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CONTENTS 1. Advent of Europeans ...................................7 Impact of British Administration ......................37 The Portuguese ................................................ 7 5. Economic Policies of the British ................. 38 The English ...................................................... 9 Phase of Free Trade (1757-1813) ......................38 The Dutch .......................................................10 Phase of Free Trade (1813-1858) ......................39 The Danes .......................................................11 Phase of Finance Imperialism (1858 onwards) ..39 The French ......................................................11 Permanent Settlement .....................................40 Impact of Europeans on India’s Foreign Trade ..12 Ryotwari Settlement .........................................41 2. Approach of East India Company in India .....14 Mahalwari Settlement ......................................41 Contest for Trade Monopoly in India ................15 Impact of British Policy on Indian Handicrafts ...41 Bengal ............................................................16 (During Finance imperialism phase)..................42 Anglo-French Rivalry ......................................19 Drain of Wealth Theory .....................................43 First Carnatic War (1746-1748) .........................19 6. Socio-Religious Reforms ...........................44 Second Carnatic War (1749-1754) ....................19 Hindu Reform Movements/Bengal Third Carnatic War (1758-1763) ........................20 Renaissance ....................................................44 Anglo-Mysore Wars ..........................................20 Raja Rammohan Roy and Brahmo Samaj ...........44 First Mysore War (1767-1769) ..........................20 Debendranath Tagore .......................................45 Second Mysore War (1780-84) .........................21 Keshab Chandra Sen ........................................45 Third Mysore War (1790-92) .............................21 Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar ...............................45 Fourth Mysore War (1799)................................22 Ramakrishna Mission ......................................46 Anglo Maratha Wars .......................................22 Swami Vivekananda .........................................46 First Maratha War (1775-1782) .........................23 Arya Samaj ......................................................46 Second Maratha War (1803-1805) ...................24 Prarthana Samaj ..............................................48 Third Maratha War (1817-1819) .......................24 Paramhansa Mandali .......................................48 The Subsidiary Alliance System ........................25 Theosophical Society .......................................49 3. Second Phase of British Expansion in India 27 Young Bengal Movement..................................49 Other Reform Movements in Brief .....................49 The Conquest of Sindh .....................................27 Farazis Movement ...........................................50 Anglo-Sikh Wars ..............................................27 The Wahabi Movement ....................................50 First Anglo-Sikh War (1845-1846) .....................28 Sayyid Ahmad Khan .........................................51 Second Anglo-Sikh War (1848-1849) ................28 The Deoband School ........................................51 Doctrine of Lapse ............................................29 Ahmadiya Movement .......................................51 Annexation of Oudh .........................................31 Ahrar Movement ..............................................52 4. Administration Before 1857 .......................32 Sikh Reform Movements .................................52 The Dual System..............................................33 Nirankaris .......................................................52 Regulating Act of 1773 ....................................33 Namdharis ......................................................52 Pitt India Act 1784 ...........................................34 Gurudwara Reform Movements ........................53 Charter Act of 1813 .........................................34 Parsi Reform Movement...................................53 The Charter Acts .............................................35 Self-Respect Movement and Periyar E.V. Charter Act of 1833 .........................................35 Ramaswamy ....................................................53 Judicial System ...............................................35 Impact of Reform Movements ..........................54 7. Peasant & Tribal Movements ......................56 The Beginning and Spread of The Mutiny and Revolt ............................................74 Peasant Revolts...............................................56 Centers of The Revolt ......................................75 The Mappila Uprisings (1836-1854) ..................56 Causes of Failure of the Revolt .........................76 Farazi Movement (1838-1848) ..........................56 Impact of The Revolt ........................................76 Wahabi Movement (1830’s-1860’s) ...................57 Nature of The Revolt ........................................77 Indigo Revolt (1859-1860) ................................57 The Faqir and Sanyasi Rebellions 9. Introduction & Evolution of English (1770-1820s)...................................................57 Education ...............................................79 Pabna Agrarian Unrest .....................................57 Causes or objectives for the introduction Deccan Riots ...................................................58 of Modern Education .......................................79 Uprising of Vasudev Balwant Phadke ................58 Spread of Christianity ......................................79 Champaran Satyagraha ....................................58 Wood’s Dispatch ..............................................80 Kheda Satyagraha ............................................59 Drawbacks of the Company’s System of Kisan and Eka Movements (Awadh) ..................59 Education ........................................................81 Bardoli Satyagraha ..........................................60 Hunter Commission .........................................81 Raleigh Commission ........................................82 Tribal Movements ............................................60 Saddler Commission ........................................82 Factors Responsible for Tribal Movements ...........60 Hartog Committee 1929 ...................................82 Bhil Uprising ....................................................61 Wardha Scheme of Education ..........................83 The Kol Uprising ..............................................61 Sargeant Plan of Education 1944 ......................83 The Santhal Rebellion ......................................61 Jaintia and Garo Rebellion ..............................62 10. Press Under British Rule ............................84 Rampa Rebellion..............................................62 Vernacular Journalism .....................................84 Munda Rebellion ..............................................62 Gandhi and Jouranalism ..................................85 Khonda Dora Uprisings ....................................62 Censor Act 1799 by Lord Wellesley ...................85 Bastar Rebellion ..............................................63 Regulations of 1823 .........................................85 Tana Bhagat Movement ...................................63 Vernacular Press Act 1878 ...............................86 Forest Satyagraha ............................................63 Newspaper (Incitement of Offences) Act 1908 ..86 8. The Revolt of 1857 ................................... 70 Indian Press (Emergency Powers) Act 1931 ......86 Press Regulating Act 1942 ...............................87 Conquest ........................................................70 WW-II Scenario ................................................87 Doctrine of Lapse ............................................70 Important Journals/Newspaper ........................87 Humiliation of the Mughals ..............................71 Suspension of Pension ....................................71 11. Evolution & Growth of Nationalism .............. 90 Rule of Law .....................................................71 Political associations in India ...........................91 Unpopular British Administration ......................71 The Indian Association ....................................92 Exclusion of lndians from Administrative Posts ..............................................................71 12. Indian National Congress ...........................95 Economic Causes ............................................72 The Moderate (1885-1905) ...............................95 Ruin of the Mercantile Class .............................72 The Extremist (1905-1920) ...............................97 Destruction of Indian Manufacturers ................72 Differences between the Moderates and the Extremists .................................................98 Pressure on Land .............................................72 The Surat Split in the Congress.........................99 Impoverishment