Bankim Sardar College A College with Potential For Excellence Department of History Programme Specific Outcome(PSO)

A Hons. Graduate of History should possess the capability to: -

 Possess extensive reading skills.  Be aware of the world history, and India’s standpoint since ancient times.  Knowledgeable about the age old traditions, culture, ethics and ethnic character.  Aware of how different social races have come up for the quest of power, struggle, victory and loss over throne and thus, the changing economy.  Strengthen values, virtues and principles by learning and realizing the lessons from history.  Developing writing skills without favouring bias to any rules or empire or period.  Transforming into a knowledgeable man / woman with strong views and arguments having strong understanding and grip of history.

 There are several interesting and alluring career options a History Hons Graduate can pursue, i.e, I. Archaeologist II. Museologist III. Museum Curator IV. Archivist V. Historian VI. Teacher VII. Civil servant etc.

Course Outcome_for UG Courses_Department of History Bankim Sardar College

Course Outcome

Semester Paper Core Course Course Outcome Outcome (CO) I. ReconstructingAncient IndianHistory: a) Early Indian notions ofHistory b) Sourcesand tools of historicalreconstruction.  Story of Man :a systematic study of the c) Historicalinterpretations(withspecialrefe rence to gender,environment, past-includes polity, society, education, technologyandregions) economy, custom, religion- culture II. Hunter-gatherers and the advent offood from earliest time to present day. products  Periodisation of history a) Paleolithiccultures-sequence  Source materials of ancient Indian anddistribution;stone history: Archaeological and Literary industriesandothertechnologicaldevelopments. sources. CO 01. b) Mesolithiccultures–  Prehistory and Proto-historic period of History of regionalandchronologicaldistribution;newdevelop ancient India. India (From mentsintechnologyandeconomy;rockart.  The salient features of Indus Valley 1st the Earliest c) Neolithic and Chalcolithic Civilisation and post- Semester times to C cultures:distributionandsubsistence pattern HarappanCivilisation. 300 BCE) III. TheHarappancivilization:  Sources to reconstruct history of the Origins;settlementpatternsandtownplanning;agrari early and later Vedic period. Features anbase;craftproductionsandtrade;socialandpolitical of Non-iron, Iron using phase of Vedic organization;religiousbeliefsandpractices;art;thepr Culture. oblemofurbandeclineandthe late/post-Harappan traditions.  Sixteen Mahajanapadas – rivalry for IV. Cultures in transition political supremacy Settlementpatterns,technologicalandeconomicdev  Emergence of Protestant religion- elopments;socialstratification;politicalrelations;reli Jainism and Buddhism. gionandphilosophy; theAryan problem.  History of South India as reflected in a) NorthIndia(circa 1500 BCE – 300 BCE) Sangama Literature. b) CentralIndiaand theDeccan(circa 1000BCE– circa 300BCE)

I. Evolution of human kind: Paleolithic and Mesolithic  Stone age culture- Identify Paleolithic, cultures – Role of kinship social institutions in the Mesolithic and Neolithic settlements, development of early societies. tool technology. II. Food production: beginnings of agriculture and  Nature of pre-historic societies. CC 02 animal husbandry.  Steps from Hunter gatherer to Food Social III .Bronze Age civilizations, with reference to any producer. one of the following: i) Egypt (Old Kingdom); ii) China Formations  Settled agriculture – use of metal- (Shang), economy, social stratification, state and Cultural Neolithic Chalcolithic culture. Patterns of structure, religion.  Bronze age - step towards larger the Ancient I. Nomadic groups in Central and West Asia; World other Debate on the advent of iron and its implications. civilisatin – Egypt—Egyptian culture headed by Pharaoh. than India II. Slave society in ancient Greece & Rome:  The conflict between the Nomads and agrarian economy, urbanization, trade. the settled people in and Central Asia. III. Polis in ancient Greece: Athens and Sparta;  Use of Iron, its impact andsocio- Greek culture. political changes.  Slave society became inevitable in changed society.  City States ‘Polis’ and ‘Acropolis’ Olimicgames , Theatres hall show the prosperity of Greece.  acquire knowledge about the origin, features, nature and class composition of ancient Greek and Polis society.

I. Economy and Society(circa 300 BCEtocircaCE 300) a)Expansion of agrarianeconomy: productionrelations b) Urbangrowth:northIndia,centralIndia and theDeccan;craft Production: trade and traderoutes;coinage  In Maurya Period political unification c)Socialstratification: class, Varna,Jati, over a vast part of India and untouchability;gender;marriageand proliferation of many new tribes propertyrelations. changes the settlement pattern and social stratification. II. Changingpoliticalformations(circa 300 BCE  Rise of ‘empire’ in ancient India. tocircaCE 300):a)The Mauryan Empire  Increasing Foreign invasions from the west including Greeks, Sakas and b)Post-MauryanPoliticswithspecialreference Kushans. totheKushanasand theSatavahanas;Gana-Sanghas  Conflict between the Sakas (western India) and Satavanas of Deccan to III. Towards earlymedieval India control trade route. (circaCEfourthcenturytoCE750):  Elements of change and land trasfer a) Agrarian expansion: land grants,changingproduction relations; graded land over time and space, Agrahar  Growth of administrative machinery CC 03 rights and peasantry. and elaborate system of taxation History of b) The problem of urban decline: patterns of trade, currency, and urban settlements. c)Varna,  Society became more rigid, 2nd India (c proliferation of Jatis: changingnorms ofmarriageand untouchability prevalent in Gupta 300 BCE to property period. c.750 CE) d) The natureof polities: the Gupta empireand its  After Kushan, Gupta domination in contemporaries:post-Gupta polities- ancient Indian politics. Pallavas,Chalukyas,andVardhanas.  From Sectarian religion toBhaktivada,

Last Buddhist Council –Mahayanist get IV. Religion,philosophy and society(circa 300BCE – royal patronage from Kaniska. CE 750)  a) Consolidation oftheBrahmanicaltradition: Popularisation of Brahmanical Cult dharma,Varnashram,Purushastras,Samskaras.b) religion and animal sacrifices. Theistic cults(from circa  Regional variations of language, secondcenturyBC):Mahayana; literature, art and architecture, cave thePuranictradition. c) The beginnings paintings. Rock cut sculptures and ofTantricism. architectures were mostly built under royal patronage. V. Culturaldevelopments(circa 300  Some renowned Mathematicians, BCEtocircaCE750): Scientists, and their works. a) A briefsurveyofSanskrit, Pali,Prakritand Tamil  Golden Age Debate. literature.Scientific and technicaltreatises.b)Artandarchitecture and formsandpatronage;Mauryan , Post-Mauryan, Gupta , Post-Gupta

(i) MongolSociety:Tribalorganization,differenttriba lformations,unificationofthetribesunder ChenghizKhan

(ii) Brief outlines oftheMongolEmpire:Case Study:TheGoldenHorde,Tatar rule in Russia a) The Turks:

(i) Conversion oftheTurks toIslam from Buddhism

(ii) Brief historyoftheSeljuksand the Ottomans  Sources/ writings of eminent Roman (iii) The rise oftheOttomanEmpire scholars. (iv) Ottoman SocietyandAdministration.

 Barbarian invasion and causes of decline of Roman empire CC 04 GROUP- B  Feudalism the dominant social system Social I. Crisis ofthe RomanEmpire and which controlled the mediaeval Formations and Cultural itsprincipalcauses:Historiography Europe. Patterns of  Three major religions-Judaism(Jews), the Christianity(Christians) and Medieval II. ReligionandCultureinMedievalEurope:Society Islam(Muslims) – impact over medieval World other ,Religiousorganizations(ChurchandMonastery World. th than India ),Carolingianrenaissance12 centuryrenaissa  Acquire knowledge about how the nce,PositionofWomeninMedievalEurope,Witc economic, social and religious hcraftandMagic,Urbanization,RiseofUniversit development happened during the y,Medievalartandarchitecture. medieval times in Europe. III. Thefeudal societyitsorigins and itscrisis: Historiography GROUP-C IV. Judaismand Christianityunder Islam

I. I. Studying Early Medieval India:  Sources of early mediaeval India comprising mostly literary works and Historical geography sources: texts, epigraphic and numismatic data. Debates on Indian Feudalism, rise archaeological also. of the Rajputs and the nature of the state.  Controversy over land-ownership and feudalism. II. Political Structures:  Emergence of Rajputs a) Evolution of political structures: Rashtrakutas,  In absence of one central power India Palas, Pratiharas, Rajputs and Cholas. was ruled by regional powers- b) Legitimization of kingship; Brahmanas and Rashtrakutas, Palas, Pratiharas, Rajputs temples; royal genealogies and rituals and Cholas. c)Arab conquest of Sindh : nature and impact of the new set-up; IsmailiDawah  Chola administration. d) Cause and consequences of early Turkish invasions  Advent of Islam / Series of Turki attack CC 05 :Mamud of Ghazna; Shahab-ud-Din of Ghur. from western part of India. 3rd History of  Patterns of land ownershipand agrarian

India III. Agrarian structure and social change: economy. (c.750 – a) Agricultural expansion; crops  Village administration . 1206) b) Landlords and peasants  Social stratification and status of lower c) Proliferation of castes: status of untouchables castes. d) Tribes as peasants and their place in the Varna order  Geographical features of south India shaped their agrarian and mercantile IV. Trade and Commerce economy , overseas trade. a) Inter-regional trade  Writings of Tukish: Al-Biruni;Al-Hujwiri b) Maritime trade  Contribution of Pallavas and Cholas to c) Forms of exchange Art and Architecture d) Process of urbanization  Brahmanical Cult religion was very e)Merchant guilds of South India popular. A large number of temple

V. Religious and Cultural developments: erected in different parts of India in a) Bhakti, Tantrism, Puranic traditions Buddhism and different styles. Jainism; Popular religious cults. b) Islamic intellectual traditions: Al-Biruni; Al-Hujwiri  Spread of Indian culture in South-East c)Regional languages and literature Asia. d) Art and architecture: Evolution of regional styles.

I. Transition Debate on transition from feudalism to capitalism: problems and theories.  Disintegration of feudal system in II a) The exploration of the new world: motives. Europe ushered a new social and b.) Portugese and Spanish voyages. economic order and marked the beginning of a new era. III. a) Renaissance : its social roots  Rise of Capitalism b.) Renaissance humanism  The age of Discoveries. c.) Rediscovery of classics  A large no. of geographical discoveries d.) Italian renaissance and its impact on art, culture, caused the expansion of international education and political thought. e.)Its spread in Europe trade which gave birth to Colonialism.

 Renaissance – meaning, causes and

IV. a) Reformation movements: Origins & courses growth of renaissance.

b.) Martin Luther & Lutheranism  Impact of Art, Literature, Science—

c. ) John Calvin & Calvinism Humanism, Rationalism and spirit of CC 06 d.) Radical reformation: Anabapists and Huguenots Rise of the Inquiry e.) English reformation and the role of the state Modern  Meaning of Reformation,. Assess the f.) Counter Reformation West –I causes and effects of and Reformation counter- reformation movement. V. a) Economic developments  Split in Roman Church b.) Shift of economic balance from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic  Role of Marti Luther and protestant c.) Commercial Revolution Reformation d.) Price Revolution  Change in economic field with e.) Agricultural Revolution and the Enclosure increasing trade and commerce and Movement emerged rich merchant class.  Factors responsible for the rise and VI. a) Development of national monarchy growth of Nation- States b. ) Emergence of European state system

I. Interpreting the Delhi Sultanate:  Importance of Persian and Vernacular literature along with monuments, Survey of sources: Persian tarikh tradition; vernacular inscriptions and coins. histories; epigraphy  Attraction to Indian wealth and

absence of indigenous monarchical II. Sultanate Political Structures: power paved the way of Turky invasion. CC 07 a. Foundation, expansion and consolidation of the  Phases of sultani rule in India: the Slave History of Sultanate of Delhi; the Khaljis and the Tughluqs; Mongol threat and Timur's invasion; Rise and fall of dynasty, the Khaljis, the Tughluq, the India Syed dynasty; The Lodis; Conquest of Bahlul and Syed dynasty, and the Lodi dynasty- (c.1206 – Sikandar; Ibrahim Lodi and the battle of Panipat; battle of Panipath. 1526) b. Theories of Kingship; Ruling elites; Sufis, Ulama  Independent rulers and provinces.

and the political authority; imperial monuments  The social hierarchy of Hindus and and coinage Muslims. c. Emergence of provincial dynasties: Bahamanis, Vijayanagar, Gujarat, Malwa, Jaunpur and Bengal  New land grant system as a part of d. Consolidation of regional identities: regional art, administration, agrarian economy and architecture and literature changed revenuepattern.  Increasing trade and commerce, helped III. Society and Economy: to grow new urban centers; a. Iqta and the revenue-free grants monetisation, Market control policy- an b. Agriculture production; technology attempt to state controlled economy. c. Changes in rural society; revenue systems  Doctrines and impact of Sufi and d. Monetization; market regulations; growth of urban Bhaktivad; Nathpanthis. centres; trade and commerce; Indian Ocean trade  Indo-Islamic style of Architectures— IV. Religion and Culture: Identify cultural synthesis. a. Sufi silsilas: Chishtis and Suhrawardis; doctrines and practices; social roles. b. Bhakti movements and monotheistic traditions in South and North India; Women Bhaktas; Nathpanthis; Kabir, Nanak and the Sant tradition c. Sufi literature; Malfuzat; Premakhayans d. Architecture of the Delhi Sultanate

I. a) Printing Revolution. b)Revolution in war techniques

II. a.) Crisis in Europe in the 17th century  Printed books, more education helped b.) Its economic, social and political dimensions to develop scientific attitude, power of

III. a.) The English Revolution : major issues reasoning.  Spread of education b.) Political and intellectual issues  Impact of Industrial Revolution— CC 08 th IV. a.) Scientific Revolution urbanization, factory system, slums, 4 Rise of the b.) Emergence of scientific academies more trade. Modern c.) Origins of Enlightenment  Growth of Capitalism. West –II  Discrepancy, injustice and agitation of V. a.) Mercantilism and European economics working class gave birth to Socialism. b.) Preludes to the Industrial Revolution

VI. a). European Politics in the 17th & 18th Century b.) Parliamentary monarchy c.) patterns of Absolutism in Europe

I. Sources and Historiography: a) Persian literary culture; translations; Vernacular literary traditions. b)Modern Interpretations  Approach of different historical schools II. Establishment of Mughal rule: to the source materials: coins, a) India on the eve of Babur’s Invasion monuments Persian as well as b) Fire arms, military technology and warfare Vernacular literature and accounts of c) Humayun’s struggle for empire foreigners. d) Sher Shah and his administrative and revenue  Importance of series of wars starting reforms from 1st battle of Panipath. CC 09  Competitor-Conflict between Humaun History of III. Consolidation of Mughal rule under Akbar: and Sher Shah Suri. India a) Campaigns and conquests: tactics and technology  Administration of the Afghan ruler Sher (c.1526- b) Evolution of administrative institutions : Zabt, Shah. 1605) Masnab, Jagir, Madad-I-Maash c) Revolts and resistance  Second battle of Panipath, consolidation of Mughal power under IV. Expansion and Integration: Akbar, the great. a)Incorporation of Rajputs and other indigenous  Some important steps of Akbar:- groups in Mughal nobility. mansabdari, friendship with Rajputs, b)North-West frontier, Gujarat and the Deccan religious tolerance and propagation of c) Conquest of Bengal Din-e-Ilahi.

V. Rural Society and Economy: a)Land rights and revenue system; Zamindars and Peasants; rural tensions b)Extension of agriculture; agricultural production; crop patterns c) Trade routes and patterns of internal commerce; overseas trade; rise of Surat

VI. Political and religious ideals: a) Inclusive political ideas: theory and practice b) Religious tolerance and Sulh-i-kul; Sufi mystical and intellectual interventions c)Pressure from the Ulama

 Recognise the importance of I. Sources: Persian and vernacular literary cultures, Archaeological and literary- Persian, histories, memoirs and travelogues Vernacular and Accounts of foreign II. Political Culture under Jahangir and Shah Jahan travelers. a) Extension of Mughal rule; changes in Mansab and  Activities of Jahangir and Shah Jahan Jagir systems; imperial culture including change in administration, Use b) Orthodoxy and syncretism – Naqshbandi Sufis, Miyan Mir, Dara Shukoh, Samrad of white Marble in Mughal architecture. III. Mughal Empire under Aurangzeb  Conflict execution of Sikh Guru Arjun a) State and religion under Aurangzeb; issues in the Deb by Jahangir was turned the Sikhs war of succession; policies regarding religious groups into a Martial community. and institutions  War of succession.

b) Conquests and limits of expansion  Arrival of British East India Company, CC 10 c) Beginning of the crisis: contemporary perceptions; Ambassador Sir Thomas Rao –received History of agrarian and Jagir crises; revolts. permission from Jahangir, India establishment of factories in Surat & (c.1605 – IV. Visual Culture: Paintings and Architecture Broach. 1750s) V. Patterns of Regional Politics: a) Rajput political culture and state formation  Distinctive features of Aurangzeb’s b) Deccan kingdoms; emergence of the Marathas; regain- religious intolerance, Deccan Shiva; expansion under the Peshwas policy and execution of Sikh Guru Arjun c) Mughal decline; emergence of successor states Deb. d) Interpreting eighteenth century India: recent  Beginning of disintegration of Mughal debates empire.

 VI. Trade and Commerce Emergence of independent states- a) Crafts and technologies; Monetary system Hyderabad, Carnatic, Bengal, Oudh, b) Markets, transportation, urban centres Mysore, Punjab. c) Indian Ocean trade network  Bhakti movement.

I. The French Revolution and its European  The causes and results of French repercussions: revolution. a) Crisis of ancient regime  Phases of exploitation, and reign of b) Intellectual currents terror. c) Social classes and emerging gender relations.  Achievements of Napolean Bonaparte. CC 11 d) Phases of the French Revolution  Series of confrontations in Europe, History of e)Art and Culture of French Revolution f) Napoleonic consolidation – reform and empire. Revolt of July and February. 5th Modern  Industrial Revolution-its effect— Europe II. Restoration and Revolution: c.1815 - 1848 Mercantile economy—Spread of (c.1780- a) Forces of conservatism and restoration of old colonialism. 1939) hierarchies.  Growth of Capitalism and its impact. b) Social, Political and intellectual currents. c) Revolutionary and Radical movements, 1830 -1848  Role of Cavour and Bismarck for the unification of Italy and Germany III. Capitalist Industrialization and Social and respectively. Economic Transformation (Late 18th century to AD  First World War- causes and impact. 1914)  Impact of Nazism and Fascism in a) Process of capitalist development in industry and Germany and Italy respectively. agriculture: case studies of Britain, France, the  Factors led Civil War in Spain. German States and Russia. b) Evolution and Differentiation of social classes:  Causes of World War II Bourgeoisie, proletariat, Land Owning classes and  The exhibition of devastating atomic peasantry. power in World War II. c) Changing trends in demography and urban patterns d) Family, gender and process of industrialization.

IV. Varieties of Nationalism and the Remaking of States in the 19th and 20th centuries. a) Intellectual currents, popular movements and the formation of National identities in Germany, Italy, Ireland and the Balkans. b) Specifications of economic development, political and administrative Reorganization – Italy; Germany. c) Revolutions of 1905; the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 d) Programme of Socialist Construction and the Soviet Union during the inter-war period 1918- 39.

V. Imperialism, War and Crisis: c.1880 - 1918 a) Theories and mechanisms of imperialism; b) Growth of Militarism; c) Power blocks and alliances; d) Expansion of European empires e) War of 1914 - 1918

VI. Europe between Two World Wars: a) Post War Europe: A Diplomatic History b) The Great Depression c) Rise of Fascism in Italy and Nazism in Germany d) The Spanish Civil War e) Policy of Appeasement and Russo German Non- Aggression Pact f) Origins and Course of the Second World War

I. India in the mid 18th Century; Society, Economy,  Advent of Europeans. Polity  Independent states of India: II. Expansion and Consolidation of Colonial Power : Hydrabad, Karnatic, Mysore, Kerala, a) Mercantilism, foreign trade and early forms of Oudh, Bengal, exactions from Bengal  Punjab. b) Dynamics of expansion, with special reference to th Bengal, Mysore, Western India, Awadh, Punjab and  The great social evils of 18 cent. India- Caste and Religion was major divisive CC 12 Sindh. force and element of disintegration in History of III. Colonial State and Ideology: Hindu and Muslim society. India a) Arms of the colonial state : army, police, law  New painting style in Kangra, Rajputana (c.1750s– b) Ideologies of the Raj and racial attitudes. . 1857) c) Education: indigenous and modern.  English defeated the French to become the main European nation here. IV. Rural Economy and Society: a) Land revenue systems and forest policy  Beginning of British political sway over b) Commercialization and indebtedness India by the battle of Plassey. c) Rural society: change and continuity.  Stages of consolidation of power of d) Famines Company under the leadership of Lord e) Pastoral economy and shifting cultivation. Cornwallis, Lord Warren Hastings, Lord Wellesley, Lord Dalhousie. V. Trade and Industry  Restrictions over exporting finished – a) De industrialization products, India was forced to export b) Trade and fiscal policy raw materials. c) Drain of Wealth  Causes and effects of Drainage of d) Growth of modern industry wealth. VI. Popular Resistance:  Spread of western education, New a) Santhal uprising (1857); Indigo rebellion (1860); Intelligentsia, Reform movements. Pabna Agrarian Leagues(1873); Deccan riots (1875) b) Uprising of 1857

I. Cultural changes and Social and Religious Reform Movements: a) Growth of a new intelligentsia – the Press and Public Opinion b) Reform and Revival :BrahmoSamaj, PrarthnaSamaj, and Ramakrishna and Vivekananda, Arya Samaj, Wahabi, Deoband, Aligarh and Singh Sabha Movements. c) Debates around gender d) Making of religious and linguistic identities e)Caste : Sanskritising and anti Brahminical trends  After Revolt of 1857 British imposed direct rule. II. Nationalism : Trends up to 1919  New Intelligentsia, Reform movements, a) Formation of early political organizations causes of extension of Railways, b) Moderates and extremists c)Swadeshi movement Telegraph system. d)Revolutionaries  Congress- beginning of nationalist movements. III. Gandhian nationalism after 1919 : Ideas and  Partition of Bengal- Swadeshi Movements: a)Mahatma Gandhi : his Perspectives and Methods movement, boycott, militant nationalism. CC 13 b)i) Impact of the First World War  Struggle for Independence- History of ii) Rowlatt Satyagraha and Jalianwala Bagh iii)Non- Cooperative and Civil Disobedience iv)Provincial Satyagraha—impact of three India (c. Autonomy, Quit India and INA c)Left wing nationalist movements lead by of 1857 – movements M.K.Gandhi. 1964) d)Princely India : States people movements  Leftist movements.

 1947- Independence- birth of two IV. Nationalism and Social Groups : Interfaces: a) Landlords, Professionals and Middle Classes separate States: India & Pakistan b)Peasants c)Tribals d)labours e)Dalits f)Women brought the change in geographical g)Business groups boundaries, Communal riots.  Rise of India as a Democratic, Secular, V. Communalism : Ideologies and practices, RSS , Socialist Country under J.L.Neheru. Hindu MahaSabha, Muslim League

VI. Independence and Partition a)Negotiations for independence and partition b)Popular movements c)Partition riots

VII. Emergence of a New State: a)Making of the Constitution b)Integration of princely states c)Land reform and beginnings of planning d)The Nehru years.

I. The Cold War: Weakening of European balance of  Acquire knowledge of 20th century CC 14 power: Origins of The Cold War: Yalta and Potsdam world- History of Conferences; End of wartime alliance.  Post war conferences proved the war World II. The USA in World Politics: Truman Doctrine, time unity. Politics: Marshall Plan, NATO.  Emergence of Bipolarism and Cold war. (1945- III. The USSR in World Politics: Molotov Plan, COMECON and Cominform; Sovietisation of Eastern  Changed role of UNO and need to 1994) Europe; Berlin Blockade; Warsaw Pact. restructure IV. Manifestation of Cold War: The Korean Crisis- End  Decline of Soviet Union, crisis in of French Colonial rule in Indo-China and the Vietnam Socialist regime. War – Cuban Crisis.  Rise of Unipolar World system and V. De-Stalinisation; Thaw in Cold War; Détente and Globalization road to the ending of Cold War.  Crises in the Middle East. VI. Disintegration and Decline of the Soviet Union –  Decolonization. Glasnost and Perestroika – Crisis of Socialist regimes in other East European Countries: Poland, Germany,  worldwide protest movements on Czechoslovakia, Hungary – Response of the USA; Rise socio-economic, religious and human of a Unipolar World system, Globalization. rights. VII. Emergence of the People’s Republic of China – China and the USA – Sino-Soviet rift. VIII. West Asian Crisis – Palestine and Western Powers – Birth of Israel – Arab-Israel Conflict –The Suez Crisis (1956); Origin and Formation of PLO; Yom Kippur War(1973) ; Camp David Accord(1979); Oslo Peace Accord(1993). IX. Decolonization: The African Case Study: Ghana, Algeria, Congo, Kenya. X. Protest Politics: Civil Rights Movement, Anti- Apartheid Movement and the end of Apartheid (1994), Second Wave Feminist Movement.

Course - Skill Enhancement Courses

Semester Paper Course - Skill Enhancement Courses Outcome 3rd Sec—a (1): I. Definition and history of  Identify archives and museums as Archives and development (with special reference one of the central source of Museums to India) information, guidance II. Types of archives and museums:  Techniques /Method of preserving Understanding the traditions of different artifacts preservation in India, Collection  Identify methods of collecting data policies, ethics procedures, Collection:  Can arrange Exhibition on collected field exploration, excavation, purchase, sources gift and bequest, loans and deposits,  Feel proud of our own culture and exchanges, treasure trove confiscation encouraged to take part in and others. Documentation: archaeological excavations accessioning, indexing, cataloguing, digital documentation and de- accessioning Preservation: curatorial care, preventive conservation, chemical preservation and restoration III. Museum Presentation and Exhibition: IV. Museums, Archives and Society: (Education and communication Outreach activities).

I. Prehistoric and protohistoric art: 4th SEC –B (2): Rock art; Harappan arts and crafts  Understand / recognize art as a II. Indian art (600 BCE-600CE): cultural expression of human being Notions of art and craft Canons of from ancient times. Indian paintings Major developments  The medium / material of art object in stupa, cave, and temple art and varied according to the availability architecture, Early Indian sculpture: of it. style and Iconography Numismatic art  Most of the sculptures and III. Indian Art(c 600CE- 1200 CE): architectures are associated with Temple forms and their architectural the popular religion. features, Early illustrated Manuscripts  Till Mughal period royal families and Mural painting traditions, Early were the patrons of art medieval sculptures: style and &Architecture. iconography, Indian Bronzes or metal  Recognise the change of forms, icons. style, medium/ material in Colonial IV. Indian Art and Architecture(c India 1200CE- 1800 CE): Sultanate and Mughal Architecture, Miniature painting traditions, Rajasthani, Pahari, Introduction to fort, palace and havali architecture V. Modern and Contemporary Indian Art andArchitecture: The Colonial Period Art movement s: Bengal School of Art, Progressive Artists Group etc. Major Artists and their artworks, Popular art forms (folk art traditions)

Semester Paper Course Outcome Discipline Specific Elective: DSE

5th Paper-1.A-1 I. Political history of Bengal under the  Emergence of independent Bengal. History of Nawabs: Rise of British power in Bengal  Nawabs and internal conflicts. Bengal from the battle of Plassey.  Historical importance of battle of II. Administrative history: 1765- 1833 Plassey and Buxar. III. Colonial economy: Agriculture, trade  Dual System of administration and industry.  The Commercial Policy of East India Co. IV. Cultural changes and Social and guided by the needs of British industries Religious Reform Movements: Christian and restricting exports of finished Missionaries- The advent of printing and its products India was forced to export raw implications, education- Indigenous and materials. Western- Hindu and Muslim religious  Drainage of wealth. revivalist movements.  Spread of Indigenous and English V. Social Reforms and the women’s education, foundation of Calcutta question. University. VI. Protest Movements and insurgencies  New intelligentsia and social reforms- against the Raj: the Fakir and Sannyasi abolition of Sati, Widow Remarriage revolts, Indigo Revolt(1859-1860), Pabna and Act of 1813. Peasant Uprisings(1873-76)  Permanent Settlement- local protest VII. Partition of Bengal 1905: Curzon and movements against Raj. the administrative blueprint.  Proposal-Partition of Bengal province.

Paper- B-1 I.Imperialism and China during the 19th and  Society, Monarchy, Economy and History of 20th century: Religious belief in 19th cent. China. Modern East a) Chinese feudalism: Gentry,  Intrusion of Western World, unequal Asia – I Bureaucracy and peasantry; the treaties and revolts. China(1840- Confucian value system;  Attempt to Westernisation and growth 1949) Sinocentrism; the canton of capitalism. commercial system  End of Dynastic rule and Emergence of b) The transformation of China into an Nationalism in China. informal colony; Opium Wars; the  Contribution of Sun Yat –Sen and rule of Unequal Treaties; the scramble for Yuan Shih Kai in War Lordism. concessions; Finance Imperialism;  Rise of Communism, impact of civil war the Open Door policy. in China. c) Agrarian and Popular Movements:  People’s Democratic China Taiping and YI Ho Tuan

d) Attempts at Self-Strengthening (Tzu-Chiang): ii) The Emergence of Nationalism in China a) The Revolution of 1911: Causes, nature and significance; the social composition of the Revolution; Sun yat-sen and his contribution; the formation of the Republic; Yan Shih Kai; War Lodrism. b) May Fourth Movement of 1919: Nature and Significance.

II. History of China(cc1919-1949) i) Nationalism Communism in China (cc1921-1937) a) Formation of CCP; and b) The First United Front i) The Communist Movement(1938-1949) ii) The Jiangxi Period and the rise of Mao Tse Tung.

6th Paper 2. A-3 I.Partition of Bengal and Swadeshi  Partition of Bengal, Beginning of active Semester History of Movement (1905-08) Political ideology and politics, Swadeshi and Boycott Bengal(c1905- organisations, rise of Extremism in Bengal, Movement 1947) Swadeshi movement, Revolutionary  Beginning of communal politics – Birth terrorism. of Muslim League II. Communal Politics: 1906-30 Birth of  Effect of Ahimsa and Satyagraha in Muslim League and the Hindu Response. national as well as regional politics. III. Gandhian nationalism after 1919, Non-  Rise of Regional Parties Cooperation and Khilafat Movement,  Effect of Government of India Act of Swaraj party, Civil Disobedience 1935 movement, Revolutionary Nationalists and  The increasing Political Consciousness beginnings of Left politics in the 1920s, Rise reflected in four separate movements. of KrishakPraja Party, Muslim League in  Role of Subhash Chandra Bose in Indian Bengal. politics and Left Party. IV. Government of India Act 1935 and its  Independence of India gave Birth to aftermath: Two separate Independent Countries- V.Peasant Movements in Bengal in 1920- India and Pakistan (East & West) 46, Labour Movement in Bengal in 1920-46,  Bengal Province finally divided into two Caste Movement in 1920-46, Women’s separate States:- West Bengal(belongs Movement in 1920-46. to India) and East Pakistan(belongs to VI.Subhash Chandra Bose and the Pakistan). Congress, Quit India Movement in Bengal, Post war upsurges in Bengal- Left wing Movements. VII. Independence and Partition: Communal Riots, the great Calcutta killing and Noakhali riots, Hindu Mahasabha, Muslim League, freedom and partition, Birth of West Bengal and East Pakistan.

Paper 6 – B-3: I. Transition from Feudalism to Capitalism:  Meiji Restoration and shiftfrom History of a) Crisis of Tokugawa Bakuhan system Feudalism to Capitalism. Modern East b) Meiji Restoration: Its nature and  Reforms in education, Development of Asia – II Japan Significance industries, democratic movements and (1868-1945) c) Political Reorganization Meiji Constitution. d) Military Reforms  Labour Movement and rise of e) Social, Cultural and educational reforms Communist Party f) Financial reforms and educational  Rise of Imperialism development in Meiji era  From militancy to Fascism g) Meiji Constitution  World War II – Potsdam Conference – II. Japanese Imperialism devastating destruction. Surrender. a) China  Post war changes. b) Manchuria c) Korea III. Democracy and Militarism/ Fascism a) Popular /Peiple’s Rights Movement b) Nature of political parties c) Rise of Militarism- Nature and significance d) Second World War; American occupation e) Post-war Changes.