Modern Indian History for UPSC Prelims
Modern Indian history notes, movements and personalities for UPSC Prelims preparation.
Unit 1. Sources and Background
Unit 2. European Companies in India
European Commercial Interest in India
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Portuguese Arrival in India
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Portuguese Settlements in India
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Dutch East India Company
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Dutch Settlements in India
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English East India Company
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English Company Factories
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French East India Company
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French Settlements in India
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Danish Settlements in India
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European Companies Comparison
Unit 3. Carnatic Wars and Rivalry
Unit 4. Bengal, Mysore and Marathas
British Imperial Expansion
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Bengal before Plassey
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Siraj-ud-Daulah
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Battle of Plassey
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Shuja-ud-Daula
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Treaty of Allahabad
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Dual Government in Bengal
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Mysore Resistance
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Hyder Ali
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Tipu Sultan
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Anglo-Mysore Wars
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Maratha Confederacy
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Nana Fadnavis
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Mahadji Shinde
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Yashwantrao Holkar
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Anglo-Maratha Wars
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Maratha Defeat Causes
Unit 5. Punjab, Sindh and Frontier
Unit 6. Paramountcy and Neighboring States
Unit 7. Early Civil Uprisings
Civil Uprisings before 1857
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Pattern of Early Resistance
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Sanyasi-Fakir Rebellion
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Moamaria Revolt
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Ahom Revolt
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Midnapore-Dhalbhum
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Jungle Mahal Uprisings
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Gorakhpur-Basti Uprisings
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Vizianagaram Revolt
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Ganjam-Gumsur Uprisings
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Palamau Uprising
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Poligar Revolts
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Veeran Sundaralingam
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Velu Thampi Revolt
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Sangolli Rayanna
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Paika Rebellion
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Kolhapur-Savantvadi Revolts
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Kutch-Bareilly Uprisings
Unit 8. Religious and Sepoy Resistance
Unit 9. Revolt of 1857
Unit 10. British Administration
Transfer to Crown
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Crown Administration Structure
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Secretary of State
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Viceroy and Council
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Central Administration
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Provincial Administration
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District Administration
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Indian Civil Services
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ICS Act 1861
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Statutory Civil Service
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Public Service Commission
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Lee Commission 1924
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Police System Evolution
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Military under British Rule
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Judiciary under British Rule
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Local Self-Government
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Census in British India
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Racial Discrimination Policy
Unit 11. Constitutional Developments
Unit 12. Revenue and Agrarian Economy
Unit 13. Colonial Economy and Drain
Unit 14. Industry, Transport and Famines
Indian Industrialisation
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Decline of Handicrafts
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Modern Industries in India
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Jute Industry
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Cotton Textile Industry
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Iron and Steel Industry
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Indian Capitalists
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Industrial Banking Efforts
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Railways in British India
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Railway Guarantee System
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Roads and Canals
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Telegraph System in India
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Postal System in India
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Ports and Shipping
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Hartog Committee
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Internal Trade
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Foreign trade
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Famine of 1876-78
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Bengal Famine 1943
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Famine Codes
Unit 15. Education and Press
Orientalist-Anglicist Debate
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Missionary Education
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Macaulay’s Minute
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Wood’s Despatch
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Hunter Education Commission
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Raleigh Commission
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Hartog Committee
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Education after Crown Rule
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Vernacular Education
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Technical Education
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Indian Press Development
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Press Regulations
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Public Opinion Growth
Unit 16. Socio-Religious Reform
Reform Movement Background
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Reformist Revivalist Streams
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Women’s Social Reform
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Caste Reform Movement
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Abolition of Sati
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Widow Remarriage Movement
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Age of Consent Debate
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Brahmo Samaj
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Young Bengal Movement
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Prarthana Samaj
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Satyashodhak Samaj
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Arya Samaj
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Ramakrishna Mission
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Aligarh Movement
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Deoband Movement
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Theosophical Movement
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Sikh Reform Movements
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Parsi Reform Movement
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South Indian Reform
Unit 17. Nationalism and Moderates
Rise of Indian Nationalism
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Nationalism Growth Factors
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Early Political Associations
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Indian Association
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Poona Sarvajanik Sabha
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Madras Mahajan Sabha
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Bombay Presidency Association
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Indian National Conference
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Indian National Congress
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Congress Foundation
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Safety Valve Theory
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Moderate Phase
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Moderate Methods
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Moderate Economic Critique
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Moderate Constitutional Demands
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Moderate Leadership
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Moderate Limitations
Unit 18. Swadeshi, Boycott and Extremism
Rise of Extremism
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Extremist Leaders
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Lal-Bal-Pal Leadership
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Tilak’s Political Ideas
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Partition of Bengal
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Anti-Partition Movement
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Swadeshi Movement
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Boycott Movement
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National Education Movement
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Bengal National College
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Swadeshi Samitis
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Women in Swadeshi
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Students in Swadeshi
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Workers in Swadeshi
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Peasants in Swadeshi
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Swadeshi Constructive Programme
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Swadeshi Cultural Movement
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Swadeshi Economic Programme
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Surat Split
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British Repression
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Morley-Minto Reforms
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Separate Electorates
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Swadeshi Movement Evaluation
Unit 19. Early Revolutionary Activities
Revolutionary Movement Background
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Revolutionaries in Bengal
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Anushilan Samiti
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Jugantar Group
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Alipore Conspiracy Case
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Muzaffarpur Conspiracy Case
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Delhi-Lahore Conspiracy
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Abhinav Bharat
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Chapekar Brothers
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Nasik Conspiracy Case
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Revolutionaries in Punjab
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Revolutionary Activities Abroad
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India House
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Ghadar Movement
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Komagata Maru Incident
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Singapore Mutiny
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Berlin Committee
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Hindu-German Conspiracy
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Christmas Day Plot
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Kabul Provisional Government
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World War I Revolutionaries
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Early Revolutionary Decline
Unit 20. World War I and Gandhian Era
First World War
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India in World War I
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War Economy in India
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Indian Home Rule Movement
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Home Rule Leagues
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Tilak’s Home Rule League
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Besant’s Home Rule League
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Lucknow Pact
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August Declaration 1917
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Gandhi in South Africa
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Satyagraha Method
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Gandhi’s Return to India
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Champaran Satyagraha
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Ahmedabad Mill Strike
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Kheda Satyagraha
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Rowlatt Committee
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Rowlatt Bills
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Rowlatt Satyagraha
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Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
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Hunter Committee
Unit 21. Non-Cooperation and Swarajists
Khilafat Movement
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Khilafat Leaders
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Ali Brothers
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Non-Cooperation Movement
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Non-Cooperation Programme
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Students and Lawyers
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Peasants and Workers
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Prince of Wales Riots
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Chauri Chaura Incident
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Non-Cooperation Withdrawal
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Flag Satyagraha
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Swaraj Party
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Council Entry Debate
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Swarajist Manifesto
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Swarajist Achievements
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No-Changers Programme
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Constructive Work
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Mass Politics Transition
Unit 22. Socialist, Caste and Revolutionary Politics
Socialist Ideas in India
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Marxist Influence
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Communist Party Formation
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Youth Movements
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Student Politics
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Trade Unionism
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Caste Movements
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Justice Party Politics
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Self-Respect Movement
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Revolutionary Socialism
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Kakori Conspiracy
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Hindustan Republican Association
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Hindustan Socialist Republican Association
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Saunders Murder Case
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Assembly Bomb Case
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Lahore Conspiracy Case
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Jatin Das Fast
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Chittagong Armoury Raid
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Revolutionary Ideological Shift
Unit 23. Simon to Civil Disobedience
Simon Commission
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Simon Commission Boycott
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Simon Protests 1928
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Nehru Report
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Jinnah’s Fourteen Points
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Lahore Congress 1929
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Purna Swaraj Resolution
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Civil Disobedience Movement
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Dandi Salt March
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Dharasana Satyagraha
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Vedaranyam March
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Khudai Khidmatgar
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Qissa Khwani Massacre
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Gandhi-Irwin Pact
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Karachi Congress 1931
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Round Table Conferences
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Communal Award
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Poona Pact
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Gandhi-Ambedkar Debate
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Civil Disobedience Evaluation
Unit 24. Congress Ministries and Bose
Civil Disobedience Aftermath
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Council Entry Debate
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1935 Act Politics
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Provincial Elections 1937
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Congress Election Manifesto
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Congress Ministries
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Ministry Reforms
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Civil Liberties Policy
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Agrarian Labour Measures
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Muslim League Response
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Haripura Congress 1938
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Tripuri Congress 1939
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Congress-Bose Crisis
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Forward Bloc
Unit 25. War, Quit India and INA
Second World War
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Congress Ministries Resignation
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August Offer
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Individual Satyagraha
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Cripps Mission
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Quit India Movement
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Quit India Resolution
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Gandhi’s Quit India Instructions
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Quit India Spread
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Congress Radio
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Underground Activities
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Parallel Governments
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War-Time Scarcity
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Indian Independence League
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Indian National Army
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Azad Hind Government
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Indian Legion
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INA Leadership
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INA Trials
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Bombay RIN Mutiny
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Royal Air Force Strikes
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Post-War Upsurge
Unit 26. Communalism and Partition
Indian Communalism
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Communalism Growth
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All-India Muslim League
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Muslim League Politics
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Two-Nation Theory
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Pakistan Demand
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Khaksar Movement
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Rajagopalachari Formula
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Desai-Liaqat Pact
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Wavell Plan
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Simla Conference
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Elections 1945-46
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Cabinet Mission Plan
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Grouping Clause Debate
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Direct Action Day
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Noakhali Riots
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Attlee’s Declaration
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Mountbatten Plan
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Transfer of Power
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Partition of India
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Radcliffe Boundary Commission
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Partition Refugee Crisis
Unit 27. Peasant Movements
Peasantry under Colonialism
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Indigo Revolt
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Pabna Agrarian Leagues
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Deccan Riots
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Punjab Agrarian Unrest
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Champaran Peasant Movement
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Kheda Peasant Movement
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Awadh Kisan Sabha
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Eka Movement
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Coolie-Begar Movement
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Mappila Rebellion
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Bardoli Satyagraha
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All India Kisan Sabha
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Bihar Kisan Movement
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Sahajanand Saraswati
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Tebhaga Movement
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Telangana Peasant Struggle
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Peasant Movements Comparison
Unit 28. Tribal Movements
Tribal Revolts Overview
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Chuar Uprising
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Kol Rebellion
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Santhal Hul
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Ho-Munda Uprisings
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Bhil Revolts
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Koli Revolts
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Ramosi Revolt
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Khond Revolts
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Koya Rebellions
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Birsa Munda Movement
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Tana Bhagat Movement
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Rampa Rebellion
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Alluri Sitarama Raju
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North-East Tribal Revolts
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Hur Movement
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Tribal Movements Comparison
Unit 29. Labour and Left Movements
Early Labour Movement
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Factory Labour Conditions
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Bombay Mill Workers
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Swadeshi Labour Upsurge
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Ahmedabad Mill Strik
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Madras Labour Union
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AITUC Formation
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Meerut Conspiracy Case
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Workers and Civil Disobedience
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Labour during World War II
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Communist Movement
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Congress Socialist Party
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Achyut Patwardhan
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Basawon Singh
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Left Movement Legacy
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Trade Union Act 1926
Unit 30. Governors-General and Viceroys
Robert Clive
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Warren Hastings
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Lord Cornwallis
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Sir John Shore
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Lord Wellesley
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Lord Minto I
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Lord Hastings
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Lord Amherst
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Lord William Bentink
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Lord Auckland
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Lord Ellenborough
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Lord Hardinge I
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Lord Dalhousi
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Lord Canning
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Lord Elgin I
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Lord Lawrence
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Lord Mayo
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Lord Northbrook
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Lord Lytton
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Lord Ripon
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Lord Dufferin
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Lord Lansdowne
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Lord Elgin II
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Lord Curzon
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Lord Minto II
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Lord Hardinge II
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Lord Chelmsford
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Lord Reading
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Lord Irwin
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Lord Willingdon
Unit 31. Important British Era Acts and Laws
Regulating Act 1773
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Pitt’s India Act
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Charter Act 1793
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Charter Act 1813
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Charter Act 1833
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Charter Act 1853
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Government of India Act 1858
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Indian Councils Act 1861
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Indian Councils Act 1892
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Indian Councils Act 1909
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Government of India Act 1919
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Government of India Act 1935
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Vernacular Press Act
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Arms Act 1878
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Ilbert Bill
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Factory Act 1881
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Factory Act 1891
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Age of Consent Act
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Indian Universities Act
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Official Secrets Act
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Indian Press Act
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Rowlatt Act
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Trade Union Act 1926
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Criminal Tribes Act
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Sati Regulation Act
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Widow Remarriage Act
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Sharda Act 1929
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Indian Independence Act
Unit 32. Important Congress Sessions
Bombay Congress 1885
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Calcutta Congress 1906
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Surat Congress 1907
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Lucknow Congress 1916
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Calcutta Congress 1920
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Nagpur Congress 1920
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Gaya Congress 1922
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Belgaum Congress 1924
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Madras Congress 1927
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Lahore Congress 1929 in Important Congress Sessions
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Karachi Congress 1931 in Important Congress Sessions
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Faizpur Congress 1936
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Haripura Congress 1938 in Important Congress Sessions
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Tripuri Congress 1939 in Important Congress Sessions
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Meerut Congress 1946
Unit 33. Newspapers and Publications
Bengal Gazette
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Samvad Kaumudi
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Mirat-ul-Akbar
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Tattvabodhini Patrika
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Hindu Patriot
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Amrita Bazar Patrika
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Kesari and Mahratta
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The Hindu Newspaper
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Al-Hilal and Al-Balagh
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Young India
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Navajivan and Harijan
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Bande Mataram
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Yugantar and Sandhya
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Ghadar Newspaper
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Indian Sociologist
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Commonweal and New India
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Indian Opinion
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Free Hindustan
Unit 34. Organisations, Commissions and Pacts
Unit 35. Independent India
Indian Independence Day
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Partition Rehabilitation
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Liaquat-Nehru Pact
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Gandhi Assassination
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Political Integration
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Integration of Princely States
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Integration of Junagadh
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Integration of Hyderabad
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Accession of Kashmir
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Instrument of Accession
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Republic of India
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National Language Debate
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First General Elections
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Linguistic Reorganisation
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French India Integration
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Yanaon Coup
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Goa Annexation
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Nehruvian Foreign Policy
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Panchsheel and Non-Alignment
Unit 36. Princely States Movements
Praja Mandal Movement
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States People’s Movement
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Political Mobilisation in States
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Chamber of Princes
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Aundh Experiment
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Travancore State Congress
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Mysore People’s Movement
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Hyderabad State Congress
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Kashmir National Conference
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Rajkot Satyagraha
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Orissa States Movement
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Princely States Legacy
Unit 37. Social Reformers and Thinkers
Raja Rammohan Roy
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Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
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Dayananda Saraswati
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Swami Vivekananda
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Jyotirao Phule
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Savitribai Phule
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Pandita Ramabai
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Dhondo Keshav Karve
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Mahadev Govind Ranade
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Gopal Hari Deshmukh
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Gopal Ganesh Agarkar
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Kandukuri Veeresalingam
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Narayana Guru
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Ayyankali
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Ayya Vaikundar
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Periyar
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Rettamalai Srinivasan
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Vitthal Ramji Shinde
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B.R. Ambedkar
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Shahu Maharaj
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Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
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Vakkom Moulavi
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Sister Nivedita
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Muthulakshmi Reddy
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Vaidyanatha Iyer
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G. Subramania Iyer
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Gazulu Lakshminarasu Chetty
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Baba Amte
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Vinoba Bhave
Unit 38. Nationalist and Congress Leaders
Dadabhai Naoroji
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Gopal Krishna Gokhale
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Bal Gangadhar Tilak
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Lala Lajpat Rai
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Annie Besant
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Mahatma Gandhi
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Abul Kalam Azad
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Jawaharlal Nehru
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Vallabhbhai Patel
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C. Rajagopalachari
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Rajendra Prasad
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Sarojini Naidu
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Chittaranjan Das
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J.B. Kripalani
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Purushottam Das Tandon
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Govind Ballabh Pant
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Rafi Ahmed Kidwai
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Bidhan Chandra Roy
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K. Kamaraj
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V.K. Krishna Menon
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R. Venkataraman
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Syama Prasad Mukherjee
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A.K. Fazlul Huq
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Muhammad Ali Jinnah
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Hakim Ajmal Khan
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Mohammad Ali Jauhar
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K.M. Munshi
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Jatindra Mohan Sengupta
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Dukkipati Nageswara Rao
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P. Kakkan
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M. Bhaktavatsalam
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Shri Krishna Singh
Unit 39. Revolutionary and Militant Leaders
Sri Aurobindo
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Niralamba Swami
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Khudiram Bose
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Prafulla Chaki
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Bagha Jatin
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Rash Behari Bose
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Bhagat Singh
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Ram Prasad Bismil
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Ashfaqulla Khan
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Jatindra Nath Das
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Surya Sen
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Pritilata Waddedar
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Vanchinathan
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V.O. Chidambaram
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Subramania Bharati
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Subramaniya Siva
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Hemu Kalani
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Tarak Nath Das
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Har Dayal
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Ubaidullah Sindhi
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Muhammad Mansoor Ansari
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Shyamji Krishna Varma
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Bhikaiji Cama
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Virendranath Chattopadhyaya
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M.N. Roy
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Bhupendra Kumar Datta
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Bhavabhushan Mitra
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Yogendra Shukla
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Maghfoor Ahmad Ajazi
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Nagnath Naikwadi
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Satyapal Dang
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Subhas Chandra Bose