Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) History of Modern India 1757 CE to 1947 CE Syllabus - Mumbai University

Module 1: British Expansion and Colonial Rule (1757–1857)

• a Rise and Expansion of British Power
• b Administrative and Revenue Systems
• c Economic and Social Impact of British Policies

Module 2: Popular Resistance and Socio-Religious Reform (1857–1885)

• a Early Revolutionary Ideology
• b The Revolt of 1857
• c Socio-Religious Reform Movements

Module 3: Rise of Nationalism and Indian National Movement (1885–1919)

• a Background of Indian Nationalism
• b Indian National Congress (1885–1920)
• c Revolutionary Movements

Module 4: Gandhian Era and Freedom Struggle (1919–1947)

• a Gandhian Leadership and Mass Movements
• b Constitutional Developments and Political Events
• c Independence, Partition, and the Making of Modern India

Text Books

• 1 Bhattachaterjee Arun, History of Modern India (1707-1947), Ashish Publishing House, New Delhi 1976.
• 2 Chandra Bipan, India's Struggle for Independence, Penguin, New Delhi, 2016.
• 3 Sarkar Sumit, Modern India 1885-1947, Macmillan, Madras, 1996.
• 4 Sarkar Sumit, Modern India 1885-1947, Macmillan, Madras, 1996.

Reference Books

• 5 Thapar Romila, Cultural Pasts: Essays in Early Indian History, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2000.
• 6 Aloysius G., Nationalism Without Nation in India, OUP, New Delhi, 1998.
• 7 Chakravarti Aroop, The History of India (1857-2000), Pearson, New Delhi 2012.
• 8 Bandyopadhyay Sekhar, From Plassey to Partition, A History of Modern India, Orient Longman, New Delhi, 2004.
• 9 Chandra Bipan, A. Tripathi, Barun De, Freedom struggle, National Book Trust, India, 1972.
• 10 Chandra Bipan, Rise and Growth of Economic Nationalism in India, Delhi, 1966.
• 11 Chattergy Partho, The Nation and its Fragments, OUP, New Delhi, 1933
• 12 Chopra P.N., Puri B.N, Das M.N, Pradhan A.C, A Comprehensive History of Modern India, Sterling Publishers 2003.
• 13 Desai A.R., Social Background of Indian Nationalism, 5th Edition, Popular Prakashan, Bombay, 1976.
• 14 Ganachari Arvind, Nationalism and Social Reform in a Colonial Situation, Kalpaz Publication, New Delhi, 2005.
• 15 Grover B.L, Grover S., A New Look at Modern Indian History (1707- present day), S. Chand and Company, New Delhi 2001.
• 16 Keswani K.B., History of Modern India (1800 1964), Himalaya Publishing House, Bombay 1996.
• 17 Majumdar R.C., Comprehensive History of India, Vol.3 (Part III), People's Publishing House.
• 18 Mehrotra S.R., Emergence of Indian National Congress, Vikas Publication, Delhi, 1971.
• 19 Nanda S.P., History of Modern India (1707 - Present Time), Dominant Pub, New Delhi 2012.
• 20 Pannikar K.N. (ed). National and Left Movement in India, Vikas Publishing House Pvt. Ltd.. New Delhi. 1980.
• 21 Ray Rajat, Industrialization of India: Growth and Conflict in the Private Corporate Sector, 1914-47, OUP, Delhi, 1982.
• 22 Seal Anil, The Emergence of Indian Nationalism: Competition and Collaboration in the Later Nineteenth Century, Cambridge University Press, 1971.