"History
of Modern India" is a very important section for the Civil Services exams.
This book gives better understanding of the stages of development in Modern
India, why certain events happened and analysis of the consequences of such
developments that paves an impact on our society, economy and our political
system.
Index:
1.
ESTABLISHMENT
OF BRITISH RULE IN INDIA TILL 1857
2.
ECONOMIC
EFFECTS OF BRITISH COLONIALISM
3.
SOCIAL
CHANGES IN MODERN INDIA
4.
POPULAR
RESISTANCE TO COMPANY RULE
5.
NATIONALISM
6.
INDIAN
NATIONAL MOVEMENT
Through
this book, you will be able to:
·
the reasons
for the conflicts between the English and the French in India in the 18th
Century;
·
gain
knowledge about the Subsidiary Alliances concluded by Lord Wellesley. know how
the Policy of Doctrine of Lapse, introduced by Lord Dalhousie, led to the expansion
of British power in India;
·
the changes
brought by colonial revenue settlements in the Indian countryside;
·
explain the
‘drain of wealth’ theory propounded by early nationalists and understand the
distinct nature of colonial ‘modernisation’ in the colony and that it did not
necessarily imply ‘progress’;
·
examine the
nature of the conflict between the Orientalists and the Anglicists;
·
explore the
evils in the social and religious life and the reform movements and the issues
raised by them;
·
discuss the
background to the popular revolts which broke out till 1857;
·
identify
the issues that led to the Revolt of 1857 and analyse the importance and
significance of the Revolt of 1857;
·
trace the history of idea of nationalism;
·
relate the growth of nationalism in India with
the struggle against British colonialism;
·
identify
and place chronologically, the various strands of the movement and see how each
section of the national movement influenced the other.