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Chapter 12 - 17
Chapter 18 - 23
Chapter 24 - 27
Chapter 28 - 32
Chapter 3 - 5
Chapter 6
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  • Chapter 3 - 5
    • 3. Advent of the Europeans in India
      • Portugese
        • The quest for and Discovery of a Sea Route of a Sea Route in India
        • From Trading to Ruling
          • Portuguese Generals
            • Vasco Da Gama
            • Pedro Alvarez Cabral
            • Vasco Da Gama Returns
            • Francisco De Almeida
            • Alfonso De Alburquerque
            • Nino De Cunha
          • Portuguese Gujarat Relations
          • Portuguese State in India
            • Portuguese Administration
            • Religious Policy
        • Lose Favour with the Mughals
        • Capture of Hooghly
        • Reasons for decline of Portuguese
        • Portuguese Legacy
      • Dutch
        • Dutch Settlements
        • Anglo Dutch Rivalry
        • Dutch Decline in India
      • English
        • Progress of the English Company
        • Foothold in Bengal
        • Consolidation of Power
      • French
        • Foundation of French Centres in India
        • Early Setbacks
        • Reorganisation and Revival
        • Anglo-French Struggle: Carnatic Wars
          • First Carnatic War
          • Second Carnatic War
          • Third Carnatic War
        • Dupleix in India
        • Cause of English Success and French Failure
      • Why English Succeeded
    • 4. India on the Eve of British Conquest
      • Decline of Mughal Empire (18th century)
        • Mughal Rulers after Aurangzeb
        • External Challenges to Mughals
        • Cause of Decline of Mughal Empire
          • Major Factors Contributing to Decline
          • Scholarly Perspectives on Decline
      • Rise of Regional States
        • Major Regional Powers
          • Types of Regional Powers
        • Nature of Regional States
      • Socio Economic Conditions in 18th-century India
        • Economic Contrasts
        • Agricultural System
        • Manufacturing and Trade
        • Education
        • Social Structure
        • Women's Status
        • Slavery
        • Cultural Developments
    • 5. Expansion and Consolidation of British Power in India
      • British Imperial History
      • Debate on British Conquest
      • British Period in India Timeline Debates
      • Causes of British Success in India
      • British Conquest of Bengal
        • Bengal on the Eve of British Conquest
        • Battle of Plassey
        • Significance of Battle of Plassey
        • Plassey Plunder
        • Mir Kasim and Treaty of 1760
          • Mir Kasim's Initiatives
        • Battle of Buxar
        • Treaty of Allahabad 1765
        • Dual Government in Bengal (1765-72)
      • Mysore's Resistance to the Company
        • Rise of Haidar Ali
        • Anglo Mysore Wars
        • First Anglo-Mysore War (1767-69)
        • Second Anglo-Mysore War (1780-84)
        • Third Anglo-Mysore War (1790-92)
        • Fourth Anglo-Mysore War (1799)
      • Anglo Maratha Struggle for Supremacy
        • Rise of the Marathas
        • Entry of the English Into Maratha Politics
        • First Anglo-Maratha War (1775-1782)
        • Second Anglo-Maratha War (1803-1805)
        • Third Anglo-Maratha War (1817-1819)
        • Maratha Defeat Factors
      • Conquest of Sindh
        • Rise of Talpuras Amirs
        • Gradual Ascendancy over Sindh
        • Treaty of Eternal Friendship 1809
        • Treaty of 1832
        • Lord Auckland and Sindh
        • Tripartite Treaty of 1838
        • Sindh Accepts Subsidiary Alliance 1839
        • Capitulation of Sindh
        • Criticisms of the Conquest
      • Conquest of Punjab
        • Consolidation of Punjab under Sikhs
          • Maharaja Ranjit Singh
        • Ranjit Singh and the English
          • Treaty of Amritsar Significance
          • Ranjit Singh's Relations with Company (1809-1839)
        • Punjab after Ranjit Singh
        • First Anglo-Sikh War (1845-46)
          • Treaty of Lahore (March 8, 1846)
          • Treaty of Bhairowal (December 1846)
        • Second Anglo-Sikh War (1848-49)
      • British Paramountcy Expansion (1757-1857)
        • Ring-Fence Policy
        • Subsidiary Alliance
        • Doctrine of Lapse
      • Relations of British India with Neighbouring Countries
        • Anglo-Bhutanese Relations
        • Anglo-Nepalese Relations
        • Anglo-Burmese Relations
          • First Burma War (1824-26)
          • Second Burma War (1852)
          • Third Burma War (1885)
        • Anglo-Tibetan Relations
        • Anglo-Afghan Relations
          • First Anglo-Afghan War (1839-42)
          • Policy of Masterly Inactivity
          • Proud Reserve Policy
          • Second Anglo-Afghan War (1870-80)
      • British India and NWFP
  • Chapter 6
    • 6. People's Resistance against British Before 1857
      • Civil Uprising Characteristics
      • Important Civil Uprisings
      • Peasant Movement with Religious Overtones
      • Tribal Revolts
        • Important Mainland Tribal Movements
        • Tribal Revolts after 1857
      • Tribal Movements of North East
        • Tribal Movement of North East → Before 1957
        • Tribal Movement of North East → After 1957
      • Important Mutinies (Pre-1857)
      • Weaknesses of People's Uprisings
  • Chapter 7 - 11
    • 7. The Revolt of 1857
      • Simmering Discontent
      • Beginning and Spread of the Revolt
        • The Spark
        • Starts at Meerut
        • Choice of Bhadur Shah as Symbolic Head
        • Civilians Join
        • Storm Centres and Leaders of Revolt
        • Suppression of 1857 Revolt
        • Reasons for Failure
      • Hindu-Muslim Unity Factor
      • Nature of the Revolt
      • Consequences of 1857 Revolt
      • Long-term Impact
    • 8. Socio Religious Reform Movements: General Features
      • Social and Ideological Bases
        • Intellectual Criteria
          • Reform Approach
        • Two Streams
      • Direction of Social Reform
        • Women's Reform
          • Key Reforms
          • Education Initiatives
          • Women's Organisations
        • Struggle Against Caste Based Exploitation
    • 9. A General Survey of Socio Cultural Reform Movements and their Leaders
      • Socio Cultural Reform and their Leaders
        • Raja Rammohan Roy and Brahmo Samaj
        • Brahmo Samaj
          • Roy's Social Reforms
          • Political Contributions
          • Brahmo Samaj Leadership Evolution
          • Related Reform Movements
          • Limitations
        • Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
        • Balshastri Jambhekar
        • Paramahansa Mandali
        • Jyotirao Phule (1827-90)
        • Savitribai Phule (1831-97)
        • Gopal Baba Walangkar (1840-1900)
        • Kisan Faguji Bansod (1879-1946)
        • Vitthal Ramji Shinde (1873-1944)
        • Gopalhari Deshmukh (1823-92)
        • Gopal Ganesh Agarkar (1856-95)
        • Servants of India Society (1905)
        • Social Service League
        • Ramakrishna Movement and Swami Vivekananda
        • Dayananda Saraswati and Arya Samaj
          • Guiding Principles of Arya Samaj
          • Arya Samaj Activities
        • Seva Sadan (1908)
        • Dev Samaj (1887)
        • Dharma Sabha (1830)
        • Bharat Dharma Mahamandala (1902)
        • Radhaswami Movement (1861)
        • SNDP Movement
        • Vokkaliga Sangha (1905)
        • Justice Movement
        • Self-Respect Movement
        • Temple Entry Movement
        • Indian Social Conference (1887)
        • Islamic Reform Movements
        • Parsi Reform (1851)
        • Sikh Reform
        • Theosophical Society (1875)
        • Significance of Reform Movements
    • 10. Beginning of Modern Nationalism in India
      • Factors in the Growth of Nationalism
        • Indian Nationalism Origins
        • Unification Impact
        • Western Education and Thought
        • Information Channels
        • Cultural Renaissance
        • Middle-Class Leadership
        • Global Movement Influence
        • Racial Policies Backlash
      • Pre-Congress Political Evolution in India
        • Political Associations in Bengal (1836-1876)
        • Regional Expansion
      • Pre-Congress Campaigns
    • 11. Indian National Congress: Foundation and the Moderate Phase
      • Foundation of INC
        • Competing Theories
        • Core Objectives
      • Moderate Era (1885-1905)
        • Contributions of Moderates
          • Economic Critique
          • Constitutional Engagement
          • Administrative Reform Campaign
      • Early Nationalists (1858-1905)
        • Mass Participation Limitations
        • British Government Response
  • Chapter 12 - 17
    • 12. Era of Militant Nationalism (1905-1909)
      • Growth of Militant Nationalism
        • Militant Nationalism
        • Ideological Foundations
        • Militant School
      • Swadeshi and Boycott Movement
        • Movement Development (1903-1905)
        • Congress Response
      • Movement under Extremist Leadership
        • Extremist Programme (1906)
        • Struggle Methods
        • Swadeshi National Education Movement
        • Swadeshi Enterprises
        • Cultural Renaissance
        • Mass Participation
      • Annulment of Partition
      • Evaluation of Swadeshi Movement
        • Movement fizzles out
        • Movement a Turning Point
        • Moderates vs Extremists
      • Surat Split 1907
        • Split Takes Place
        • Government Response
      • The Government Strategy
      • Morley-Minto Reforms (1909)
        • Morley Minto Reforms
        • Critical Evaluation
    • 13. First Phase of Revolutionary Activities (1907 - 1917)
      • Why the Surge of Revolutionary Activities
      • Revolutionary Programme
      • A Survey of Revolutionary Activities
        • Bengal
          • Anushilan Samiti
        • Punjab
        • Maharashtra
        • Revolutionary Activities Abroad
          • Ghadar Party
            • Evaluation of Ghadr
          • Revolutionaries in Europe
          • Mutiny in Singapore
      • Decline
    • 14. First World War and Nationalist Response
      • Home Rule League Movement
        • Causative Factors
        • The Leagues
        • Home Rule Programme
        • Government Response
        • Movement Decline by 1919
        • Home Rule Movement Impact
      • 1916 Lucknow Session
        • Readmission of extremists to congress
        • 1916 Lucknow Pact
      • Montagu's Statement (August 1917)
        • Indian Objections
    • 15. Emergence of Gandhi
      • Why Nationalist Resurgence Now
      • Impact of Russian Revolution 1917
      • Consequences
      • Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms (1919)
        • Limitations
        • Indian Response
      • Making of Gandhi
        • Early Career and Experiments with Truth in SA
        • Evolution of Resistance Methods
        • Protest against Transvaal Immigration Act
        • Gandhi in South Africa
        • Satyagraha Technique
      • Gandhi in India
        • Champaran Satyagraha (1917)
        • Ahmedabad Mill Strike (1918)
        • Kheda Satyagraha (1918)
        • Gains
      • Rowlatt Act, Satyagraha and Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
        • Rowlatt Act (March 1919)
        • Satyagraha against the Rowlatt Act - First Mass Strike
        • Jallianwala Bagh Massacre (April 13, 1919)
      • The Hunter Committee of Inquiry
        • British Reaction
        • Congress View
    • 16. Non Cooperation Movement and Khilafat Aandolan
      • Background Factors
      • The Khilafat Issue
        • Congress-Khilafat Alliance
      • The Non Cooperation Khilafat Movement
        • Spread of the movement
        • People's Response
        • Government Response & Movement End
      • Why Gandhi Withdrew the Movement
      • Movement Impact Assessment
    • 17. Emergence of Swarajists, Socialist Ideas, Revolutionary Activities and Other New Forces
      • Swarajists and No Changers
        • Genesis of Congress Khilafat Swarajya Party
        • Key Arguments
        • Agree to Disagree
        • Swarajist Manifesto (October 1923)
        • Gandhi's attitude
        • Swarajist Activity in Councils
          • Achievements
          • Drawbacks
        • Constructive Work by No Changers
          • Critique of constructive work
      • Emergency of New Forces: Socialist Ideas, Youth Power, Trade Unionism
        • Spread of Marxist and Socialist Ideas
        • Mass Movements
        • Growth of Trade Unionism
        • Social Reform
        • Revolutionary Activity with a Turn towards Socialism
      • Revolutionary Activity During the 1920s
        • Why Attraction for Revolutionary Activity after Non Cooperation Movement
        • Major Influences
        • Punjab-UP-Bihar Activity
        • In Bengal
          • Chittagong Group
        • New Phase in Bengal
        • Official Reaction
        • Ideological Rethinking
  • Chapter 18 - 23
    • 18. Simon Commission and the Nehru Report
      • Appointment of the Indian Statutory Commission
        • Indian Response
        • Dr Ambedkar's Position
        • Police Repression
      • Impact of Appointment of Simon Commission on the National Movement
        • Simon Commission Recommendations (1930)
        • Nehru Report (1928)
        • Communal Tensions
        • Jinnah's Response
        • Nehru Report Found Unsatisfactory
    • 19. Civil Disobedience Movement and Round Table Conferences
      • Irwins Declaration (October 1929)
      • Delhi Manifesto (November 1929)
      • Lahore Congress and Purna Swaraj
      • January 26, 1930: The Independence Pledge
    • Civil Disobedience Movement - The Salt Satyagraha and Other Upsurges
      • Gandhi's Eleven Demands
      • Why Salt was Chosen as the Important Theme
      • Dandi March (March 12–April 6, 1930)
      • Spread of Salt Law Disobedience
      • Satyagraha at Different Places
      • Impact of Agitation
      • Extent of Mass Participation
      • Government Response - Efforts for Truce
      • Gandhi-Irwin Pact
      • Evaluation of Civil Disobedience Movement
        • Comparison to Non-Cooperation Movement
    • Karachi Congress Session - 1931
    • The Round Table Conferences
    • Civil Disobedience Resumed
      • During Truce Period (March-December 1931)
      • Changed Govt Attitude After Second RTC
      • Government Action
      • Popular Response
      • Communal Award and Poona Pact
      • Congress Stand
      • Gandhi's Response
      • Poona Pact
      • Impact on Dalits
      • Joint Electorates Impact
    • Gandhi's Harijan Campaign and thoughts on Caste
      • Gandhi's Harijan Campaign
      • Gandhi's caste philosophy
    • Dr Ambedkar vs Gandhi
      • Difference in approach
      • Common aspects in approach
    • 20. Debates on the Future Strategy after Civil Disobedience Movement
      • The First Stage Debate
        • Nehru's Vision
        • Nehru's Opposition to Struggle-Truce-Struggle Strategy
        • Finally, Yes to Council Entry
      • GOI Act 1935
        • Evaluation
          • Long-Term British Strategy
        • Nationalists' Response
      • The Second Stage Debate
        • Divided Opinion
        • Gandhi's Position
        • Congress Manifesto
        • Elections and Congress Performance
    • 21. Congress Rule in Provinces
      • Gandhi's advice
      • Work under Congress Ministries
        • Civil Liberties
        • Agrarian Reforms
        • Labour Reforms
        • Social welfare
        • Extra Parliamentary Activity
      • Evaluation
    • 22. Nationalist Response in the Wake of World War II
      • Congress Crisis on Method of Struggle
        • Haripura and Tripuri Sessions: Subhash Bose's Views
      • Gandhi and Bose
        • Differences
        • Similarities
      • Second World War and Nationalistic Response
        • Congress Offer to Viceroy
        • CWC Meeting at Wardha
      • Government Attitude and Congress Ministries' Resignation
        • Government's Hidden Agenda
          • Congress Ministries Decide to Resign
          • Debate on the Question of Immediate Mass Satyagraha
          • November 1939 CWC Resolution
          • The Ramgarh Session (March 1940)
          • Pakistan Resolution—Lahore (March 1940)
      • August Offer (1940)
        • August Offer - Proposals
        • Evaluation
        • August Offer - Reason for Rejection
      • Individual Satyagraha
      • Gandhi-Nehru Relationship
      • Cripps Mission
        • Why Mission Sent
        • Main Proposals of Cripps Mission
        • Departures from Past and Implications
        • Why Cripps Mission Failed
    • 23. Quit India Movement, Demand for Pakistan, and the INA
      • Quit India Movement
        • Why Start a Struggle Now
        • The 'Quit India' Resolution
        • Gandhi's Instructions
        • Movement Spread
        • Underground Activity
        • Parallel Governments
        • Extent of Mass Participation
        • Government Repression
        • Estimate
        • Gandhi Fasts
      • Famine of 1943
      • Rajagopalachari Formula (1944)
      • Desai-Liaqat Pact
      • Wavell Plan
        • Wavell Plan Proposals
        • Why Wavell Plan Failed
          • Muslim League stand
          • Congress stand
        • Wavell's Mistake
      • The Indian National Army and Subhas Bose
        • Origin and First Phase of INA
  • Chapter 24 - 27
    • 24. Post War National Scenario
      • Two Strands of National Upsurge
      • Change in Government's Attitude
      • Congress Election Campaign and INA Trials
        • Congress Support for INA Prisoners
        • The INA Agitation—A Landmark
      • Three Upsurges - Winter of 1945-46
        • Three-Stage Pattern
        • Impact Assessment
        • Congress Strategy
      • Election Results
      • The Cabinet Mission
        • Why British Withdrawal Seemed Imminent Now
        • On the Eve of Cabinet Mission Plan
        • Cabinet Mission (1946)
        • Cabinet Mission Plan Provisions
          • Plan Rejected Pakistan
          • Three-Section Structure
        • Interpretation Disputes
        • Why Cabinet Mission Plan Failed
        • Acceptance and Rejection
      • Communal Holocaust and the Interim Government
        • Changed Government Priorities
        • Interim Government
        • League's Obstructionist Approach
      • Birth and Spread of Communalism in India
        • Characteristic Features
        • Nothing unique about Indian communalism
        • Reasons for Growth of Communalism
          • Socio Economic Reasons
          • British Policy of Divide and Rule
          • Communalism in History writing
          • Socio-religious Reform Side-effects
          • Militant Nationalism Side-effects
          • Communal Rejection by Majority Community
        • Evolution of 2 Nation Theory
    • 25. Independence with Partition
      • Attlee's Statement of February 20, 1947
        • Main Points
        • Why a fixed date fixed by govt for withdrawal
        • Congress Stand
      • Independence and Partition
        • Mountbatten as Viceroy
        • Mountbatten Plan, June 3, 1947
        • Why Congress Accepted Dominion Status
        • Rationale for August 15, 1947
        • Indian Independence Act
        • Problems of Early Withdrawal
      • Integration of States
      • Inevitability of Partition
        • Progressive concessions to Muslim League:
        • Gandhi's Helplessness
    • 26. Constitutional, Administrative and Judicial Developments
      • Constitutional Development between 1773 and 1858
        • Different acts under British
      • Evolution of Civil Services in India
        • Cornwallis' Role (1786-93)
        • Wellesley's Role
        • Acts
        • Evaluation under British Rule
      • Evolution of Police System in Modern India
      • Military under British
      • Development of Judiciary in British India
        • Legal Reforms under Warren Hastings
        • Legal Reforms under Cornwallis - Separation of Powers
          • Cornwallis Code
        • Legal Reforms under William Bentinck
      • Later Developments
        • Evaluation
      • Major Changes in Administrative Structure after 1857
        • Genesis of Administrative Changes
      • Administration: Central, Provincial, Local
        • Central Government
        • Provincial Government
        • Local Bodies
          • 1864 - 1868
          • 1870: Mayo's Resolution
          • 1882: Ripon's Resolution
          • Implementation limitations
        • Royal Commission on Decentralisation (1908)
        • Implementation timeline
    • 27. Survey of British Policies in India
      • Administrative Policies
        • Divide and Rule
        • Hostility Towards Educated Indians
        • Attitude Towards the Zamindars
        • Attitude Towards Social Reforms
        • Underdeveloped Social Services
        • Labour Legislations
        • Restrictions on Freedom of the Press
        • White Racism
      • Revenue Policies
        • Hastings' System
        • Other Systems
        • Overall impact of British Land Revenue Systems
      • British Social and Cultural Policy
        • Characteristics of New Thought
        • Schools of Thought
        • Indian Renaissance
        • Government Dilemma
        • Christian Missionaries
        • British Retreat
      • British Policy Towards Princely States
      • British Foreign Policy
  • Chapter 28 - 32
    • 28. Economic Impact of British Rule in India
      • Deindustrialisation
        • No Steps towards modern Industrialisation
        • Ruralisation
      • Impoverishment of Peasantry
      • Emergence of Intermediaries, Absentee Landlordism, Ruin of Old Zamindars
      • Stagnation and Deterioration of Agriculture
      • Famines
      • Commercialisation of Indian Agriculture
      • Destruction of Industry and Late Development of Modern Industry
      • Nationalist Critique of Colonial Economy
        • British Policies Making India Poor
        • Growth of Trade and Railways to Help Britain
        • One-Way Free Trade and Tariff Policy
        • Effect of Economic Drain
      • Economic Issue a Stimulant to National Unrest
      • Stages of Colonialism in India
    • 29. Development of Indian Press
      • Early Regulations
        • Censorship of Press Act 1799
        • Licensing Regulations 1823
        • Press Act of 1835 or Metcalfe Act
        • Licensing Act 1857
        • Registration Act 1867
      • Struggle by early Nationalists to secure press freedom
      • Vernacular Press Act, 1878
      • Repression against Nationalist Journalists Continues
        • Newspaper (Incitement to Offences) Act, 1908
        • Indian Press Act 1910
      • During and After the First World War
        • Indian Press (Emergency Power) Act, 1931
      • During the Second World War
    • 30. Development of Education
      • Under Company Rule
        • Charter Act of 1813
        • Orientalist-Anglicist Controversy
        • Lord Macaulay's Minute (1835)
          • Downward Filtration Theory
        • Thomson's Efforts (1843-53)
        • Wood's Despatch (1854)
        • Developments
      • After the Crown Takeover
        • Hunter Education Commission (1882-83)
        • Indian Universities Act, 1904
        • Government Resolution on Education Policy - 1913
        • Sadler University Commission (1917-19)
        • Education Under Dyarchy
        • Hartog Committee (1929)
          • Primary Education
          • Secondary Education
          • Higher Education
          • Women's Education
        • Sargent Plan (1944)
      • Development of Vernacular Education
      • Development of Technical Education
      • Evaluation of British Policy on Education
    • 31. The Movement of the Working Class
      • Peasantry Under Colonialism
      • A Survey of Early Peasant Movements
        • Indigo Revolt (1859-60)
        • Pabna Agrarian Leagues
        • Deccan Riots
      • Changed Nature of Peasant Movements after 1857
      • Later Movements
        • The Kisan Sabha Movement
        • Eka Movement
        • Mappila Revolt
        • Bardoli Satyagraha
        • All India Kisan Congress/Sabha
        • Under Congress Ministries (1937-39)
      • Provincial Peasant Activities
        • During War
        • Post war phase
      • Balance Sheet of Peasant movement
    • 32. The Movement of the Working Class
      • Early Efforts
      • During Swadeshi Upsurge
      • During the First World War and After
        • The AITUC
        • The Trade Union Act, 1926
        • Late 1920s
        • Meerut Conspiracy Case (1929)
        • Under Congress Ministries
        • During and After Second World War