Modern India for UPSC

Decline of the Mughal Empire · Emergence of Regional and Successor States · Rise of Maratha Power under the Peshwas (pre-British) · Rise of Sikh Power in Punjab (pre-Ranjit Singh) · Eighteenth-Century Socio-Economic Conditions of India · Portuguese and Dutch in India · Formation of the English East India Company and Early Settlements · French East India Company and the Anglo-French Carnatic Wars · Factors Behind British Success over Other European Powers

Bengal under the Later Nawabs · Battle of Plassey 1757 · Mir Jafar, Mir Kasim and the Treaty of 1760 · Battle of Buxar 1764 · Treaty of Allahabad and Grant of Diwani 1765 · Dual Government in Bengal 1765-72 · Robert Clive - Role and Legacy · Warren Hastings - Early Reforms and End of Dual Government

Ring-Fence Policy and the Subsidiary Alliance System · Rise of Haidar Ali and the Mysore Kingdom · Anglo-Mysore Wars I and II · Tipu Sultan and the Anglo-Mysore Wars III and IV · Fall of Mysore and Post-War Settlement · Maratha Confederacy after Shivaji - the Peshwa Period · First Anglo-Maratha War · Second Anglo-Maratha War and Treaty of Bassein · Third Anglo-Maratha War and End of Maratha Power · Rise of Ranjit Singh and the Sikh Kingdom of Punjab · Anglo-Sikh Wars and Annexation of Punjab · Conquest of Sindh · Doctrine of Lapse and Dalhousie's Annexation Policy · Annexation of Awadh 1856 · Anglo-Nepalese War and Treaty of Sugauli · Anglo-Burmese Wars and Annexation of Burma · Anglo-Afghan Wars and the Great Game · British Relations with Tibet, Sikkim and Bhutan

Regulating Act 1773 · Pitt's India Act 1784 · Charter Act of 1793 · Charter Act of 1813 · Charter Act of 1833 · Charter Act of 1853

Permanent Settlement (Zamindari System) in Bengal · Ryotwari Settlement · Mahalwari Settlement · Impact of Land Revenue Systems on the Peasantry · British Commercial Policy and the Decline of Indian Trade · Deindustrialization - Ruin of Artisans and Craftsmen · Commercialization of Agriculture · Economic Drain - Mechanism and Forms · Famines in British India and Famine Commissions · Development of Railways, Roads and Communication · Industrial Revolution in Britain and its Impact on India · Development of Modern Industries in India

Civil Service under British Rule · Police System in British India · Indian Army - Organisation and Recruitment under Company Rule · Judicial System and Rule of Law in British India · Humanitarian and Social Reform Legislation by the Company · Christian Missionaries and Religious Conversion Efforts · Macaulay's Minute and the Orientalist-Anglicist Controversy · Wood's Despatch 1854 and Expansion of Education · Hunter Education Commission 1882 · Indian Universities Act 1904 · Development of the Press in India - Early Phase

Causes and Characteristics of Early Civil Uprisings · Major Civil Uprisings against Company Rule · Characteristics of Tribal Revolts against Company Rule · Santhal Rebellion 1855-56

Political and Administrative Causes of the 1857 Revolt · Economic and Socio-Religious Causes of the 1857 Revolt · Immediate Cause - Greased Cartridges · Outbreak and Spread - Meerut and Delhi · Bahadur Shah II - Symbolic Leadership of the Revolt · Leaders and Storm Centres of the Revolt · Awadh and the Revolt - Taluqdars and Peasants · British Suppression and Reconquest · Why the Revolt of 1857 Failed · Nature of the Revolt - Historiography Debate · Consequences and Legacy of the 1857 Revolt

Government of India Act 1858 - Crown Takes Over · Army Reorganisation after 1857 · Indian Civil Service and Europeanisation · Policy towards Princely States after 1857 · Chamber of Princes and the Butler Committee · Policy of Divide and Rule · Indian Councils Act 1861 · Indian Councils Act 1892 · Vernacular Press Act 1878 and Press Repression

Background and Causes of Socio-Religious Reform · Raja Rammohan Roy and the Brahmo Samaj · Debendranath Tagore and the Evolution of Brahmo Samaj · Keshab Chandra Sen and the Brahmo Samaj Split · Young Bengal Movement and Henry Derozio · Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar and Social Reform in Bengal · Prarthana Samaj · Jyotiba Phule and the Satyashodhak Samaj · Dayananda Saraswati and the Arya Samaj · Theosophical Society in India · Ramakrishna Mission and Swami Vivekananda · Sri Narayana Guru and the SNDP Movement · Self-Respect Movement - E.V. Ramaswamy Periyar · Justice Movement and Non-Brahmin Politics in South India · Wahabi and Faraizi Movements - Islamic Revivalism · Syed Ahmed Khan and the Aligarh Movement · Deoband Movement · Ahmadiyya Movement · Singh Sabha Movement - Sikh Reform · Parsi Reform Movements · Women's Status and Social Reform - Sati, Widow Remarriage, Age of Consent · Anti-Caste Movements and Struggle Against Untouchability · Significance and Limitations of Socio-Religious Reform Movements

Indigo Revolt 1859-60 · Pabna and Deccan Agrarian Riots · Deccan Riots Commission · Birsa Munda and the Munda Ulgulan Rebellion 1899-1900 · Nationalist Economic Critique of Colonial Rule · Drain of Wealth Theory - Dadabhai Naoroji

Factors Leading to the Rise of Indian Nationalism · Early Political Associations before Congress · Ilbert Bill Controversy 1883 · Foundation of the Indian National Congress 1885 · Safety Valve Theory - Myth versus Reality · Moderate Phase - Objectives and Methods · Dadabhai Naoroji and Early Nationalist Leadership · Gopal Krishna Gokhale and the Servants of India Society · Surendranath Banerjea and Early Nationalist Journalism · Evaluation of Moderate Nationalism

Nationalists in Legislative Councils - Propaganda Strategy · Growth of Militant Nationalist Trend - Lal-Bal-Pal · Partition of Bengal 1905 · Swadeshi and Boycott Movement · National Education Movement during Swadeshi · Mass Mobilization and Swadeshi Culture · Surat Split 1907 · Revolutionary Terrorism - First Phase · Tilak's Sedition Trials and Press Repression · Morley-Minto Reforms (Indian Councils Act 1909) · Partition of Bengal Annulment and Transfer of Capital to Delhi 1911-12

First World War and its Impact on Indian Nationalism · Ghadar Movement · Home Rule League Movement - Tilak and Besant · Lucknow Pact 1916 and Congress-League Unity · Montagu Declaration 1917 · Gandhi in South Africa - Origins of Satyagraha · Gandhi's Return to India and Early Assessment · Champaran Satyagraha 1917 · Ahmedabad Mill Strike 1918 · Kheda Satyagraha 1918

Government of India Act 1919 (Montford Reforms) and Dyarchy · Rowlatt Act and Rowlatt Satyagraha · Jallianwala Bagh Massacre and Hunter Committee · Khilafat Movement · Launch of Non-Cooperation Movement · Spread of Non-Cooperation - Peasant, Tribal, Labour and Plantation Participation · Chauri Chaura Incident and Withdrawal · Evaluation of Non-Cooperation-Khilafat Movement

Swarajists versus No-Changers - Post-Chauri Chaura Split · Swarajist Party in the Legislatures · No-Changers and Constructive Work · Revival of Communal Tension after Khilafat · Rise of Communism - Formation of the Communist Party of India · Growth of Trade Union Movement and AITUC · HRA/HSRA and Bhagat Singh's Revolutionary Ideology · Chittagong Armoury Raid - Surya Sen · Meerut Conspiracy Case 1929 · Akali Movement and Gurdwara Reform · Temple Entry Movement · Kisan Sabha and Eka Movement in Avadh · Mappila Rebellion 1921 · Bardoli Satyagraha 1928 · Simon Commission and Boycott · Nehru Report 1928 · Jinnah's Fourteen Points

Lahore Congress 1929 and Purna Swaraj Resolution · Independence Day Pledge 26 January 1930 · Salt March and Launch of Civil Disobedience · Spread of Civil Disobedience Movement · First Round Table Conference · Gandhi-Irwin Pact 1931 · Karachi Congress 1931 - Resolution on Fundamental Rights · Second Round Table Conference · Civil Disobedience Resumed and Third Round Table Conference · Communal Award and Poona Pact 1932 · B.R. Ambedkar and the Depressed Classes Movement · Gandhi's Harijan Campaign against Untouchability · Government of India Act 1935

Congress Socialist Party Formation · All India Kisan Sabha Formation · Debate on Office Acceptance and 1937 Provincial Elections · Congress Ministries 1937-39 - Achievements and Limitations · Peasant and Tribal Movements in the 1930s and 1940s · Origins and Nature of Communalism as an Ideology · Muslim League Formation 1906 and Growth · Hindu Mahasabha and the Growth of Hindu Communalism · Veer Savarkar and Hindutva Ideology · Jinnah's Transition to the Two-Nation Theory · Golwalkar and the RSS Ideology · Maulana Abul Kalam Azad and Nationalist Muslim Politics

Tripuri Crisis and Subhas Bose's Resignation · Subhas Chandra Bose - Ideology and Leadership · Second World War and the Congress Response · Lahore Resolution 1940 and the Demand for Pakistan · Individual Satyagraha 1940-41 · Cripps Mission 1942 · Quit India Movement 1942 · Parallel Governments during Quit India · Gandhi's Fast 1943 and the Bengal Famine · Indian National Army under Subhas Chandra Bose

Rajagopalachari Formula and Desai-Liaqat Pact 1944 · INA Trials and Post-War Popular Upsurge · Royal Indian Navy Mutiny 1946 · Wavell Plan and Shimla Conference 1945 · Elections of 1945-46 · Cabinet Mission Plan 1946 · Formation of the Constituent Assembly · Objectives Resolution 1946 · Interim Government 1946 · Direct Action Day and Communal Violence 1946 · Jawaharlal Nehru - Ideology and Leadership · Attlee's Announcement and the Mountbatten Plan 1947 · Radcliffe Boundary Award · Indian Independence Act 1947 · Partition of India - Process and Human Cost · Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and the Integration of Princely States · Freedom Struggle in Princely India · Strategy of the National Movement - Struggle-Truce-Struggle · Ideological Dimensions of the National Movement · Role of Indian Capitalists in the National Movement · Development of a Nationalist Foreign Policy · Role of Women in the Freedom Struggle