Modern Indian History
Maharashtra National Law University, Aurangabad · LL.B. Semester 2
Unit I — European Arrival in India
European Trading Companies & Factories –Portuguese, Dutch French and British, Battle of Plassey, 1757 and Battle of Bexar, 1764, Anglo-French conflict & territorial expansion
Unit II — Struggle for Supremacy
British East India Company- Bengal, Sindh, Punjab, Deccan and South India, Charter Acts, Regulating Act and Pitts India Bill, Diwani and Nizami rights, Permanent Land Revenue Settlement.
Unit III — Consolidation of British Economic Rule
Subsidiary alliance, Policy of annexation and Doctrine of Lapse, Political and Administrative implications, socio-economic impact, Revolt of 1857 – debate on nature, significance and impact
Unit IV — Development and Reforms
Consolidation Civil Services and Judicial System, Education and Press, Social Reforms, Transport and Communication
Unit V — Rise of Socio-Political Consciousness
Growth of Western Education and its impact on Socio Religious Movement, British Economic Policies and their Impacts, The founding of Indian National Congress, its Policies and Programme
Unit VI — Issues and Movements in Modern India
National Movement: a brief survey, Land issues and Peasant movements up to 1920, Labor movements, Tribal movements, Dalit movement, Women’s issues.
Unit VII — Towards Freedom: 1920-1947
Gandhian Movement, Indian National Army, Naval Mutiny, Attainment of Independence: Transfer of Power and Merger of States.
Unit VIII — India After Independence
Salient features of Indian Constitution, Economic Development Mixed Economy, Five Year Plans, Foreign Policy: Non-aligned Movement, India-Pakistan Relations 1947- 1971, India China War, 1962.