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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).

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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