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SCHEME OF EXAMINATIONS AND COURSES OF READING
M.A. (FINAL) HISTORY (SEMESTER SYSTEM)
Note :- M.A.(Final) History Course shall consist of two Semesters. In all there shall
be 2 Core Papers, 4 Specialization Papers and 10 Optional Papers in the
course. Candidate shall take 5 papers in each Semester.
I M.A. (IIIrd Semester) :
There shall be 1 core paper, 2 specialization papers and 5 optional papers.
The candidate shall take 1 out of the 2 specialization papers and any 3
optional papers out of the given list of 5 optional papers.
II M.A. (IVth Semester) :
There shall be 1 core paper, 2 specialization papers and 5 optional papers.
The candidate shall take 1 out of the 2 specialization papers and any 3
optional papers out of the given list of 5 optional papers.
III In case of the specialization papers, the candidate opting for a particular
specialization in M.A. (Ist & IInd Semesters) shall take the same
specialization in M.A. (IIIrd and IVth Semesters). The choice of the
specialization as well as optional papers in M.A. Course shall be determined
on the basis of merit. However, the Department shall decide the number of
optional papers to be offered in the Department in a particular year.
LIST OF PAPERS
M.A. (IIIrd Semester) :
I Core Papers :
Paper XVII - Historiography
II Specialization Papers :
Paper XVIII (Option i) - Society in Medieval India, AD 1200-1750Paper XVIII (Option ii) - Modern India (1858-1947)
III Optional Papers :
Paper XIX - Political History of Haryana
Paper XX - Social History of India
Paper XXI - Economic History of India
Paper XXII - State in India
Paper XXIII - History of Science and Technology in India
M.A. (IVth Semester) :
I Core Papers :
Paper XXIV - Approaches of History
II Specialization Papers :
Paper XXV (Option i) - Art, Architecture and Culture in Medieval India, AD1200-1750
Paper XXV (Option ii) - Indian National Movement (1885-1947)
III Optional Papers :
Paper XXVI - History of Haryana
Paper XXVII - Socio-Religious Movements in India
Paper XXVIII - Agrarian History of India
Paper XXIX - Contemporary Indian History (1947-1964)
Paper XXX - Business History of India
2
M.A. – IIIrd Semester
Core PaperPaper – XVII : Historiography
Max. Marks : 100 Time : 3 hours
Note :- The question paper will consist of ten questions, i.e., two questions from each unit. The candidate shall attempt five questions in all selecting one question from each unit.
Unit – I
History : Meaning; Nature and Scope
Unit – II
History and Allied Disciplines; Historical Evidence : Its Nature and Transmission
Unit – III
Objectivity in History; Causation in History; Collection and Selection of Historical Data
Unit – IV
Early Trends of Historiography: Greeco-Roman; Chinese and Ancient Indian
Unit – V
Medieval Historiography : Western; Arabic and Persian
3
Suggested Readings :
1 Ali, B. Sheikh History : Its Theory and Method
2 Bajaj, Satish, K. Recent Trends in Historiography
3 Bentley, Michael (ed.) Companion to Historiography
4 Bloch, Marc The Historian’s Craft
5 Buddha Prakah Itihas Darshan (Hindi)
6 Carr, E.H. What is History ?
7 Collingwood, R.G. The Idea of History
8 Elton, G.R. Practice of History
9 Gardener, Patrick Theories of History
10 Habib, Irfan Interpreting Indian History
11 Hale, J.R. Evolution of British Historiography
12 Hardy, Peter Historians of Medieval India
13 Johnson, Allen Historian and Historical Evidence
14 Ladurie, L. R. Territory of the Historian
15 Leonard, M.M. The Nature of Historical Inquiry
16 Majumdar, R.K. & Srivastava,
A.N.
Historiography
17 Marwick, Aurther The Nature of History
18 Marwick, Aurther What History Is and Why It is Important ?
19 Renier, G.T. History : Its Purpose and Method
20 Sridharan, E. A Textbook of Historiography
21 Thompson, J.W. A History of Historical Writing 500 B.C. to
A.D. 2000
22 Topolski, Jarzy Methodology of History
23 Walsh, W.H. Philosophy of History
24 Widgery, G.A. The Meaning of History25 William, S.H. The Modern Historian
4
Specialization Paper
Paper – XVIII (Option – i)Society in Medieval India, AD 1200-1750
Max. Marks : 100 Time : 3 hours
Note :- The question paper will consist of ten questions, i.e., two questions from each unit. The candidate shall attempt five questions in all selecting one question from each unit.
Unit – I
Continuity and Change in Medieval Indian Society : Composition and Stratification; Urban and Rural Society
Unit – II
Caste and Social Mobility, Slavery; Women in Medieval Indian Society
Unit – III
Origin and Concepts of Sufism; Chisti, Qadiri, Suhrawardi and Naqashbandi Silsilas
Unit – IV
Origin and Concepts of Bhakti Movement : Nath Panthis, Kabir, Nanak, Dadu, Chaitanya, Tulsidas, Raidas and Maharashtra Dharma
Unit – V
Elements of Conflicts and Synthesis in Medieval Indian Society : Ruling Groups, State and Orthodoxy; Muslim Revivalist Movement under Sheikh Ahmad Sarhindi; Sectarian Communities
5
Suggested Readings :
1 Ashraf, K.M. Life and Conditions of the People of
Hindustan
2 Banga Indu (ed.) The City in Indian History : Urban
Demography, Society and Politics
3 Chopra, P.N. Life and Letters under the Mughals.
4 Eaton, Richards M. (ed.) India’s Islamic Tradition
5 Grewal, J.S. (ed.) The State and Society in Medieval India
6 Habib, Irfan (ed.) Medieval India-Research in the History of
India 1200-1750
7 Habib, Muhammad Politics and Society in Early Medieval
Period, Vol I & II
8 Hasan, S. Nural Religion, State and Society in Medieval India
(ed. Satish Chandra)
9 Jackson, Peter The Delhi Sultanate
10 Karashima, N. Towards a New Formation : South Indian
Society under Vijayanagar
11 Nigam, S.B.P. Nobility under the Sultans of Delhi
12 Nizami, K.A. Religion and Politics in the 13th Century
13 Richards, J.F. The Mughal Empire
14 Rizvi, S.A.A. History of Sufism, Vol. I-II
15 Rizvi, S.A.A. Muslim Revivalist Movement in Northern
India in the 16th – 17th Centuries
16 Rizvi, S.A.A. Religious and Intellectual History of the
Muslims in Akbar’s Reign
17 Satish, Chandra Medieval India : Society, Jagirdari Crisis
and the State
18 Stein, Burton New Cambridge History of India :
Vijaynagar
6
19 Stein, Burton Peasant State and Society in Medieval South
India
20 Umar, Muhammad Muslim Society in Northern India During the
18th Century
21 Umar, Muhammad Urban Culture in North India During the
18th Century.
7
Specialization Paper
Paper – XVIII ( Option - ii)
Modern India (1858-1947)
Max. Marks : 100 Time : 3 hours
Note :- The question paper will consist of ten questions, i.e., two questions from each unit. The candidate shall attempt five questions in all selecting one question from each unit.
Unit – I
Colonial State : Authorities at London; British Indian Government; Provincial Structure; Local Self Government and Administration
Unit – II
Colonial Control : Police, Law and Justice; Land Revenue Administration; Relations with Princely States; Foreign Relations : Afghanistan, Burma and Tibbat
Unit – III
Decline of the Handicrafts and its Effects; Flow of Foreign Capital and its Effects; Agrarian Relations, Commercialization of Agriculture; Economic Drain
Unit – IV
Rise of the Modern Industries: Jute Textile, Cotton Textile, Iron and Steel; Rise of Capitalist Class and Industrial Labour
Unit – V
The Utilitarians and Social Change; Nature and Ideas of the Brahmo Samaj, the Arya Samaj, the Ram Krishan Mission and the Aligarh Movement; Growth of the Modern Education; Rise of the Middle Classes
8
Suggested Readings :
1 Bilgrani, Ashgar H. Afghanistan and British India : A Study in
Foreign Relations
2 Bipan, Chandra Essays on Colonialism
3 Bipan, Chandra Rise and Growth of Economic Nationalism
in India
4 Brown, Judith Modern India : The Origin of the Asian
Democracy
5 Datta, K.K. Social History of Modern India
6 Desai, A.R. Social Background of Indian Nationalism
7 Dodwell, H. (ed) The Cambridge History of India, Vol. - II
8 Dutt, R.C. Economic History of India, Vol. I & II
9 Fraser, Lovet India under Curzon and After
10 Gopal, S. British Policy in India
11 Hasan, Zoya Politics and State in India
12 Jones, K.W. Socio-Religious Reform Movement in British
India
13 Kennedy, G.S. Providence and the Raj
14 Kulkarani, V.B. British Dominion in India and After
15 Kumar, Dharma (ed.) Cambridge Economic History of India, Vol.-
II
16 Kumar, Ravinder Social History of Modern India
17 Majumdar, R.C. (ed) British Paramountey and Indian
Renaissance, Vol. IX & X
18 Metcalf, T.R. Land, Landlords and the British Raj : North
India in the 19th Century
19 Mishra, B.B. The Indian Middle Classes : Their Growth in
Modern Times
20 Mishra, B.B. The Administrative History of India 1834-
1947
9
21 Nanda, B.R. Essays in Modern India History
22 Nauroji, Dada Bhai Poverty and the Un-British Rule in India
23 Pavlov, V.I. The Indian Capitalist Class : A Historical
Study
24 Roy, Tirthankar The Economic History of Modern India
25 Sharma, M.P. Local Self - Government in India
26 Smith, W.C. Modern Islam in India
27 Stein, Burton The Making of the Agrarian Policy in British
India 1770-1900
28 Stein, Burton Thomas Munro : The Origins of the Colonial
State and his Vision of the Empire
29 Stokes, Eric The English Utilitarians and India
30 Tomlinson, B.R. Economy of Modern India 1860-1970
10
Paper – XIX : Political History of Haryana
Max. Marks : 100 Time : 3 hours
Note :- The question paper will consist of ten questions, i.e., two questions from each unit. The candidate shall attempt five questions in all selecting one question from each unit.
Unit – I
The Concept of Regional History; Haryana Region : Sources for Medieval and Modern History
Unit – II
Establishment of the Turkish Hegemony : Local Rsistance and Conciliation; Polity and Administrative Set up under the Sultans
Unit – III
Polity and Administrative Set up under the Mughals ; The Imperial Decline and the Rise of Sikhs, Jats, Marathas and George Thomas
Unit – IV
Establishment of the British Rule in Haryana; Administration of East India Company : Civil, Judicial and Land Revenue
Unit – V
Resistance to the British Rule : The Pre-1857 Risings; The Uprising of 1857 : Nature and Impact; Aftermath of the Revolt : Merger with Punjab and New Administrative Set up
11
Suggested Readings :
1 Bajaj, Satish K. Recent Trends in Historiography
2 Buddha Prakash Glimpses of Haryana
3 Buddha Prakash Haryana Through the Ages
4 Darling, Malcolm Panjab Peasantry in Prosperity and Debt
5 Griffin, L.H. The Rajas of the Panjab
6 Gupta, H.R. Marathas and Panipat
7 Jagdish Chandra Freedom Movement in Haryana
8 Juneja, M.M. History of Hisar
9 Kayo, Sir Johan William Life of Lord Metcalfe, 2 Vols.
10 Kundu, C.L. and Udai
Shankar
Education in Haryana
11 Mittal, S.C Haryana : A Historical Perspective
12 Muztar, B.K. Haryana : Political and Cultural
13 Naqvi, H.K. Urbanisation and Urban Centre under the
Great Mughals
14 Phadke, H.A. Haryana : Ancient and Medieval
15 Saini, B.S. Social and Economic History of Panjab
16 Sarkar, J.N. Fall of the Mughal Empire
17 Satish Chandra The Eighteenth Century in India : It Economy and the Role of the Marathas, the Jats, the Sikhs and the Afghans
18 Sen, S.N. (ed.) Sources of Indian History
19 Sharma, S.R. Haryana Ke Swantantrata Sainani (Hindi)
20 Singh, Chetan Region and Empire : Panjab in the 17th
Century
21 Singh, Fauja History of Panjab
22 Talbot, Ian Punjab and the Raj
12
23 Tanwar, R. The Politics of Sharing Power : The Panjab
Unionist Party
24 Yadav, B.N.S. Society and Culture of Northern India in the
12th Century
25 Yadav, K.C. Haryana: Studies in History and Culture
26 Yadav, K.C. The Revolt of 1857 in Haryana
27 Yadav, K.C. Haryana : Itihas Evam Sanskriti (Hindi), 2
Vols.
13
Paper – XX : Social History of India
Max. Marks : 100 Time : 3 hours
Note :- The question paper will consist of ten questions, i.e., two questions from each unit. The candidate shall attempt five questions in all selecting one question from each unit.
Unit – I
Social History of India : Sources and Approaches ; Indian Social Institutions : Tribe, Caste (as well as Untouchability), Class and Community
Unit – II
Medieval Indian Society : Urban and Rural; Social Stratification and Social Mobility; Position of Women
Unit – III
Education and Culture in Medieval India : Educational Systems and Institutions; Syncretic Tradition and Cultural Synthesis
Unit – IV
Colonial Intervention and Social Change : British Social Policy and Western Ideas - Evangelicals and Utilitarians ; Growth of Modern Education; Rise of New Social Classes
Unit – V
Social Change in Colonial India : Transitions in Caste-ridden Society; Conflict between Tradition and Modernity; Changing Position of Women ; Patterns of Urbanization
14
Suggested Readings :
1 Ahmad, Aziz Studies in Islamic Culture in the Indian
Environemnt
2 Altekar, A.S. Position of Women in Hindu Civilization
3 Ambedkar, B.R. The Untouchables
4 Ashraf, K.M. Life and Conditions of the People of
Hindustan
5 Ballahatchet, K.S. Social Policy and Social Change in Western
India
6 Basu, Aparna The Growth of Education and Political
Development 1898-1920
7 Bayly, Susan Caste, Society and Politics in India from the Eighteenth Century to the Modern Age
8 Datta, K.K. Social History of Modern India
9 Desai, A.R. Social Background of Indian Nationalism
10 Dube, S.C. Indian Society
11 Dube, S.C. Contemporary India and its Modernization
12 Habib, Irfan Interpreting Indian History
13 Habib, Mohammad Politics and Society during the Early
Medieval Period
14 Hardey, Peter The Muslims of British India
15 Jha, D.N. Economy and Society in Early India : Issues
and Paradigms
16 Kothari, Rajni (ed.) Caste in Indian Politics
17 Krishnamurthi, J. Women in Colonial India
18 Kumar, Ravindra Social History of Modern India
19 Majumdar, R.C. British Paramount and Indian Renaissance,
Vol. X
15
20 Majumdar, R.C. The History and Culture of Indian People,
Vol. V & VII
21 Mishra, B.B. The Indian Middle Classes : Their Growth in
Modern Times
22 Mishra, Girish Economic History of Modern India
23 Mujeeb, M. The Indian Muslims
24 Nurullah, S. & J.P. Naik History of Education in India
25 O’ Malley, L.S.S. Modern India and the West
26 Potts, E. Daniel British Baptist Missionaries in India 1793-
1837
27 Rashid, Abdul Society and Culture in Medieval India
28 Rizvi, S.A.A. Religious and Intellectual History of the
Muslims in Akbar Reign
29 Sarkar, Sumit Writing Social History
30 Shah, A.B. & C.R.M.,Rao Tradition and Modernity in India
31 Sharma, R.S. Social Changes in Early Medieval India
32 Smith, W.C. Modern Islam in India
33 Sridharan, E. A Textbook of Historiography
34 Srinivas, M.N. Social Change in Modern India
35 Srinivas, M.N. Caste in India and Other Essays
36 Stokes, Eric The English Utilitarians and India
37 Tara Chand Society and State in the Mughal Period
38 Tara Chand Influence of Islam on Indian Culture
39 Thapar, Romila Ancient Indian Social History
40 Vidyarathi, L.P. Tribal Culture of India
16
Paper No. - XXIEconomic History of India
Max. Marks : 100 Time : 3 hours
Note :- The question paper will consist of ten questions, i.e., two questions from each unit. The candidate shall attempt five questions in all selecting one question from each unit.
Unit – I
Problems of Indian Economic History; Different Approaches and their Limitations; Sources of Medieval and Modern Indian Economic History
Unit – II
Nature and Structure of Medieval Indian Economy : Rural and Urban; Agricultural and Non-Agricultural (Handicraft) Production; Trade and Commerce; Credit and Indigenous Banking System
Unit – III
The British East India Company : Its Agrarian Settlements and Land Revenue; Commercialization of Agriculture; Indian Manufactures for External Market.
Unit – IV
Mercantilism and the Company Trade from 1757 to 1813; Industrial Capitalism and Lessaiz Faire: Artisans and Handicrafts Industry in Transition; Means of Transport : Roads and Railways
Unit – V
British and Indigenous Capital Investment; Rise of Modern Industries i.e. Cotton, Jute, Iron and Steel Industries; Drain of Wealth; Impact of Colonization on Indian Economy
17
Suggested Readings :
1 Bhatia, B.M. Famines in India
2 Bipan Chandra The Rise and Growth of Economic Nationalism in India
3 Brahmanand (ed.) Famines in Colonial India
4 Dutt, R.C. Economic History of India, 2 Vols.
5 Frykenberg, R.E. Land Control and Social Structure in India
6 Guha, R. A Rule of Property for Bengal : Essays in the
Idea of Permanent Settlement
7 Habib, Irfan Essays in Indian History : Towards a
Marxist Perception.
8 Habib, Irfan The Agrarian System of Mughal India 1556-
1707
9 Hasan, Nurul Thought on Agrarian Relations in Mughal
India
10 Ludden, David An Agrarian History of South Asia
11 Mishra, Girish Economic History of India
12 Mittal, S.C. Bharat Ka Saamajik aur Aarthik Itihas
(1758-1947)
13 Morris D., Morris Toru Matsui, Bipan Chandra and T. Raychaudhuri
The Indian Economy in the Nineteenth
Century
14 Mukherjee, Mridula Colonializing Agriculture : The Myth of
Punjab Exceptionalism.
15 Mukherjee, Mridula Peasants in India’s Non-Violent Revolution
16 Mukherjee, Nilmani Ryotwari System in Madras 1792-1827
17 Raychaudhuri, Tapan and
Irfan Habib
The Cambridge Economic History of India,
Vol. I
18 Richards, J.F. The Imperial Monetary System of Mughal India
19 Stein, Burton The Making of Agrarian Policy in British India, 1770-1900
18
Paper No. - XXIIState in India
Max. Marks : 100 Time : 3 hours
Note :- The question paper will consist of ten questions, i.e., two questions from each unit. The candidate shall attempt five questions in all selecting one question from each unit.
Unit – I
Nature and Functions of the State under the Delhi Sultanate; Theory of Kingship : Balban, Ala-ud-din-Khalji and the Afghans; The Iqta System
Unit – II
The Mughal State : Nature, Theory of Kingship; Ulema and the State; Mansabdari Ssystem
Unit – III
The Nature of Regional States : Vijayanagar, the Marathas; Mysore and the Sikhs
Unit – IV
The British East India Company State : Colonial Authorities; Iron and Steel Frameworks of the State, Land and the State
Unit – V
The British Raj : Home Government; British Indian Government; Agencies of Colonial Control; Constitutional Measures
19
Suggested Readings :
1 Alam, Muzaffar Crisis of Empire in Mughal North India
2 Alam, Muzaffar and Sanjay
Subrahmanyam (ed)
The Mughal State
3 Ali, M. Athar Apparatus of the Mughal Empire
4 Bipan Chandra Essays on Colonialism
5 Bipan Chandra Indian National Movement : The Long-Term
Dynamics
6 Bridge, Carle Holding India to the Empire
7 Brown. J.M. Modern India : The Origins of An Asian
Democracy
8 Colley, Linda Britons : Forging the Nation
9 Gallaghar, J. , G. Johnson and
Anil Seal (eds.)
Locality, Province and Nationalism : Essays
on Indian Politics 1870-1940
10 Jackson, Peter The Delhi Sultanate
11 Joshi, Shashi and Bhagwan
Joshi
Struggle for Hegemony in India, Vol. I, II,
III
12 Kennedy, G.S. Providence and the Raj
13 Kulke, H.P. Rothermund State in India : 1000-1750
14 Kurein, Mathew (ed.) India: State and Society
15 Nande, B.R. Essays in Modern Indian History
16 Nigam, S.B.P Nobility under the Sultans of Delhi
17 Nizami, K.A. Some Aspects of Religion and Politics in
Indian During 13th Century
18 Richards, J.F. The Mughal Empire
19 Satish Chandra Historiography, Religion and State in
Medieval India
20 Stein, Burton Thomas Munro : The Origins of the Colonial
State and His Vision of Empire
20
21 Stein, Burton Vijayanagar
22 Stokes, Eric The English Utilitarians and India
23 Streusand, D.E. Formation of the Mughal Empire
24 Tripathi, R.P. Some Aspects of Muslim Administration in
India
21
Paper – XXIII : History of Science and Technology in India Max. Marks : 100
Time : 3 hours
Note :- The question paper will consist of ten questions, i.e., two questions from each unit. The candidate shall attempt five questions in all selecting one question from each unit.
Unit – I
Sources of the History of Science and Technology in India; Major Developments in Science and Technology in India till 12th Century; Concept of Rationality and Scientific Ideas in Muslim Thought with special reference to the Contribution of Fathullah Shirazi
Unit – II
New Developments in Technology in Medieval India – Persian Wheel, Gun Powder, Textiles, Bridge Building etc; Developments in Medical Knowledge and Interaction between Unani and Ayurveda; Astronomy in the Arabic Science and its Impact on India with special reference to Swai Jaisingh
Unit – III
State of Science and Technology in India on the eve of Advent of the British; East India Company and Scientific Explorations – Surveyors, Botanists and Doctors under the East India Company’s Services; New Developments in Technologies – Railways, Telegraphs and Modern Machines
Unit – IV
Growth of Scientific and Technical Education under the British Rule – Founding of Engineering and Medical Colleges and Institutes; Teaching of Science in Universities; Founding of National Scientific Institutions – Survey of India, Geological Survey of India and Agricultural Experimental Farms
Unit – VIndian Response to the New Scientific Knowledge – Interactions and Predicaments;
Science and Indian Nationalism – Emergence of ‘National Science’ and its relations vis-à-vis ‘Colonial Science’; Contributions of Mahendra Lal Sarkar, P.C. Ray and J.C.Bose
22
Suggested Readings :
1 Alavi, M.A. & Rahman, A., Fathullah Shirazi : A Sixteenth Century
Indian Scientist
2 Baber, Zaheer The Science of Empire : Scientific
Knowledge, Civilization and Colonial Rule
in India
3 Bag, A.K. (ed.) Technology in Ancient India
4 Bose, D.M. et. al A Concise History of Science in India
5 Brooke, J.H. Science and Religion : Some Historical
Perspectives
6 Chattopadhaya, Debiprasad History of Science and Technology in
Ancient India
7 Digby, Simon War-Horse and Elephant in the Delhi
Sultanate
8 Habib, Irfan (ed.) Akbar and His India
9 Hassan, Ahmad Y & Donald
R.Hill
Islamic Technology: An Illustrated History
10 Hedrick, Daniel R. The Tools of Empire
11 Hitti, K. Philips History of Arabs
12 Jaggi, O.P. Science and Technology in Medieval India
13 Kumar, Deepak Science and the Raj
14 Kumar, Deepak Disease and Medicine in India : A Historical
Overview
15 Macleod , Roy (ed.) &
Deepak Kumar
Technology and the Raj : Western
Technology and Technical Transfers to India
1700-1947
16 Qaisar, A.J. The Indian Response to European
Technology and Culture
23
17 Ray, Aniruddha & Bagchi,
S.K.
Technology in Ancient and Medieval India
18 Ray, P.C. History of Chemistry in Ancient and
Medieval India
19 Sangwan, Satpal Science, Technology and Colonization : An
Indian Experience
20 Spangenburg, R. The History of Science : From the Ancient
Greeks to the Scientific Revolution 5 Vols.
24
M.A. – IVth Semester
Core Paper
Paper – XXIV : Approaches of History Max. Marks : 100
Time : 3 hours
Note :- The question paper will consist of ten questions, i.e., two questions from each unit. The candidate shall attempt five questions in all selecting one question from each unit.
Unit – I
The Idealistic Approach : W.G.F Hegel; Benedito Croce and R.G. Collingwood
Unit – II
The Positivist Approach : Auguste Comte and Leopold von Ranke; The Materialistic Approach : Karl Marx
Unit – III
The Annals Tradition and the Idea of Total History; The Post-Modernist Approach
Unit – IV
Approaches of Indian History : Early Imperialist Historiography; Cambridge School; Nationalist Historiography
Unit – V
Approaches of Indian History : Marxist Historiography; Subaltern School; Historiography on Lower Castes’ Movements
25
Suggested Readings :
1 Ali, B. Sheikh History : Its Theory and Method
2 Bajaj, Satish K. Recent Trends in Historiography
3 Barns, H.D. A History of Historical Writing
4 Buddha Prakah Itihas Darshan (Hindi)
5 Burtens, Hans The Idea of Post Modern : A History
6 Carr, E.H. What is History ?
7 Clark, Stuart The Annals Historians
8 Collingwood, R.G. The Idea of History
9 Comte, Auguste Course of Positivist Philosophy
10 Croce, Benedito Philosophy of Spirit
11 Dray, Arthur On History and Philosophers of History
12 Evans, J. Richard In Defence of History
13 Foucault, Michael Madness and Civilization: A History of
Insanity in the Age of Reason
14 Gooch, G.P. History and Historians in the Nineteenth
Century
15 Habib, Irfan Interpreting Indian History
16 Hughes, Warrington Fifty Key Thinkers on History
17 Jenkins, Keith (ed) Post Modern History Reader
18 Johnson, Allen Historian and Historical Evidence
19 Majumdar, R.K. & Srivastava,
A.N.
Historiography
20 Marx, Karl Das Capital
21 Marx, Karl The Communist Manifesto
22 Philips, C.H. Historians of India, Pakistan and Ceylon
23 Russel, Bertrand History of Western Philosophy
24 Sen, S.P. Historians of Modern India
25 Sridharan, E. A Textbook of Historiography
26
26 Thompson, J.W.& Holm
Bernord
A History of Historical Writing, Vols. I & II
27 William S.H. Some Twentieth Century Historians
28 Zenkins, Keeth Why History : Reflections on the Possible
End of History and Ethics under the Impact
of Post-Modernism
27
Specialization Paper
Paper – XXV (Option – i)Art, Architecture and Culture in Medieval India, AD1200-1750
Max. Marks : 100 Time : 3 hours
Note :- The question paper will consist of ten questions, i.e., two questions from each unit. The candidate shall attempt five questions in all selecting one question from each unit.
Unit – I
System of Education; Growth of Literature: Persian, Sanskrit and Hindi; Patronage of Learning
Unit – II
Food, Dresses and Ornaments; Means of Recreation; Festivals and Fairs
Unit – III
Development of Architecture under the Sultans of Delhi : Mamluqs, Khaljis, Tughlaqs and Lodis; Regional Architecture – Vijayanagar and Sharqi
Unit – IV
Mughal Architecture : The Early Phase; Development from Akbar to Shahjahan; The Later Stage
Unit – V
Visual and Performing Arts : Mughal, Rajput and Kangra Schools of Painting; Dance and Music; Evolution of Composite Culture
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Suggested Readings :
1 Ali, M. Athar Mughal India : Studies in Polity, Ideas, Society and
Culture
2 Asher, Catherine B. Architecture of Mughal India.
3 Ashraf, K.M. Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan
4 Aziz, Ahmad Studies in Islamic Culture in the Indian
Environment
5 Beach, Miloc Mughal and Rajput Paintings
6 Chopra, P.N. Life and Letters under the Mughals.
7 Habib, Irfan Medieval India : The Study of A Civilization
8 Habib, Irfan Medieval Technology : Exchanges between Indian
and Islamic World
9 Havell, E.B Indian Architecture
10 Koch, Ebba Mughal Architecture : An Outline of its History and
Development (1528-1858)
11 Koch, Ebba Mughal Art and Imperial Ideology
12 Malik, Z.U. Reign of Muhammad Shah
13 Percy, Brown The Indian Architecture and Painting under the
Mughals
29
14 Qaisar, A.J. Indian Response to European Culture and
Technology
15 Rashid, A. Society and Culture in Medieval India
16 Siddiqui, I.H. Essays On Intellectual Thought and Culture, Vol. I
17 Srivastava, A.L. Medieval Indian Culture
18 Stein, Burton New Cambridge History of India : Vijayanagar
19 Stein, Burton Peasan,t State and Society in Medieval South India
20 Tara, Chand Influence of Islam on Indian Culture
21 Umar, Muhammad Muslim Society in Northern India During the 18th
Century
22 Umar, Muhammad Urban Culture in North India During the 18th
Century.
23 Verma, S.P. Mughal Painters and Their Works
30
Specialization Paper
Paper – XXV ( Option - ii)
Indian National Movement (1885-1947)
Max. Marks : 100 Time : 3 hours
Note :- The question paper will consist of ten questions, i.e., two questions from each unit. The candidate shall attempt five questions in all selecting one question from each unit.
Unit – I
Emergence of the Organized Nationalism; The Moderates : Their Ideology and Politics; Rise of the Extreme Nationalism and its Politics; Partition of Bengal and the Swadeshi Movement
Unit – II
Revolutionary Movements; Rise of Communal Politics; First World War and the Home Rule Movement; Emergence of Gandhi and his Ideology
Unit – III
Rowlatt Satyagraha, Khilafat and Non-Cooperation Movement; Swaraj Party; Civil-Disobedience Movement; Quit India Movement
Unit – IV
Rise of the Left Ideology and Indian Politics; Trade Union Movements; Peasant Movements; Revolutionary Movement; Congress Socialist Party; Subhas Bose and INA
Unit – V
Muslim Communal Politics during the 1930s; Cripps Mission and Indian Politics; Gandhi-Jinnah Negotiations and Wavell Plan; Cabinet Mission and Mountbatten Plan : Partition and Independence.
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Suggested Readings :
1 Agrow, D. Moderates and Extremist in the Indian
National Movement
2 Bahadur, Lal Muslim League
3 Bhuyan, Arun The Quit India Movement
4 Brown, Judith Gandhi’s Rise to Power: Indian Politics
1915-22
5 Brown, Judith Gandhi : The Prisoner of Hope
6 Bipan Chandra Nationalism and Colonialism in Modern India
7 Bipan Chandra Essays on Colonialism
8 Bipan Chandra et al India’s Struggle For Independence
9 Desai, A.R. Social Background of Indian Nationalism
10 Desai, A.R. Peasant Struggle in India
11 Ghosh, P.C. The Indian National Congress
12 Guha, Ranjit Elementary Aspects of Peasant Insurgency in
Colonial India
13 Guha, Ranjit (ed) Subaltern Studies, Vol. I – VI
14 Gupta, M.N. History of the Revolutionary Movement in
India
15 Hardy, Peter The Muslims of British India
16 Hasan, Mushirul India’s Partition : Process, Strategy and
Mobilization
17 Hasan, Mushirul Nationalism and Communal Politics in India
1916-1928
18 Joshi, Shashi and Bhagwan Josh
Struggle for Hegemony in India, 3 Vols.
19 Kumar, Kapil Peasants in Revolt
20 Low , D.A. (ed) Indian National Congress : A Centenary
Hindsight
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21 Low, D.A. (ed) Congress and the Raj : Facets of the Indian
Struggle 1917-1947
22 Majumdar, R.C. History of the Freedom Movement in India,
3 Vols.
23 Mehrotra, S.R. The Emergence of the Indian National
Congress
24 Mohan, Kamlesh Militant Nationalism in the Punjab
25 Moon, Penderal Divide and Quit
26 Moore, R.J. Crisis of Indian Unity
27 Nanda, B.R. Gandhi : A Biography
28 Nanda, B.R. Gandhi and His Critics
29 Page, David Prelude to Partition
30 Pannikar, K.N. National and Left Movements in India
31 Sarkar, Sumit Modern India
32 Shankar, Girija The Socialist Trend in the Indian National
Congress.
33 Singh, Amarjit Punjab Divided : Politics of the Muslim
League and Partition 1935-1947
34 Singh, Anita Inder The Origins of the Partition of India 1936-
1947
35 Singh, L.P. The Left Wing in India
36 Sitaramaya, P. History of the Indian National Congress, 3
Vols.
37 Stokes, Eric The English Utilitarians and India
38 Tara Chand History of the Freedom Movement in India,
4 Vols,
39 Tomlinson, B.R. The Indian National Congress and the Raj :
1929-1942
40 Vajpeyi, J.N. The Extremist Movement in India.
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Paper – XXVI : History of Haryana
Max. Marks : 100 Time : 3 hours
Note :- The question paper will consist of ten questions, i.e., two questions from each unit. The candidate shall attempt five questions in all selecting one question from each unit.
Unit – I
Medieval Haryana : Social Life; Economic Conditions – Agriculture and Land Revenue systems; Industries, Handicrafts and Trade
Unit – II
Medieval Haryana : Education and Literature; Arts and Architecture; Urbanisation
Unit – III
Colonial Haryana : Development of Modern Eucation; Introduction of Railways and its Impact; Transitions in Economy with special reference to Agrarian Changes; Transitions in Society : Urban and Rural
Unit – IV
‘New Winds’ in Haryana : Socio-Religious Reform Movements – Arya Samaj and Sanatan Dharam Sabha; Growth of National Movement – Phases of Anti-Imperialist Struggle
Unit – V
Formation of Unionist Party and the Role of Sir Chhotu Ram; Partition and Haryana; Rehabilitation of the Displaces People; Creation of Haryana State
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Suggested Readings :
1 Buddha, Prakash Glimpses of Haryana
2 Buddha, Prakash Haryana Through the Ages
3 Chhotu Ram Bechara Kisan (Hindi tr. by K.C. Yadav)
4 Gopal, Madan Sir Chhotu Ram : A Political Biography
5 Griffin, L.H. The Rajas of the Panjab
6 Gupta, H.R. The Marathas and Panipat
7 Hussain, Azim Fazl-i-Hussain : A Political Biography
8 Jagdish Chandra Freedom Movement in Haryana
9 Jagdish Chandra Gandhi and Haryana
10 Jones, K.W. Arya Dharma : Hindu Consciousness in the
19th Century Punjab
11 Jones, K.W. Socio-Religious Reform Movements in
British India
12 Juneja, M.M. History of Hisar
13 Kayo, Sir Johan William Life of Lord Metcalfe, 2 Vols.
14 Kundu, C.L. and Udai
Shankar
Education in Haryana
15 Malcolm, Darling Panjab Peasantry in Prosperity and Debt
16 Mittal, S.C Haryana : A Historical Perspective
17 Muztar, B.K. Haryana : Political and Cultural
18 Nanda, J Punjab Uprooted : A Survey of the Punjab
Riots and Rehabilitation Problems
19 Naqvi, H.K. Urbanisation and Urban Centre under the
Great Mughals
20 Nurullah, S. & J.P.Naik History of Education in India
21 Phadke, H.A. Haryana : Ancient and Medieval
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22 Prem Chaudhury Panjab Politics and the Role of Sir Chhotu
Ram
23 Saini, B.S. Social and Economic History of Panjab
24 Sarkar, J.N. Fall of the Mughal Empire
25 Sharma, S.R. Haryana Ke Swantantrata Sainani (Hindi)
26 Shukla, S.P. Indian Freedom Struggle and the Role of
Haryana
27 Singh, Chattar Social and Economic Change in Haryana
28 Singh, Chetan Region and Empire : Panjab in the 17th
Century
29 Singh, Fauja History of Panjab
30 Singh, Pardaman, and S.P.
Shukla
Freedom Struggle in Haryana and Indian
National Congress (1885-1985)
31 Singh, Ranjit Haryana Ke Arya Samaj Ka Itihas (Hindi)
32 Talbot, Ian Punjab and the Raj
33 Tanwar, R. The Politics of Sharing Power : The Panjab
Unionist Party
34 Tanwar, R. Reporting Partition of Punjab 1947 : Press,
Public and Other Opinions
35 Yadav, B.N.S. Society and Culture of Northern India in the
12th Century
36 Yadav, K.C. Haryana: Studies in History and Culture
37 Yadav, K.C. The Revolt of 1857 in Haryana
38 Yadav, K.C. Haryana : Itihas Evam Sanskriti (Hindi), 2
Vols.
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Paper – XXVII Socio-Religious Movements in India
Max. Marks : 100 Time : 3 hours
Note :- The question paper will consist of ten questions, i.e., two questions from each unit. The candidate shall attempt five questions in all selecting one question from each unit.
Unit – I
Advent of Islam in India: Its Impact on Indian Society; Religious Cults in Early Medieval India
Unit – II
Socio-Religious Movements in Medieval India : Bhakti and Sufi – Their Ideology, Nature and Impact
Unit – III
Socio-Religious Movements in Modern India : Brahmo Samaj; Arya Samaj, Ramkrishan Mission and Theosophical Society
Unit – IV
Socio-Religious Movements in Modern India : Wababi Movement; Aligarh Movement; Singh Sabha and Sanatan Dharam Sabha
Unit – V
Caste, Anti-Caste and Tribal Movements : Sri Narayan Dharam Movement; Satyashodhak Samaj; Depressed Class Movements with special reference to the Movement of Dr. B.R.Ambedkar; Tribal Movements
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Suggested Readings :
1 Ahmad, Qeyamuddin The Wahabi Movement in India
2 Ambedkar, B.R. What Congress and Gandhi have done to the Untouchables
3 Beteitte, Andre Caste, Class and Power
4 Bhatnagar, S. (ed.) Indian Studies in Social History
5 Chahal, S.K Dalits Patronised : Indian National
Congress and the Untouchables of India
1921-1947
6 Chopra, P.N. Some Aspects of Social Life during the
Mughal Age(1526-1707)
7 Datta, K.K. Social History of Modern India
8 Deliegue, Robert The Untouchables of India
9 Dodwell, H.H. Cambridge History of India, Vol. V
10 Gore, M.S. Social Context of An Ideology : Ambedkar’s
Political and Social Thought
11 Guha, Ranjit (ed.) Subaltern Studies, Vol. I-VI
12 Heimsath, Charles Indian Nationalism and Hindu Social
Reform
13 Jain, M.S. The Aligarh Movement
14 Jone, K.W. Arya Dharma : Hindu Consciousness in the
19th Century Punjab
15 Jone, K.W. Socio-Religious Reform Movements in
British India
17 Joshi, Barbara Untouchable! Voices of the Dalit Liberation
Movement
18 Joshi, V.C. (ed.) Rammohan Roy and Process of
Modernisation in India
19 Majumdar, B.B History of Indian Social and Political Ideas : From Rammohan to Dayananda
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20 Majumdar, R.C. British Paramountcy and Indian
Renaissance, Vol. X
21 Majumdar, R.C. The History and Culture of Indian People,
Vol. V & VII
22 Moon, Vasant (ed.) Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar : Writings and
Speeches, Vols. I,II, V & IX
23 Nizami, K.N. Some Aspects of Religion and Politics in the
Thirteenth Century
24 Nurullah, S. & J.P. Naik History of Education in India
25 Ojha, P.N. Some Aspects of North Indian Social Life
26 Omvedt, Gail Cultural Revolt in a Colonial Society : The
Non-Brahman Movement in Western India
27 Omvedt, Gail Dalits and the Democratic Revolution : Dr.
Ambedkar and the Dalit Movement in
Colonial India
28 Patil, P.G. (tr.) Collected Works of Mahatma Jyotirao
Phooley, Vol. I & II
29 Rashid, Abdul Society and Culture in Medieval India
30 Rizvi, S.A.A. History of Sufism in India, Vol. I & II
31 Rizvi, S.A.A. Religious and Intellectual History of the
Muslims in Akbar’s Reigon
32 Sarkar, Sumit Modern India 1885-1947
33 Singh, Suresh The Dust Storm and the Hanging Mist
34 Smith, W.C. Modern Islam in India
35 Strokes, Eric The English Utilitarians and India
38 Tara Chand Society and State in the Mughal Period
39 Thruston, Edge Tribes and Castes of Southern India
40 Wilson, C.H. The Sects of the Hindus
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Paper No. - XXVIIIAgrarian History of India
Max. Marks : 100 Time : 3 hours
Note :- The question paper will consist of ten questions, i.e., two questions from each unit. The candidate shall attempt five questions in all selecting one question from each unit.
Unit – I
Historiography on Agrarian History : Interpretations of the Nature, Structure and Agrarian Change in Pre-Colonial and Colonial India
Unit – II
Agrarian System in Pre-Colonial Economy: Rural Stratification; Ownership of Land and Agrarian Relations; Agricultural and Horticultural Products; Animal Husbandry
Unit – III
Structure of the Pre-Colonial Rural Economy : Debate on ‘Village Self -Sufficiency’ and ‘Village Community’; Commercialization of Crops, Land Settlements
Unit – IV
Agrarian Structure under the British Raj: Land Tenure System and Changes; Change in Land Ownership; Growth of Agricultural Labourers; New Agricultural Technology
Unit – V
Changing Forms of Peasantry; Rise of ‘Rich Peasantry’ with particular reference to the Punjab; Growth of the Tenancy System; Land Reforms
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Suggested Readings :
1 Amartya, K.Sen Poverty and Famine : An Essay in
Entitlement and Deprivation
2 Bhaduri, Amit The Economic Structure of Backward
Agriculture
3 Bose, Sujata Peasant, Labour and Colonial Capital :
Rural Bengal since 1770
4 Desai, A.R. Peasant Struggle in India
5 Desai, M , S.H. Rudolph, and
Ashok Rudra
Agrarian Power and Agricultural
Productivity in South Asia
6 Dharam Kumar Land and Caste in South India
7 Guha, Dipankar Rivalry and Brotherhood : Politics in the
Life of Farmers in Northern India
8 Guha, Ramchandra The Unquiet Woods : Ecological Changes
and Peasant Resistance in the Himalaya
9 Guha, Sunit Growth, Stagnation or Decline: Agricultural
Productivity in British India.
10 Habib, Irfan The Agrarian System of Mughal India
11 Habib, Irfan Essays in Indian History : Towards a
Marxist Perception
12 Hardiman, David Feeding the Baniya : Peasants and Usurers
in Western India
13 Hardiman, David (ed.) Peasant Resistance in India
14 Kosambi, D.D. Ancient India : A History of Its Culture and
Civilization
15 Ludden, David An Agrarian History of South Asia
16 Ludden, David Agricultural Production and Indian History
17 Mukherjee, Mridula Capitalising the Punjab
18 Mukherjee, Mridula Peasants in India’s Non-Violent Revolution
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19 Prakash, Gyan The World of the Rural Labourer in Colonial
India
20 Randhawa, M.S. A History of Agriculture in India, 4 Volumes
21 Robb, Peter Meanings of Agriculture : Essays in South
Asian History and Economic
22 Sahu, B.P. Land System and Rural Society in Early
India
23 Sharma, R.S. Perspectives in Social and Economic History
of India
24 Singh, Jasbir An Agricultural Atlas of India
25 Sirajul, Islam Rent and Raiyat : Society and Economy of
Eastern Bengal (1859 to 1928)
26 Stein, Burton The Making of Agrarian Policy in British
India
27 Strokes, Eric The Peasant and the Raj : Studies in
Agrarian Society and Peasant Rebellion in
Colonial India
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Paper – XXIX : Contemporary Indian History (1947-1964)
Max. Marks : 100 Time : 3 hours
Note :- The question paper will consist of ten questions, i.e., two questions from each unit. The candidate shall attempt five questions in all selecting one question from each unit.
Unit – I
Independence and Partition; Rehabilitation of the Displaced People; Making of the Indian Constitution and its Characteristics; The Problem of Kashmir
Unit – II
Integration of Princely States ; Linguistic Reorganisation of States; Economic Planning
Unit – III
Social Legislation : Hindu Code Bill its Corollary Acts; Law for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes; Socio-Economic Change : Caste, Community and Class
Unit – IV
Foreign Policy : India and the Non-Aligned Movement; Indo-Pak Relations; Sino-Indian Relations; India’s Relations with U.S.A. and U.S.S.R.
Unit – V
Growth of National Political Parties; Politics at the National Level; Centre-State Relations; Democratic Decentralization
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Suggested Readings :
1 Balbushevik, A. & Dyakov,
A.M.
A Contemporary History of India
2 Basu, D.D. Shorter Constitution of India
3 Bettleheim, Charles India Independent
4 Bose, Sumandra The Kashmir Problem
5 Brass, Paul R. The Politics of India since Independence
6 Bipan Chandra et al. Swatantrottar Bharat (Hindi)
7 Das, Manmath Nath Partition and Independence of India : Inside
Story of the Mountbatton Days
8 Desai, A.R. India’s Path of Development
9 Engineer, A.A. Communal Roots in Post-Independent India
10 Gaur, Madan India : 40 Years after Independence
11 Hodson, H.N. The Great Divide
12 Jaisingh, Hari India and Non-Aligned World : Search for A
New Order
13 Kothari, Rajni Democratic Policy and Socialist Change in
India
14 Kothari, Rajni Caste in Indian Politics
15 Mathew, H. India : State and Society
16 Menon, V.P. Foreign Policy of India
17 Menon, V.P. Transfer of Power in India
18 Misra, A.B, Foreign Polity of India
19 Morris Jones, W.H. Government and Politics in India
20 Mukhopadhyay, A.P. (ed.) Society and Politics in Contemporary India
21 Nanda, J. Punjab Uprooted : A Survey of the Punjab
Riots and the Rehablitation Problems
22 Nehru, Jawaharlal India’s Foreign Policy
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23 Pande, B.N. A Centenary History of the Indian National
Congress, Vol. IV
24 Phillips, C.H. (ed.) The Partition of India : Policies and
Perspectives 1935-1947
25 Rana, A.P. Imperatves of Non-Alignment
26 Rao, U. Bhaskar The Story of Rehabilitation
27 Santhanam, K. Union-State Relations in India
28 Satyamurti, T.V. India Since Independence
29 Srinivas, M.N. Caste in India and Other Essays
30 Srinivas, M.N. Social Change in India
31 Tandon, B.B. & Tandon, K.K. Indian Economy
32 Willet, Peter The Non-Aligned Movement : Origins of the
Third World Alliance
33 Yadav, Rajbir Bharat Ki Videsh Niti (Hindi)
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Paper – XXX : Business History of India
Max. Marks : 100 Time : 3 hours
Note :- The question paper will consist of ten questions, i.e., two questions from each unit. The candidate shall attempt five questions in all selecting one question from each unit.
Unit – I
Business in Pre-Colonial India : Caste and Business Communities; Trade – Internal and External; Credit and Indigenous Banking; Potentialities of Capitalist Growth
Unit – II
Indian Trade and East India Company : Company’s Trading Interests in India upto 1757; British Private Trade in India in Eighteenth Century; East India Company’s Trade 1757-1883
Unit – III
Business, Credit and Agency Houses : European Agency Houses 1793-1848; Indigenous Bankers 1800-1850; Origin and Growth of Managing Agencies
Unit – IV
Expansion of Trade and Business : Railways and Telegraphs – Their Impact on Business and Trade; Emergence of Modern Banking System and its Impact on Business and Trade; European Chambers of Commerce –Their Business Interests in India
Unit – V
Emergence of New Merchant Communities : Indigenous Bankers 1850-1947; Rise of Indian Industrial Houses with particular reference to Tata; Founding of Indian Chambers of Commerce; Conflict between British and Indian Business Interests and Its Impact on Indian Politics
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Suggested Readings :
1 Bagchi, A.K. The Political Economy of the Under-
Development
2 Bagchi, A.K. The Presidency Banks and the Indian
Economy 1876-1914
3 Banerjee, T.D. Internal Market of India 1834-1900
4 Buchanan, D.H. The Development of Capitalist Enterprise in
India
5 Chatterji, Basudeb Trade, Tariffs and Empire
6 Chaudhuri, K.N. The Economic Development of India under
the East India Company
7 Culloch, Mac Early English Tracts on Commerce
8 Doraiswami, S.V Indian Finance, Currency and Banking
9 Dutt, R.C. The Economic History of India, Vol. I-II
10 Jain, L.C. Indigenous Banking in India
11 Kumar, Dharma (ed) The Cambridge Economic History of India,
Vol. II
12 Mukherjee, R.K. The Economic History of India 1600-1800
13 Muranjan, S.K. Modern Banking in India
14 Ray, Rajat (ed.) Entrepreneurship and Industry in India
1800-1847
15 Raychaudhury, Tapan & Irfan
Habib (ed.)
The Cambridge Economic History of India
Vol. I
16 Roy, Tirthankar The Economic History of India 1857-1947
17 Rungta, R.S. The Rise of Business Corporation in India
1851-1900
18 Sanyal, R.N. Development of Indian Railways
19 Tomlinson, B.T. The Political Economy of the Raj 1914-1947
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