Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Contemporary History of Modern India 1947 CE to 2000 CE Syllabus - Mumbai University

Module 1: India after Independence – Nation Building (1947–1964)

• a Independence, Partition and Nation Building
• b The Indian Constitution and Political System
• c The Nehru Era: Domestic and Foreign Policy

Module 2: Political Developments and Social Change (1964–1984)

• a Political Developments and Leadership
• b Wars, Emergency and the Period of Restoration of Democracy
• c Social Change and Movements

Module 3: Economic Transformation and Regional Issues (1984–1991)

• a The Rajiv Gandhi Era and Administrative Reforms
• b Regional and Caste Issues
• c Economic Crisis and the Need for Change

Module 4: Liberalisation, Globalisation and Contemporary India (1991–2000)

• a Economic Liberalisation and Globalisation
• b Contemporary Politics
• c India on the Threshold of a New Century

Text Books

• 1 Chandra Bipin, India's Struggle for Independence, Penguin, New Delhi, 2016.
• 2 Chandra, Bipin, India Since Independence, Penguin Books, New Delhi, 1999.
• 3 Chandra Bipin, A. Tripathi, Barun De, Freedom struggle, National Book Trust, India, 1972.
• 4 Grover S., A New Look at Modern Indian History (1707- present day), S. Chand and Company, New Delhi 2001.

Reference Books

• 1 Desai A.R., Social Background of Indian Nationalism, 5th Edition, Popular Prakashan, Bombay, 1976.
• 2 Ganachari Arvind, Nationalism and Social Reform in a Colonial Situation, Kalpaz Publication, New Delhi, 2005.
• 3 Keswani K.B., History of Modern India (1800-1964), Himalaya Publishing House, Bombay 1996.
• 4 Pannikar K.N. (ed). National and Left Movement in India, Vikas Publishing House Pvt. Ltd.. New Delhi. 1980.
• 5 Seal Anil, The Emergence of Indian Nationalism: Competition and Collaboration in the Later Nineteenth Century, Cambridge University Press, 1971.
• 6 Guha Ramachandra, India After Gandhi: The History of the World’s Largest Democracy, Picador India, New Delhi, 2007.
• 7 Bose Sugata; Jalal Ayesha, Modern South Asia: History, Culture, Political Economy, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2011.
• 8 Austin Granville, Working of a Democratic Constitution: The Indian Experience, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 1999.
• 9 Khilnani Sunil, The Idea of India, Penguin Books, New Delhi, 1997.
• 10 Brass Paul R., The Politics of India Since Independence, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1994.
• 11 Kohli Atul, State-Directed Development: Political Power and Industrialization in the Global Periphery, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2004.
• 12 Frankel, Francine R., India’s Political Economy (1947–2004), Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2005.
• 13 Kothari Rajni, Politics in India, Orient Longman, New Delhi, 1970.
• 14 Hasan, Zoya (Ed.), Politics and the State in India, Sage Publications, New Delhi, 2000.
• 15 Mungekar Bhalchandra, The Essential Ambedkar, Rupa Publications India, 2015.