Class 10 Project Themes 1. Women and Socio-Religious Reform Movements in Colonial India.

• Women and Social Reform in Modern India: A Reader edited by Tanika Sarkar and Sumit Sarkar

2. a) Nehru on Fascism b) Nehru on and Industrialisation c) India’s Foreign Policy- Nehruvian Era

• Glimpses of World History by Jawaharlal Nehru • Discovery of India by Jawaharlal Nehru • ‘India’s Jawaharlal Nehru’ by Margaret W Fisher • India Since Independence by Bipan Chandra • India Since Independence: Making Sense of Indian Politics by V Ananth

3. Mohemmad Ali Jinnah • Jinnah of Pakistan by Stanley Wolpert • The Sole Spokesman: Jinnah, the Muslim League and the Demand for Pakistan by Ayesha Jalal

4. a) Gandhi on women and freedom Movement b) Gandhi’s Constructive Programmes on Uplifting the Lives of Lower Caste People.

• The Cambridge Companion to Gandhi edited by Judith Brown and Anthony Parel • Makers of Modern India by • Gandhi: A very Short Introduction by Bhikhu Parekh

5. Nationalism a) Tagore on Nationalism. b) Write an essay on the topic ‘Indian Nationalism’ with the help of the given readings. c) Write an essay on the topic ‘The Relevance of Studying Fascism, Nazism and other Totalitarian Regimes’. Examine the importance of creating awareness among people against the growth of ultra-nationalism, communalism, racism, war mongering, and armament race in different parts of the world.

• http://tagoreweb.in/Render/ShowContent.aspx?ct=Essays&bi=72EE92F5- BE50-40D7-8E6E-0F7410664DA3&ti=72EE92F5-BE50-4A47-2E6E- 0F7410664DA3 • Tagore on Nationalism edited by K.L Tuteja and Kaustav Chakraborty • Makers of Modern India by Ramachandra Guha • Nationalism and Colonialism in Modern India by Bipan Chandra. • What the Nation Really Needs to Know edited by Rohit Azad, Janaki Nair, Mohinder Singh, Mallarika Sinha Roy • How Fascism Works by Jason Stanley

Instructions • Use only books, academic journals, please refrain from using websites like Wikipedia, quora.com, and ‘WhatsApp University’ and other similar sources for factual information. • Word Limit: 1500 words • The rough draft should be handwritten