Master of history (Choice Based Credit System)

THIRD SEMESTER

Core Course : 301,

Paper – XI

Political History of Modern India from 1757 to 1885 A.D.
Full Mark -100 (80+20) Time : 3 hrs

Unit - I (20 Marks)

1. 
   The Sources
   
2. 
   The Establishment of British Rule in India
   

Siraj-Ud-Daula and the Battle of Plassey Causes, Course and Importnace

3. 
   Lord clive – Early career and achievements,
   

Dual system of administration in Bengal under clive.

Unit – II (20 Marks)

1. 
   Warren Hastings - Reforms
   
2. 
   Lord Cornwallis – Reforms, Perament Settlement
   
3. 
   Lord Wellesley – Achievements : The Subsidiary Alliance
   

Unit – III (20 Marks)

1. 
   Anglo – mysore and Anglo Maratha Relations
   
2. 
   Willam Bentinck Reforms
   
3. 
   Lord Dalhousie – Reforms, Doctrine of Lapse
   
4. 
   Revolt of 1857 – Causes and Consequences