History of Modern India" by Bipan Chandra, Orient Black Swan Publication (It Is a Thin Book and Is a Republication of the Old Ncerts, Read Either of These)
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HISTORY of Mains 2016 MODERN INDIA © Nitin Sangwan Beginner’s Note: It is advisable that you read Old NCERTs absolutely thoroughly or may read "History of Modern India" by Bipan Chandra, Orient Black Swan Publication (It is a thin book and is a republication of the old NCERTs, read either of these). They cover almost all the topics. Don’t miss even a single word. (Attempt all the questions which are given at the end of those chapters in case you read NCERTs. It will also serve you as a sort of answer writing practice as well). After reading these, you may refer to the new NCERTS as well. Why new NCERTs? Because they are more graphic and have an interactive style. At times they are more engaging than the older ones and had explained a few topics in a much lucid manner. Google those events/topics which are not adequately covered in these (but are mentioned just in a few lines), but never go too deep into that as you just need to have a conceptual clarity about that particular event. After doing that, you may refer these notes (though I have tried to cover everything in these notes). I have tried to arrange my these notes as per the requirement of the new syllabus of Mains Exam and have comeup with these after intensive study of different resources, so these notes should be of special help to you. Always keep things manageable. It is not so important that how much you read, but how well you read. Keep in mind that whatever you read, you have to revise that also at times of mains exam. So, limit your study material. Best of luck! Nitin Sangwan AIR 28 (2016), AIR359 (2015), AIR 320 (2014) Drop me a comment at: www.meandupsc.blogspot.in if you need some further help in the exam, suggestions or any major discrepancies in these notes for benefit of others. Contents 18TH to MID 19TH CENTURY INDIA AND EUROPEANS IN INDIA ...................................................................... 6 COMPANY RULE .......................................................................................................................................... 14 COMPANY RULE – AGRICULTURE ............................................................................................................... 15 CULTURAL AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC SCENERIO IN 19TH CENTURY ............................................................... 16 TRIBAL UPRISINGS ....................................................................................................................................... 17 EARLY UPRISINGS – PRE 1857 ..................................................................................................................... 20 1857 MUTINY .............................................................................................................................................. 21 BRITISH POLICY TOWARDS INDIAN STATES ................................................................................................ 27 LATER VICEROYS .......................................................................................................................................... 28 EARLY POLITICAL ORGANISATIONS in INDIA ............................................................................................... 28 INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS and CONSEQUENT EVENTS TILL ARRIVAL of GANDHI................................ 29 PARTITION OF BENGAL and SWADESHI MOVEMENT (1905) ...................................................................... 33 RISE of EXTREMISTS or MILITANT NATIONALISM ....................................................................................... 36 MUSLIM LEAGUE (1906) ............................................................................................................................. 38 SURAT SPLIT (1907) ..................................................................................................................................... 38 MORLEY-MINTO REFORMS and GoI Act (1909) .......................................................................................... 39 FIRST WORLD WAR and ITS IMPACT ........................................................................................................... 40 GHADAR PARTY and GHADAR MUTINY or FEBRUARY MUTINY .................................................................. 41 HOME RULE MOVEMENT and REUNION of EXTREMISTS and LUCKNOW PACT (1916) ............................. 41 AUGUST DECLARATION or MONTEGUE DECLARATION .............................................................................. 43 LUCKNOW PACT (December 1916) ............................................................................................................. 43 MONTEGUE CHELMSFORD REFORMS (1919) ............................................................................................. 44 START of GANDHIAN ERA or ERA of MASS STRUGGLE ............................................................................... 46 ROWLETT SATYAGRAHA and JALIANWALA BAGH MASSACRE ................................................................... 48 KHILAFAT and NON-COOPERATIONMOVEMENT ........................................................................................ 50 SWARAJ PARTY (1923) ................................................................................................................................ 57 NEW FORCES on THE BLOC – 1920s ............................................................................................................ 58 SIMON COMMISSION (1928) ...................................................................................................................... 58 NEHRU REPORT (1928) & FOURTEEN POINTS (1929) ................................................................................. 60 RISE OF RADICALS, DEMAND for PURNA SWARAJ (1929) .......................................................................... 61 GANDHI’s 11 POINTS, SALT MARCH & CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE MOVEMENT, 1930 ....................................... 62 GANDHI – IRWIN PACT or DELHI PACT (MARCH 1931) ............................................................................... 65 KARACHI SESSION (MARCH 1931) ............................................................................................................... 66 2nd ROUND SECOND TABLE CONFERENCE (DEC 1931) .............................................................................. 67 COMMUNAL AWARD (1932) and POONA PACT (1933) .............................................................................. 69 GOVERNMENT of INDIA ACT (1935) ........................................................................................................... 70 1937 ELECTIONS .......................................................................................................................................... 72 TIRUPURI SESSION and FORWARD BLOCK (1939) ...................................................................................... 73 SECOND WORLD WAR and INDIA ............................................................................................................... 73 TWO NATIONS THEORY and LAHORE RESOLUTION (1940) ........................................................................ 74 AUGUST OFFER (1940) ................................................................................................................................ 75 INDIVIDUAL SATYAGRAHA (1940) ............................................................................................................... 75 CRIPPS MISSION (1942) ............................................................................................................................... 76 QUIT INDIA (1942) or AUGUST KRANTI ....................................................................................................... 77 C R FORMULA or RAJAJI FORMULA and GANDHI-JINNAH TALKS (1944) .................................................... 79 DESAI-LIAQAT PACT .................................................................................................................................... 79 SHIMLA CONFERENCE and WAVELL PLAN (1945) ....................................................................................... 79 INA and AZAD HIND FAUJ and INA TRIALS .................................................................................................. 80 RIN RATING MUTINY (1946) ........................................................................................................................ 81 POST SECOND WORLD WAR ....................................................................................................................... 82 CABINET MISSION (1946) ............................................................................................................................ 82 DIRECT ACTION DAY and NOAKHALI MASSACRE (1946)............................................................................. 84 MOUNTBATTEN PLAN (1947) or 3rd JUNE PLAN ......................................................................................... 85 INDIA INDEPENDENCE ACT (1947) .............................................................................................................. 85 PARTITION AND THE EVENTS LEADING TO IT ............................................................................................. 86 POST INDEPENDENCE ................................................................................................................................. 87 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ................................................................. 87 OTHER NOTES