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From Plassey to partition and after: a history of modern India/ Sekhar Bandyopadhyay.

By: Bandyopadhyaya, Sekhara Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New Delhi: Orient Blackswan Private Limited, 2009Edition: 2nd rev. edDescription: xxi, 586 p. : maps; 22 cmISBN: 9788125057239; 8125057234Subject(s): Politics and government | Partition of India (1947) | IndiaDDC classification: 954.031

Contents:

1. Transition of the Eighteenth Century 1.1 Decline of the Mughal Empire -- 1.2 Emergence of the Regional Powers -- 1.3 Foundation of the British Empire 2. British Empire in India 2.1 The Imperial Ideology -- 2.2 Parliament and the Empire -- 2.3 Extracting Land Revenue -- 2.4 The Apparatus of Rule -- 2.5 Empire and Economy 3. Early Indian Responses: Reform and Rebellion 3.1 Social and Religious Reforms -- 3.2 Peasant and Tribal Uprisings -- 3.3 The Revolt of 1857 4. Emergence of Indian Nationalism 4.1 Historiography of Indian Nationalism -- 4.2 Agrarian Society and Peasant Discontent -- 4.3 The New Middle Class and the Emergence of Nationalism -- -4.4 Foundation of the Indian National Congress 5. Early Nationalism: Discontent and Dissension 5.1 The Moderates and Economic Nationalism -- 5.2 Hindu Revivalism and Politics 5.3 The Rise of Extremism and the Swadeshi Movement -- 5.4 Muslim Politics and the Foundation of the Muslim League 6. The Age of Gandhian Politics 6.1 The Carrots of Limited Self-government, 1909—19 -- 6.2 The Arrival of Mahatma Gandhi -- 6.3 Khilafat and Non-cooperation Movements -- 6.4 Civil Disobedience Movement -- 6.5 The Act of 1935, "Paper Federation" and the Princes 7. Many Voices of a Nation 7.1 Muslim Alienation -- 7.2 Non-Brahman and Dalit Protest -- 7.3 Business and Politics -- 7.4 Working Class Movements -- 7.5 Women's Participation 8. Freedom with Partition 8.1 Quit India Movement -- 8.2 The Turbulent Forties -- 8.3 Towards Freedom with Partition 9. After Independence and Partition 9.1 The Transition -- 9.2 Partition and Refugees -- 9.3 Kashmir, Hyderabad and the Communists -- 9.4 Constitution and Democracy -- 9.5 The Nehruvian State and its Policies -- 9.6 Decline of the "Congress System"

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
General Books	Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section	954.031 BAN/F (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Checked out	13/05/2024	P41169

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 534-573) and index.

1. Transition of the Eighteenth Century
1.1 Decline of the Mughal Empire -- 1.2 Emergence of the Regional Powers -- 1.3 Foundation of the British Empire

2. British Empire in India
2.1 The Imperial Ideology -- 2.2 Parliament and the Empire -- 2.3 Extracting Land Revenue -- 2.4 The Apparatus of Rule -- 2.5 Empire and Economy

3. Early Indian Responses: Reform and Rebellion
3.1 Social and Religious Reforms -- 3.2 Peasant and Tribal Uprisings -- 3.3 The Revolt of 1857

4. Emergence of Indian Nationalism
4.1 Historiography of Indian Nationalism -- 4.2 Agrarian Society and Peasant Discontent -- 4.3 The New Middle Class and the Emergence of Nationalism -- -4.4 Foundation of the Indian National Congress

5. Early Nationalism: Discontent and Dissension
5.1 The Moderates and Economic Nationalism -- 5.2 Hindu Revivalism and Politics
5.3 The Rise of Extremism and the Swadeshi Movement -- 5.4 Muslim Politics and the Foundation of the Muslim League

6. The Age of Gandhian Politics
6.1 The Carrots of Limited Self-government, 1909—19 -- 6.2 The Arrival of Mahatma Gandhi -- 6.3 Khilafat and Non-cooperation Movements -- 6.4 Civil Disobedience Movement -- 6.5 The Act of 1935, "Paper Federation" and the Princes

7. Many Voices of a Nation
7.1 Muslim Alienation -- 7.2 Non-Brahman and Dalit Protest -- 7.3 Business and Politics -- 7.4 Working Class Movements -- 7.5 Women's Participation

8. Freedom with Partition
8.1 Quit India Movement -- 8.2 The Turbulent Forties -- 8.3 Towards Freedom with Partition

9. After Independence and Partition
9.1 The Transition -- 9.2 Partition and Refugees -- 9.3 Kashmir, Hyderabad and the Communists -- 9.4 Constitution and Democracy -- 9.5 The Nehruvian State and its Policies -- 9.6 Decline of the "Congress System"

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