A BRIEF HISTORY OF MODERN INDIA (PAPERBACK) PRICE: RS.

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The book offers a concise overview of India's struggle for freedom from British rule along with a discussion of various developments in education, administration, social reforms and other fields between The book will be of immense use for a candidate of the civil services examination at the Mains level. Table of Contents 1. The Revolt of 1857 Economic Causes Political Causes Administrative Causes Socio-Religious Causes Influence of Outside Events Discontent Among Sepoys Beginning and Spread Storm Centres and Leaders of the Revolt Suppression of Revolt Causes of Failure of Revolt Hindu-Muslim Unity Factor Nature of the Revolt Consequences Summary 2. Religious and Social Reform Movements Genesis of the Awakening Social Reform A General Survey of Socio-Cultural Reform Movements and their Leaders Positive Contributions of Reform Movements Negative Aspects of Reform Movements Summary 3. The Struggle Begins Moderate Phase and Early Congress (1858-1905) Factors in Growth of Modern Nationalism Political Associations Before the Indian National Congress Pre-Congress Campaigns Indian National Congressits Aims and Objectives Methods of Political work of the Early Moderates (1885-1905) Contributions of Moderate Nationalists An Evaluation of the Early Nationalists Role of Masses Attitude of the Government Summary 4. National Movement 1905-1918 Why Militant Nationalism Grew The Swadeshi and Boycott Movement The Movement Under Militant Leadership Extent of Mass Participation All India Aspect

Annulment of Partition Why did the Swadeshi Movement Fizzle out? Assessment The Surat Split The Government Strategy Revolutionary Terrorism Morley-Minto Reforms 1909 First World War and Nationalist Response Home Rule League Movement Lucknow Session of the Indian National Congress 1916 Montagus Statement August 1917 Summary 5. National Movement 1919-1939 Era of Mass Nationalism Why Nationalist Resurgence Now Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms and Government of India Act, 1919 Rowlatt Act Emergence of Gandhi Gandhi in India Gains from Champaran, Ahmedabad and Kheda Satyagraha Against the Rowlatt Act First Mass Strike Jallianwala Bagh Massacre (April 13,1919) Khilafat and Non-Cooperation Movement Swarajists and No-Changers Emergence of New Forces During the 1920s Revolutionary Terrorism During the 1920s Growth of Communalism Anti-Simon Commission Upsurge Nehru Report The Run-up to Civil Disobedience Movement Civil Disobedience Movement First Round Table Conference (November 1930-January 1931) Gandhi-Irwin Pact Evaluation of Civil Disobedience Movement Karachi Congress Session 1931 Second RTC and Second Civil Disobedience Movement Communal Award and Poona Pact Gandhis Harijan Campaign Strategic Debate The First Stage Debate Government of India Act, The Second Stage Debate 28 Months of Congress Rule in Provinces Summary 6. National Movement : Towards Freedom and Partition 1939-1947 Second World War and Nationalist Response August Offer Individual Satyagrahas Cripps Mission Quit India Movement Famine of

Rajagopalachari formula Desai-Liaqat Pact Wavell Plan The Indian National Army Post-War National Upsurge June 1945 to February 1946 Congress Election Campaign and INA trials Three Upsurges Winter of 1945-46 Election Results The Cabinet Mission Communal Holocaust and the Interim Government Attlees Statement February 20, 1947 Towards Partition Mountbatten Plan, June 3, 1947 Indian Independence Act Problems of Early Withdrawal Integration of States Why Congress Accepted Partition? Summary 7. Administrative Changes after 1857 Administration: Central, Provincial, Local Changes in the Army Public Services Princely States Administrative Policies Foreign Policy Summary 8. Economic Impact of British Rule in India Deindustrialisation Ruin of Artisans and Handicraftsmen Impoverishment of Peasantry Emergence of New Land Relations, Ruin of Old Zamindars Stagnation and Deterioration of Agriculture Commercialisation of Indian Agriculture Development of Modern Industry Rise of Indian Bourgeoisie Economic Drain Famine and Poverty Nationalist Critique of Colonial Economy Summary 9. Development of Indian Press Early Regulations Struggle by Early Nationalists to Secure Press Freedom Vernacular Press Act, During and After the First World War During the Second World War After Independence 10. Development of Education A Humble Beginning by Charter Act of 1813 Orientalist-Anglicist Controversy Efforts of Thomson Woods Despatch (1854) Hunter Education Commission (1882-83)

Indian Universities Act, 1904 Government Resolution on Education Policy 1913 Saddler University Commission (1917-19) Education Under Dyarchy Hartog Committee (1929) Wardha Scheme of Basic Education (1937) Sergeant Plan of Education After Independence Kothari Education Commission (1964-66) Development of Vernacular Education Development of Technical Education Evaluation of British Policy on Education 11. Brief Notes on Some Aspects of British Rule British Social and Cultural Policy in India Civil Services Police Judiciary Development of Constitution from 1773 to 1858 12. The Indian States I. East India Companys Struggle for equality with Indian States from a Position of Subordination (1740 -1765) II. Policy of Ring Fence (1765-1813) III. Policy of Subordinate Isolation (1813-1857) IV. Policy of Subordinate Union (1857-1935) V. Policy of Equal Federation (1935-1947) VI. Integration and Merger 13. Civil Rebellions and Tribal Uprisings 1757-1900 Bengal and Eastern India Western India South India North India Weaknesses of these Uprisings 14. Peasant Movements 1857-1947 Peasantry under Colonialism A Survey of Early Peasant Movements Changed Nature of Peasant Movements After 1857 Weaknesses Later Movements Peasant Activity in Provinces During the War Post-War Phase Balance-Sheet of Peasant Movements 15. The Movement of the Working Class Earlier Efforts During Swadeshi Upsurge During the First World War and After During and After the Second World War After Independence 16. The Evolution of Nationalist Foreign Policy 1880 to First World War: Anti-Imperialism and Pan-Asian Feeling World War I 1920s and 1930s Identifying with Socialists

After 1936 Anti-Fascism After Independence Ready Reference Data Personalities Associated with Specific Movements Governors-General and Viceroys of India: Significant Events in their Rule North-East Frontier Tribal Movements Year, Region, Major Causes Other Tribal Movements : Period, Region, Causes and Consequences Constitutional Development in India at a Glance Indian National Congress Annual Sessions Famous Trials of the Nationalistic Period Socio-Religious Reform Movements Caste Movements Peasant Movements Newspapers and Journals