History


Class - 8th Foundation NTSE Subjects
 

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- What do Dates Mean to Us?

- History and Prehistory

- Economist James Mill Division on Indian History

- Modern Age

- Colonial Government

- Administration as source of Information

- Surveys as source of Information


 

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- Industrial Revolution

- American and French Revolution

- Other Source of Information

- Official Records


 

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- East India Company comes East

- East India Company begins Trade in Bengal

- British Trade and War in India

- Battle of Plassey

- Battle of Buxar

- Company Official becomes Nawabs

- Company Rule Expands


 

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- Tipu Sultan

- War with Marathas

- Subsidiary Alliances

- The Doctrine of Lapse

- Setting up a New Administration

- Company Army

- Reasons for the Success of the British


 

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- East India Company as the Diwan

- Revenue for the East India Company

- The decline of Indian industry

- Impact of the Industrial Revolution

- Law of Royal Patronage

- Laws of External Markets

- Coercive Tactics Used By the British

- Indifference of the British Rulers

- The need to improve agriculture

- The problem in The Permanent Settlement

- A new Mahalwari System is devised

- The Munro system or Ryotwari System


 

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- Crop for Europe

- Industrialisation in India in the 19th Century

- The Beginning of Modern Indian Industry

- Cotton Textiles

- The Jute Industry

- Coal Mining

- The Sugar Industry

- The Iron and Steel Industry

- Indigo Plantation Industry

- The Blue Rebellion

- Tea and Coffee Industry

- Results of the Growth of Modern Industries


 

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- Life of Tribal Groups

- Jhum Cultivators

- Hunters and Gatherers

- Herding Animal

- Settled Cultivation

- Effects of Colonial Rule on Tribal Lives

- Effects on the Shifting Cultivators

- Forest laws and their impact


 

 

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- Policies of East India Company

- Nawabs lose their power

- Causes for the Revolt of 1857

- The Peasants and The Sepoys

- Economic Causes of Revolt of 1857

- Responses to Reforms a Cause of Revolt of 1857

- Mutiny becomes a popular Rebellion

- Military Causes of Revolt of 1857


 

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- The Rebellion Spreads

- The East India Company Fights Back

- Reasons for the Failure of the Revolt

- Results of the Revolt of 1857

- Aftermath of the Revolt of 1857


 

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- Cities under Colonial Rule

- Urbanisation

- The Making of New Delhi

- Demolishing a past

- Planning a new capital

- Life in the time of partition

- Inside the Old City

- Decline of havelis

- Municipality begins to plan


 

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- Deurbanisation Of India

- The Growth Of New Urban Centres

- The Creation Of Municipalities

- Transport and Communication

- Agriculture And Colonialism

- Zamindari System

- Ryotwari System

- Mahalwari System

- Growth of Commercial Crops

- Condition and Revolt of the Farmers

- Colonialism and Tribal Societies

- Colonialism and Crafts and Industries

- Modern Industries of India


 

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- Indian Textiles and the World Market

- Indian Textiles in European Markets

- Weavers

- The Decline of Indian Textiles

- Cotton Mills Come Up

- The Sword of Tipu Sultan and Wootz Steel

- Abandoned Furnaces in Villages

- Iron and Steel Factories Come Up in India


 

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- The Tradition of Orientalism in British India

- Criticism of Education By British

- Education for commerce by the British

- What Happened To The Local Schools


 

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- Education System introduced by Britishers

- English Education has Enslaved Us

- Tagores Abode of Peace


 

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- Introduction to Indian Art Culture and Architecture

- Indian Literature

- Introduction of English

- Indian Writers of 19th and 20th Century

- Printing Press

- Forms of Imperial Art

- Picturesque

- British Art

- Portrait Painting


 

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- Painting History

- What happened to Court Artists

- New Popular Indian Art

- National Art and Art Schools

- Architecture and its Different Styles


 

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- Revolt of 1857

- Growth of Nationalism after 1857

- Political Associations

- Indian National Congress

- Phases of Indian National Congress

- The Partition of Bengal 1905

- The Boycott Movement and the Swadeshi Movement

- Congress Split

- Muslim League 1906

- Home Rule Leagues

- The Government of India Act 1919


 

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- The advent of Mahatma Gandhi 1869-1948

- The Rowlatt Satyagraha

- The Jalliawala Bagh massacre

- Khilafat Agitation and the Non- Cooperation Movement

- Purna Swaraj

- The Simon Commission 1927

- Round Table Table

- The Government of India Act 1935

- The March to Dandi

- Quit India and Later

- Towards Independence and Partition


 

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- A New and Divided Nation After Independence

- Integration of The Princely States

- Unity and development After Independence

- A New Constitution

- National Language

- Formation of States

- The Indian National Congress

- Planning for Development in India


 

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- Indias Relations With Other Countries

- India And Pakistan

- India And Bangladesh

- India And China

- India And Nepal

- India And Bhutan

- India And Myanmar

- India And Sri Lanka

- The Policy Of Non Alignment

- India And The USA

- The Nation Sixty Years On


 


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