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1 B.A (Hons.) Ist Year Paper I: Colonialism and Nationalism in India Course Obje
ctive: The purpose of this course is to help the students understand India’s colon
ial past, the shaping of the nationalist ideology and the unfolding of the natio
nal movement.Integral to the course is the understanding that ideas of democracy
and freedom and corresponding social relations and political and institutional
practices took shape in the context of the anti-colonial struggles.The instituti
ons of the state, its policies, and the social and economic structures that obta
in today, reflect the imprint of the colonial experience and the manner in which
they have been transformed in the course of social struggles and the national m
ovement. 1. Conceptual Explorations (a) Explaining imperialism, colonialism and
nationalism (b) Approaches to the study of colonialism and nationalism in India:
colonial, nationalist, Marxist and subaltern interpretations 2. The Early phase
of colonialism and its impact (a)Political: expansion and consolidation of Brit
ish power, ideological justification of colonial rule – ‘civilizing mission’ (b)Econom
y: Agriculture and land relations, decline of traditional industry and patterns
of trade (c)Society: English education and Middle class (d)Ideas: debates on Ind
ian Renaissance 3. The 1857 Rebellion and the making of the modern Colonial Stat
e (a) 1857 Rebellion: The social base, consequences (b) Knowing the colonial sub
jects: issues of race, caste and religion, enumeration through census (c) Politi
cs of Representation: Constitutional Developments (1858-1935) 4. Nationalist Pol
itics and Expansion of the Social Base (a) Phases of Nationalist Movement and di
fferent ideological streams: early revolutionaries and partition of Bengal, mode
rates and extremists within Congress and revolutionary radicals (b) Economic Nat
ionalism ; culture, community and identity (c) Gandhi and mass mobilisation: ide
as, symbols and techniques; Khilafat, Non-cooperation and Civil Disobedience
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