Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Social and Political Ideas in Maharashtra Syllabus - Mumbai University 2026
Syllabus for Social and Political Ideas in Maharashtra
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Module 1: Liberalism and Nationalism
- 1 Mahadev Govind Ranade
- 2 Bal Gangadhar Tilak
- 3 Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar
Module 2: Emancipation and Socialism
- 1 Savitribai Phule
- 2 Gopal Ganesh Agarkar
- 3 Sripad Amrut Dange
Reading List
- 1 Chousalkar,AshokS.(Ed),Nation,Civil society and State in Western India, Department of Political Science, Shivaji University, Kolhapur, 2009.
- 2 Ganachari, Arvind, Gopal Ganesh Agarkar: The Secular Rationalist Reformer, Popular Prakashan, Mumbai, 2005.
- 3 Gottlob,M.,Historical Thinking in South Asia:A Handbook of Sources from Colonial Times to the Present, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2003.
- 4 Lederle,M.R.,Philosophical Trendsin Modern Maharashtra,Popular Prakashan, Bombay, 1976.
- 5 Masselos, J., Towards Nationalism: Public Institutions and Urban Politics in the Nineteenth Century, Popular Prakashan, Bombay, 1974.
- 6 O’Hanlon, Rosalind, Caste Conflict and Ideology: Mahatma Jotirao Phule and Low Caste Movement in Nineteenth Century Western India,Cambridge University Press, Bombay, 1985.
- 7 Omvedt,Gail,Cultural Revoltina Colonial Society:TheNon-Brahman Movement in Western India, 1873 to 1930, Scientific Socialist Education Trust, Bombay, 1976.
- 8 Pandit,Nalini,Ambedkar,(Marathi),Granthali,Mumbai,1996.
- 9 Pantham,Thomas,and Deutsch,Kenneth(Eds.),Political Thought in Modern India, Sage, New Delhi, 1986.
- 10 Phadke, Y.D. (Ed.), Mahatma Phule Samagra Wangmay, (Marathi), Maharashtra Rajya Sahitya ani Sanskruti Mandal, Mumbai, 1991.
- 11 Ranadive,B.T.,The Independence Struggle and After,National BookCentre,New Delhi, 1988.
- 12 Tucker,RichardP.,Ranade and theRoots of Indian Nationalism,Popular Prakashan, Bombay, 1972. वाचन सूच ीः