed
Classes and caste politics with special reference to the role of B. R.
Ambedkar.;Communalism, British Policy, Partition and Independence.
7. The Constitutional Developments (1773 – 1947):
The Regulating Act, Pitt’s India Act
and the Charter Acts. The Acts of 1861 and 1892 –the Morley Minto Reforms
(1909) –the Montague-Chelmsford Reforms (1919) –The government of India Act
(1935) –Working of Provincial Ministries – Cripps Mission, Wavell Plan and
Cabinet Mission – Act of Indian Independence (1947).
8. Consolidation as a Nation after 1947:
Framing of the Indian Constitution –Integration
of Princely States –the question of National Language –the linguistic
reorganisation of States, making of India’s foreign policy –Non-alignment and
the Third World –India and her neighbours.
UNIT B
1. Enlightenment and Modern Ideas:
Major ideas of enlightenment ; and its
impactFrench Revolution and its aftermath: 1789 – 1815The American War of
Independence (1776). The American civil War
2. Industrialization:
Industrial Revolution in England:
causes, nature, impact. Industrialization in other countries: USA, Germany,
Russia, Japan.
3. Nationalism:
Rise of nation states in Europe: Italy
& Germany.
4. Imperialism, Colonialism and War:
Capitalism, imperialism, scramble for
colonies. Origins and impact of the First World War Making of the Russian
Revolution & establishment of a Socialist State.
5. World history from 1919 to 1945:
League of Nations, collective security.
Rise of Nazism and Fascism : Germany, Italy & Japan. Second World War:
Causes and consequences.
6. Asia and Africa after World War II:
Chinese Revolution of 1949; Nationalist
movements and decolonization in South and South East Asia. Changes in Africa:
Egypt and South Africa, End of Apartheid.
7. Cold War & Global scenario:
Origins and Growth of cold War;UNO and
global disputes – Korea, Congo, Cuban crisis. Emergence of Third World and NAM
8. The collapse of the Soviet Union
The disintegration of the Soviet Union:
Causes & Consequences;End of the Cold War;Political Changes in Eastern
Europe
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