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1.Advent of Europeans

  1. 1.1The sea route and the Portuguese
  2. 1.2Dutch, Danes and English
  3. 1.3The whole chapter

2.Carnatic Wars

  1. 2.1Background and the First War
  2. 2.2The Second and Third Wars
  3. 2.3Results and lessons

3.British Expansion

  1. 3.1Plassey, Buxar and dual government
  2. 3.2Mysore, Marathas and subsidiary alliance
  3. 3.3The whole chapter

4.Constitutional Development

  1. 4.1Company acts and Crown rule
  2. 4.2The Councils Acts, 1909 and 1919
  3. 4.31935 to 1947

5.British Economic Policies

  1. 5.1Land systems and cash crops
  2. 5.2Drain, industry and railways
  3. 5.3Famines and the overall impact

6.Tribal Revolts

  1. 6.1Causes and early risings
  2. 6.2Santhal and Munda risings
  3. 6.3The whole chapter

7.Peasant Movements

  1. 7.1Indigo, Pabna and Deccan
  2. 7.2Champaran and Kheda
  3. 7.3The whole chapter

8.Revolt of 1857

  1. 8.1Causes of the revolt
  2. 8.2Centres, leaders and failure
  3. 8.3The whole chapter

9.Social & Religious Reform Movements

  1. 9.1Brahmo Samaj, Young Bengal and western
  2. 9.2Arya Samaj to Muslim reform
  3. 9.3Caste, women and education

10.Rise of Nationalism

  1. 10.1Factors, Lytton and the Ilbert Bill
  2. 10.2Associations and the press
  3. 10.3The whole chapter

11.Indian National Congress

  1. 11.1Founding, Moderates and Extremists
  2. 11.2Partition, Swadeshi and Surat
  3. 11.3Home Rule, Lucknow and sessions

12.Revolutionary Movement

  1. 12.1Early revolutionaries, abroad and Ghadar
  2. 12.2HRA, HSRA and Bhagat Singh
  3. 12.3Chittagong and assessment

13.Gandhian Era

  1. 13.1Early satyagrahas to Non-Cooperation
  2. 13.2Swarajists to the Poona Pact
  3. 13.3Quit India to independence

14.Constituent Assembly

  1. 14.1Formation and composition
  2. 14.2Objectives Resolution and committees
  3. 14.3Adoption and enactment

15.Partition of India

  1. 15.1Causes and the Mountbatten Plan
  2. 15.2The Act, the Radcliffe Line and the violence
  3. 15.3Refugees and rehabilitation

16.Integration of Princely States

  1. 16.1The problem and the method
  2. 16.2Junagadh, Hyderabad and Kashmir
  3. 16.3Other states, enclaves and an assessment

17.Post-Independence Consolidation & Reorganisation

  1. 17.1Reorganisation and the North-East
  2. 17.2Language and planning
  3. 17.3Foreign policy: non-alignment to Tashkent

18.Important Personalities

  1. 18.1Reformers, Moderates and Extremists
  2. 18.2Gandhi, Nehru, Patel, Bose, Bhagat Singh
  3. 18.3Ambedkar and Maulana Azad

19.Modern History: Previous Year Themes

  1. 19.1Previous Year Themes: Acts, Viceroys, reform and economy
  2. 19.2Previous Year Themes: Movements and sessions

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