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Part I : 1. DECLINE AND DISINTEGRATION OF THE MUGHAL EMPIRE : i. Condition of India at the Time of Death of Aurangzeb ii. Bahadur Shah iii. Jahandar Shah iv. Farrukh-Siyar v. Rafi-ud-Darajat vi. Rafi-ud-Daula vii. Mohammad Shah viii. Sayyid Brothers ix. Nadir Shah's Invasion of India x. Invasions of Ahmed Shah Abdali xi. Ahmed Shah (1748-54) xii. Alamgir II xiii. Shah Alam II xiv. Akbar II xv. Bahadur Shah II xvi. Causes of the Downfall of the Mughals 2. RISE OF AUTONOMOUS STATES : i. Bengal Subah ii. Avadh iii. Hyderabad iv. Rohilkhand v. Farrukhabad vi. Bundelkhand vii. The Rajput States viii. The Sikhs ix. Jammu and Kashmir x. The Marathas xi. Malwa xii. Gujarat xiii. Mysore xiv. Carnatic 3. SOCIETY AND CULTURE IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY : i. Social Condition ii. Education iii. Literature iv. Art v. Science vi. Religious Condition vii. Economic Condition Part II : 1. THE ADVENT OF EUROPEANS IN INDIA : i. The Portuguese in India : a. De Almeida b. Albuquerque c. Causes of Failure of Portuguese Empire in India ii. The Dutch in India iii. The Danes in India 2. RISE AND GROWTH OF THE ENGLISH AND FRENCH EAST INDIA COMPANIES 3. ANGLO-FRENCH STRUGGLE FOR SUPREMACY IN THE DECCAN : i. First Carnatic War ii. Rise of the Hyderabad State iii. The Second Carnatic War iv. The Third Carnatic War v. Causes of English Success vi. Estimate of Dupleix 4. THE ENGLISH IN BENGAL FROM 1757 TO 1772 : i. Black-hole Tragedy ii. Battle of Plassey iii. Mir Jafar iv. Invasion of Ali Gohour v. Deposition of Mir Jafar vi. Mir Kasim vii. Clive's Second Governorship of Bengal viii. Bengal from 1767 to 1772 5. WARREN HASTINGS (1772-85) : i. Warren Hastings' Reforms ii. The Rohilla War iii. Trial of Nand Kumar iv. Case of Chet Singh v. Begums of Oudh vi. Regulating Act and Council vii. Warren Hastings and Supreme Court viii. Foreign Policy of Warren Hastings : a. First Maratha War b. First Mysore War c. Second Mysore War ix. Estimate of Warren Hastings x. Pitt's India Act (1784) xi. Sir John Macpherson 6. LORD CORNWALLIS AND SIR JOHN SHORE : i. Lord Cornwallis ii. Third Mysore War iii. Reforms of Cornwallis : a. Reforms of Public Services b. Judicial Reforms c. Police Reforms iv. Permanent Settlement of Bengal v. Cornwallis Completed the Work of Hastings vi. Sir John Shore 7. LORD WELLESLEY (1798-1805) : i. Condition of India in 1798 ii. Subsidiary System iii. Fourth Mysore War iv. Character of Tipu v. Tanjore, Surat and Carnatic vi. Oudh vii. Steps against the French Danger viii. Second Maratha War ix. War with Holkar x. Estimate of Wellesley xi. Lord Cornwallis xii. Sir George Barlow xiii. Lord Minto 8. LORD HASTINGS AND AMHERST : i. Lord Hastings : a. War with Nepal b. Pindari War c. Third Maratha War d. Internal Reforms e. Estimate of Lord Hastings ii. John Adams iii. Lord Amherst : a. First Burmese War b. Capture of Bharatpur 9. RISE AND FALL OF THE PESHWAS : i. Balaji Vishwanath ii. Baji Rao iii. Balaji Baji Rao iv. Third Battle of Panipat v. Madhavrao I vi. Narayanrao vii. Madhavrao Narayan viii. Bajirao II ix. Mahadji Scindhia x. Nana Phadnavis xi. Maratha Administration Under Peshwas xii. Causes of the Downfall of the Marathas 10. WILLIAM BENTINCK TO AUCKLAND : i. Lord William Bentinck : a. Financial Reforms b. Judicial Reforms c. Administrative Reforms d. Educational Reforms e. Social Reforms f. Public Works Reforms g. Relations' with Indian States h. Estimate of Bentinck ii. Sir Charles Metcalfe iii. Lord Auckland 11. ELLENBOROUGH AND HARDINGE : i. Lord Ellenborough : a. Annexation of Sindh b. War with Gwalior c. Estimate of Ellenborough ii. Lord Hardinge 12. MAHARAJA RANJIT SINGH AND HIS SUCCESSORS : i. Rite of Ranjit Singh ii. Anglo-sikh Relations iii. Civil Administration of Ranjit Singh iv. Army of Ranjit Singh v. Personality of Ranjit Singh vi. Estimate of Ranjit Singh vii. Ranjit Singh's Responsibility for Ultimate Decline of Sikh Power viii. The Punjab Politics from 1839 to 1845 ix. First Sikh War x. Treaty of Lahore xi. Second Sikh War xii. Annexation of the Punjab 13. LORD DALHOUSIE (1848-56) : i. Conquest of Punjab ii. Second Burmese War iii. Doctrine of Lapse iv. Annexation of Berar v. Anglo-Oudh Relations vi. Wajid Ali Shah vii. Abolition of Titles and Pensions viii. Administrative Reforms of Dalhousie ix. Dalhousie's Responsibility for the Mutiny x. Estimate of Dalhousie 14. THE REVOLT OF 1857 : i. Its Character ii. Causes of Revolt : Political iii. Religious iv. Military v. The Greased Cartridges vi. The Revolt vii. Causes of Failure of the Revolt viii. Effects of the Revolt 15. CANNING TO LYTTON : i. Lord Canning ii. Lord Elgin iii. Lord Lawrence iv. Lord Mayo v. Lord Northbrook vi. Lord Lytton vii. Estimate of Lytton 16. RIPON TO ELGIN (1880-1898) : i. Lord Ripon : a. Local Self-government and Lord Ripon b. Hunter Commission on Education c. Decentralisation of Finance d. Ilbert Bill e. Estimate of Ripon ii. Lord Dufferin : a. Punjdeh Affair b. Third Burmese War iii. Lord Lansdowne iv. Lord Elgin II 17. LORD CURZON (1899-1905) : i. Curzon's Foreign Policy : a. His Tribal Area Policy b. Afghanistan c. Persian Gulf d. Tibet ii. Internal Administration of Curzon : a. Curzon's Famine Policy b. Agricultural Reforms c. Curzon and Railways d. Police Reforms e. Military Reforms f. Decentralisation of Finance g. Indian Universities Act h. Reform of the Bureaucratic Machinery i. The Calcutta Corporation j. Status of Presidency Governors k. Policy of Officialisation l. Partition of Bengal iii. Estimate of Lord Curzon 18. INDIA SINCE LORD MINTO : i. Lord Minto II (1905-10) : a. Ang'o-Russian Convention b. Trade with China c. Minto-morley Reforms ii. Lord Hardinge (1910 16) iii. Lord Chelmsford iv. Lord Reading v. Lord Irwin vi. Lord Willingdon vii. Lord Linlithgow viii. Lord Wavell ix. Lord Mountbatten x. C. Rajagopalachariar xi. Dr. Rajendra Prasad xii. Dr. Radhakrishnan to Zail Singh xiii. India from 1947 to 1985 19. CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT (1772-1950} : i. The Regulating Act : a. Provisions of the Regulating Act b. Criticism of Regulating Act ii. Judicature Act of 1781 iii. Dundas's Bill iv. Fox India Bill v. Provisions of Pitt's India Act vi. Act of 1786 vii. Declaratory Act of 1788 viii. Charter Act of 1793 ix. Charter Act of 1813 x. Charter Act of 1833 xi. Charter Act of 1853 xii. Government of India, 1858 xiii. Queen's Proclamation of 1858 xiv. Indian Councils Act, 1861 xv. Indian Councils Act, 1892 xvi. Minto-morley Reforms (1909) xvii. Circumstances Leading to Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms (1909) xviii. August Declaration xix. Proposals for Reforms xx. Memorandum of the Nineteen (1916) xxi. Congress-league Scheme xxii. Gokhale's Political Testament xxiii. The Round Table Group xxiv. Recommendations of 1918 xxv. Government of India Act, 1919 : a. Preamble of the Act of 1919 b. Main Provisions of the Act c. Working of Dyarchy xxvi. Constitutional Development from 1919 to 1935 : a. Muddiman Committee Report b. Appointment of Simon Commission c. The Nehru Report d. Jinnah's Fourteen Points e. Simon Commission Report f. Round Table Conference g. Communal Award h. Poona Pact i. Third Round Table Conference j. The White Paper xxvii. Government of India Act, 1935 xxviii. Constitutions' Development from 1937 to 1950 : a. Cripps Proposals b. Cabinet Mission Scheme c. Constituent Assembly d. The Indian Independence Act e. Partition of India f. The New Constitution of India f. Criticism of the Constitution 20. GROWTH OF CENTRAL AND PROVINCIAL LEGISLATURES : i. Growth of Central Legislature : a. Charter Act of 1833 b. Charter Act of 1853 c. Act of 1861 d. Act of 1892 e. Act of 1909 f. Act of 1919 g. Act of 1935 h. Constitution of 1950 ii. Growth of Provincial Legislature : a. Charter Act of 1853 b. Act of 1861 c. Act of 1892 d. Act of 1909 e. Act of 1919 f. Act of 1935 g. Constitution of 1950 21. THE NATIONALIST MOVEMENT IN INDIA : i. Its Nature ii. Causes iii. Genesis of Indian National Congress iv. First Session of Congress v. Second Session of Congress vi. Lahore Session vii. The Moderates (1885-1905) viii. Attitude of the Government ix. Achievements of the Moderates x. The Surat Split (1907) xi. Rise of Extremism or Militant Nationalism xii. Partition of Bengal xiii. The Home Rule Movement xiv. Revolutionary or Terrorist Movement xv. Maharashtra xvi. Bengal xvii. The Punjab xviii. The Ghadar Party xix. Post-war Movement xx. Kakori Case xxi. Bomb Thrown in Central Assembly xxii. Contribution of Revolutionaries xxiii. India and World War I (1914-1918) xxiv. Jallianwala Bagh Tragedy xxv. Non-Co-operation Movement xxvi. The Swarajist Party xxvii. The Civil Disobedience Movement xxviii. The Second World War and the Congress xxix. "Quit India" Movement xxx. Why England gave India Independence? 22. ESTABLISHMENT OF PAKISTAN : i. Condition of Muslims' before 1871 ii. Work of Sir Syed Ahmed Khan iii. Work of Beck iv. Partition of Bengal and its Effects v. Lucknow Pact, 1916 vi. Pakistan vii. Pakistan Resolution, 1940 viii. Causes of Pakistan Demand ix. Dr. Latifs Scheme x. The Aligarh Scheme xi. Formula of Rajagopalachari xii. Cabinet Mission Scheme 13. LEADERS OF MODERN INDIA : i. Dadabhai Naoroji ii. Gopal Krishan Gokhale iii. Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak iv. Mahatma Gandhi 24. DECENTRALISATION OF FINANCE : i. Mayo's Resolution (1870) ii. Lytton's Change iii. Ripon (1882) iv. Curzon v. Resolution of 1912 vi. Meston Settlement vii. Reforms of 1935 viii. New Constitution 25. PUBLIC SERVICES IN INDIA : i. Reforms of Cornwallis ii. Lord Wellesley iii. Indian Civil Service Act iv. Aitchison Commission v. Resolution of 1893 vi. Islington Commission vii. Recommendations of 1918 viii. Lee Commission (1923) ix. Government of India Act, 1935 x. Services Under the New Constitution of India xi. Public Service Commissions xii. Functions of Public Service Commissions xiii. Shortcomings 26. GROWTH OF LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT IN INDIA : i. Presidency Towns ii. Non-presidency Towns iii. Mayo's Resolution of 1870 iv. Ripon's Resolution of 1881 v. Resolution of 1882 vi. Decentralisation Commission Report (1909) vii. Resolution of 1918 viii. Under Dyarchy ix. Defects in the Present System 27. HISTORY OF THE PRESS IN INDIA : i. Early History of the Press up to 1822 ii. Munro's Recommendations iii. Licensing Act of 1857 iv. Act of 1867 v. Vernacular Press Act, 1878 vi. The Newspapers (Incitement to Offences) Act, 1908 vii. The Indian Press Act, 1910 viii. Criticism of the Act of 1910 ix. The Indian Press (Emergency Powers) Act, 1931 x. Press Laws Inquiry Committee, 1948 xi. Press (Objectionable Matter) Act, 1951 xii. Press Commission 28. HISTORY OF EDUCATION : i. Early History of Education ii. Wood's Despatch of 1854 iii. The Hunter Commission, 1882 iv. Universities Act of 1904 v. Resolution of 1913 vi. Calcutta University Commission vii. Sergeant Scheme for Education viii. Radhakrishnan Commission (1949) ix. University Grants Commission 29. RELIGIOUS AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT : i. Raja Ram Mohan Roy (1774-1883) ii. The Brahmo Samaj iii. Prarthana Samaj iv. The Theosophical Society v. Ramakrishna Mission vi. The Dev Samaj vii. The Arya Samaj viii. The Sikhs ix. The Parsees x. Christanity xi. Social Development 30. ANGLO-AFGHAN RELATIONS : i. Situation up to 1835 ii. The Afghan War I iii. Criticism of Afghan War I iv. Lord Lawrence's Policy of Masterly Inactivity v. Lord Mayo (1869-72) vi. Lord Northbrook (1872-76) vii. Lord Lytton viii. The Afghan War II ix. Criticism of the Second Afghan War 31. THE NORTH-WESTERN FRONTIER POLICY : i. Sind Frontier ii. The Punjab Frontier iii. The Forward Policy 32. THE INDIAN STATES : i. Ring Fence Policy ii. Policy of Subordinate Isolation iii. Policy of Subordinate Union iv. British Paramountcy in India v. Minto's Udaipur Speech (November 1909) vi. Chamber of Princes vii. Butler Committee Report viii. All India Federation Under the Government of India Act, 1935 ix. Reorganisation of States x. Accession of States : a. Junagadh b. Hyderabad c. Kashmir xi. Integration and Democratisation of States xii. The States Reorganisation Commission and after 33. LEGACY OF BRITISH RULE IN INDIA 34. ECONOMIC IMPACT OF BRITISH RULE IN INDIA : i. Peasantry ii. Zamindars iii. Agriculture iv. Industries v. India a Colony vi. Economic Condition vii. Economic Drain viii. Favours to British Industries ix. Railways x. The Civil Services xi. Famines 25. FAMINES IN INDIA AND DEVELOPMENT OF FAMINE POLICY : i. Bengal Famine of 1769-70 ii. Famine of 1860-1 iii. Famine of 1865-6 iv. Campbell Committee v. Famine of 1868-70 vi. Famine of 1873-4 vii. Famine of 1876-8 viii. Strachey Commission ix. Lyall Commission x. Famine of 1900 xi. Mac Donnel Commission xii. Bengal Famine of 1943 36. PEASANTS MOVEMENTS AND UPRISINGS : i. The Santhals' Rebellion (1855-73) ii. The Revolt of 1857-8 iii. Strike of Bangal Indigo Cultivators iv. East Bengal (1872-76) v. Maharashtra (18756) vi. Moplah Peasants vii. Riots in Assam viii. The Punjab Land Alienation Act. 1900 ix. South India in Ferment x. Champaran (1917-18) xi. Satyagraha of Kaira xii. Molah Rebellion (1921) xiii. Chauri Chaura (1922) xiv. Vizag Revolution (1923) xv. Satyarraha Struggle between 1921 and 1930 xvi. Bardoli Satyagraha (1929-30) xvii. Revolts of Peasants in Indian States xviii. Revolts Under Communists xix. Revolt of Veera Gunnamma (1940) xx. August Revolution and Peasants xxi. Revolt of Telengana 37. THE LEFT MOVEMENTS IN INDIA : i. The Communist Party of India ii. Meerut Conspiracy Case iii. The Communists and Government of India iv. Telengana v. First General Elections and Communists vi. Pepsu vii. Split in Communist Party viii. The Congress Socialist Party ix. The Indian National Congress and the Congress Socialist Party : Party x. Forward Bloc 38. ROLE OF MAHATMA GANDHI IN THE NATIONALIST MOVEMENT 39. THE RENAISSANCE IN INDIA : i. Meaning of Renaissance in India ii. Sri Aurobindo on the Renaissance in India iii. Condition of India before Renaissance iv. British Impact v. The Indologists vi. Indian Writers vii. Rammohan Roy and Brahmo Samaj viii. The Prarthana Samaj ix. The Arya Samaj x. Theosophical Society xi. Ramakrishna Paramhams xii. Swami Vivekananda xiii. Vernacular Literature xiv. Spirit of Research and Discovery xv. Fine Arts 40. POLITICAL, CULTURAL OND SOCIAL IMPACT OF BRITISH RULE 41. CHANGES IN LAND REVENUE SETTLEMENT : i. Permanent Settlemeni of Bengal ii. Ryotwari System iii. Mahalwari System iv. Taluqdari System Chronological Table