Arrival of European Companies in India
Topic 01: Portuguese, Dutch, English, Danish, French — Vasco da Gama to Wandiwash 1498–1763
Vasco da GamaEast India CompanyCarnatic WarsWandiwash
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Modern Indian History
Europeans in India, British expansion, economic policies, 1857 revolt, nationalism and independence
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Decline of the Mughal Empire
Topic 02: Later Mughals, Sayyid Brothers, Nadir Shah, Abdali, Panipat 1761, causes & historiography
AurangzebNadir ShahPanipat 1761Jagirdari Crisis
Emergence of New States in the 18th Century
Topic 03: Bengal, Awadh, Hyderabad, Mysore, Marathas, Sikhs, Jats, Rajputs, Travancore, Rohillas
Successor StatesHyder AliTipu SultanMaratha Confederacy
Consolidation & Expansion of British Power in India
Topic 04: Plassey to annexation of Awadh — Anglo-Mysore, Anglo-Maratha, Anglo-Sikh wars, Subsidiary Alliance, Doctrine of Lapse
PlasseyBuxarSubsidiary AllianceDoctrine of Lapse
British Administrative Organization in India Till 1857
Topic 05: Regulating Act 1773 to eve of Crown rule — civil service, judiciary, police, army, revenue, codification
Regulating Act 1773Charter ActsCornwallis CodeCivil Service
Revolt of 1857
Topic 06: Causes, centres of revolt, leaders, suppression, GoI Act 1858, Queen's Proclamation, historiography
Mangal PandeyBahadur Shah ZafarRani Lakshmi BaiTatya Tope
Administrative Changes in British India after 1858
Topic 07: Crown takeover to independence — Councils Acts, Montagu-Chelmsford 1919, GoI Act 1935
GoI Act 1858Indian Councils ActsMorley-MintoMontagu-Chelmsford
Religious & Social Reform Movements in 19th Century India
Topic 08: Brahmo, Arya Samaj, Ramakrishna, Aligarh, Singh Sabha, Phule, Periyar, status of women
Ram Mohan RoyDayanandVivekanandaSyed Ahmad Khan
Indian Economy Under British Rule
Topic 09: Drain of wealth, deindustrialisation, land revenue, famines, railways, industry, trade 1757–1947
Drain of WealthPermanent SettlementRyotwariFamines
Education and the Press under British Rule
Topic 10: Orientalist–Anglicist debate, Macaulay Minute 1835, Wood's Despatch 1854, vernacular press
Macaulay MinuteWood's DespatchHunter CommissionVernacular Press Act
People's Resistance Against British Before 1857
Topic 11: Civil rebellions, tribal uprisings, peasant revolts, religious movements, sepoy mutinies 1763–1856
Paika RebellionKol UprisingSanthal HoolWahabi
Indian National Congress & the Moderate Phase 1885–1905
Topic 12: A.O. Hume, founding session 1885, Dadabhai Naoroji, Gokhale, drain theory, constitutional agitation
INC 1885W.C. BonnerjeeModeratesDrain Theory
Rise of Indian Nationalism & Early INC (1858–1905)
Topic 13: Pre-Congress associations, safety valve, moderates, Partition of Bengal 1905, Swadeshi, Surat Split
A.O. HumeDadabhai NaorojiTilakLal-Bal-Pal
Extremist Phase & Swadeshi Movement 1905–1917
Topic 14: Swadeshi & boycott, Surat Split 1907, Morley-Minto 1909, revolutionary terrorism, Lucknow Pact, Home Rule
SwadeshiSurat SplitMorley-MintoRevolutionary Terrorism
Gandhian Era — Freedom Struggle 1915–1939
Topic 15: Champaran, Rowlatt, Khilafat, Non-Cooperation, Dandi March, RTCs, Poona Pact, GoI Act 1935
Mahatma GandhiNon-CooperationCivil DisobedienceBhagat Singh
Struggle for Swaraj 1925–1939
Topic 16: Swaraj Party, Simon Commission, Lahore Congress 1929, Salt March, RTCs, 1937 provincial elections
Swaraj PartyPurna SwarajSalt MarchRound Table Conferences
Towards Independence — Quit India to Partition 1939–1947
Topic 17: WWII, Cripps Mission, Quit India, INA, Cabinet Mission, Direct Action Day, Mountbatten Plan, Partition
Quit IndiaINASubhas BoseCabinet Mission
India on Eve of Independence (1939–1947): WWII to Partition
Topic 18: Congress resignations, Cripps, Quit India, INA trials, Wavell Plan, Cabinet Mission, Independence Act
Quit IndiaCripps MissionINA TrialsMountbatten Plan
Governor-Generals & Viceroys of India (1773–1950)
Topic 19: Every GG/Viceroy from Warren Hastings to C. Rajagopalachari — reforms, wars, acts, doctrines
Warren HastingsDalhousieCurzonLinlithgow