MODERN INDIA

The Portuguese in India
De Almeida
Albuquerque
Causes of Portuguese Failure
The Dutch in India
The Danes in India
The English East India Company
The French East India Company

First Carnatic War 1746-48
The Second Carnatic War, 1748-54
Third Carnatic War, 1756-1763
Causes of French Failure and English Success
Estimate of Dupleix

Siraj-ud-Daula, ruler of Bengal Battle of Plassey, 1757
Mir Jafar, 1757-60
Mir Kasim, 176063
Battle of Buxar, 1764
Estimate of Mir Kasim
Mir Jafar, 1763-65
Clive's Second Governorship of Bengal, 1765-67
Dual Government of Bengal, 1765-72
Foreign Policy of Clive
Clive and Oudh
Clive and Mughal Emperor
Estimate of Clive
Bengal from 1767 to 1772

Warren Hastings, 1772-85
Reforms of Warren Hastings
Warren Hastings' Oudh Policy
The Rohilla War
Trial of Nand Kumar
Case of Raja Chet Singh
Begums of Oudh
Regulating Act and Council
Warren Hastings and Supreme court
Foreign Policy of Warren Hastings
Estimate of Warren Hastings
Sir John Macpherson,1786
Lord Cornwallis, 1786-93
Foreign Policy of Cornwallis
Reforms of Crownwallis
Permanent Settlement of Bengal, 1793
Sir Johan Shore, 1793-98
Lord Wellesley, 1798-1805
Subsidiary System
Merits of the System
Demerits of the System
Fourth Mysore War, 1799
Tanjore, Surat and Carnatic
Oudh (46-7)-The French Danger
Second Maratha War, 1802-4
Estimate of Wellesley
Lord Cornwallis, 1805
Sir George Barlow, 1805-7
Lord Minto, 1807-13
Lord Hastings, 1813-23
War with Nepal, 1814-16
Pindari War, 1817-18
Suppression of the Pathans
Rajputana and Central India
Third Maratha War, 1817-18
Internal Reforms of Lord Hastings
Estimate of Lord Hastings
John Adams, 1823
Lord Amherst, 1823-28
First Burmese War, 1824-26
Capture of Bharatpur
Anglo-Maratha Relations
First Maratha War, 1778-82
Mahadji Scindhia
Nana Phadnavis
Second Maratha War, 1802-4
Third Maratha War, 1817-18
Causes of Downfall of the Marathas
AngloMysore Relations
First Mysore War, 1767-69
Second Mysore War, 1780-84
Third Mysore War, 1790-92
Fourth Mysore War 1799
Estimate of Tipu

Lord William Bentinck,
Financial Reforms of Bentinck
Judicial Reforms of Bentinck
Administrative Reforms
Educational Reforms
Social Reforms
Relations with Indian States
Estimate of Bentinck
Sir Charles Metealfe,
Lord Auckland,
First Afghan War
Lord Ellenborough,
Annexation of Sind,
Lord Hardinge,
Lord Dalhousie,

Rise of Ranjit Singh
Ranjit Singh and Peshawar
Ranjit Singh and the English East India Company Chapter
Ranjit Singh and Sind
Ranjit Singh and Lord William Bentinck
Civil Administration of Ranjit Singh
Army
Territorial Divisions and Local Administration
Judicial Administration
Estimate of Ranjit Singh
The Punjab Polities from
First Sikh War,
Second Sikh War,

Its Character
Causes of Revolt
Political Cause
Religious Cause
Military Cause
The Greased Cartridges
The Revolt
Causes of Failure of the Revolt
Effects of the Revolt

Lord Canning,
Lord Elgin,
Lord Lawrence,
Afghan Policy of Lord Lawrence
Lord mayo,
Lord Northbrook,
Lord Lytton,
Second Afghan War
Vernacular Press Act of
Financial Reforms of Lytton
Estimate of Lord Lytton
Lord Ripon,
End of Second Afghan War
Ripon's Resolution on Local Self-Government
Hunter Commission on Education
Decentralisation of Finance Factory Act
Free Trade Policy
Ilbert Bill
Estimate of Lord Ripon
Lord Dufferin,
Punjdeh Affair
Third Burmese War,
First Session of the Indian National Congress in
Lord Lansdowne,
Elgin II,

Lord Curzon,
Tribal Area Policy
Afghanistan
Persian Gulf
Tibet
Internal Administration of Curzon
Famines
Agriculture
Railways
Police Reforms
Military Reforms
Decentralization of Finance,
Indian Universities Act,
Reform of Bureaucratic Machinery
The Calcutta Corporation Act,
Status of Presidency Governors
Policy of Ofiicialisation
Partition of Bengal,
Estimate of Lord Curzon
Lord Minto II,
Lord Hardinge,
Lord Chelmsford,
Lord Reading,
Lord Irwin,
Lord Willingdon,
Lord Linlithgow,
Lord Wavell,
Lord Mountbatten,
C. Rajagopalachariar,
Dr. Rajendra Prasad,
Dr. Radhakrishnan,
Dr. Zakir Hussain,
V.V.Giri,
Fakhruddin,
N. Sanjeeva Reddy,
Jawaharlal Nehru
Lal Bahadur Shastri
lndira Gandhi
Morarji Desai,

The Regulating Act,
Judicature Act of
Pitt's India Act,
Charter Act
Chapter of 1793
Charter Act of 1813
Charter Act of 1833
Charter Act of 1853
Government of India Act,1858
Queen's Proclamation of 1858
Indian Councils' Act, 1861
Indian Councils' Act, 1892
The Indian Councils' Act, 1909
(Minto-Morley Reforms)
August Declaration of 1917
Government of India Act, 1919
(Montagu-Chemsford Reforms)
Working of Dyarchy
Nehru Report,
Jinnah's Fourteen Points,
Communal Award
Poona Pact
Government of India Act,
Provincial Autonomy
August Offer of
Cripps Proposals of
0abinet Mission Scheme,
June 3 Plan
Indian Independence Act,
The Constitution of India,

Its nature
Causes of the Nationalist Movement
Genesis of Indian National Congress
The Moderates,
Views of the Moderates
Attitude of the Government
Achievements of the Moderates
The Surat Split
Rise of Extremism
The Home Rule Movement
Revolutionary and Terrorist Movement
India and the World War I,
Jallianwala Bagh Tragedy,
Non-Cooperation Movement,
The Swarajist Party
The Civil Disobedience Movement,
August Offer of
Cripps Proposals
Quit India Movement of
India became independent on 15 August 1947
Why England gave India Independence

Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Swami Dayanand
A.D. Hume
Dadabhai Naoroji
Mahadev Govind Ranade
Sir Pherozeshah Mehta
Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Bipin Chandra Pal
Lala L-ajpat Rai
Sri Aurbindo Ghose
Mahatma Gandhi

The Muslims and British Government in India
Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
Partition of Bengal
Causes of Muslim Communalism
Lord Minto and the Muslims
The All-India Muslim League
Lucknow Pact of 1916
The Muslims and the Nationalist Movement
Pakistan
Pakistan Resolution of 1940
Causes of demand for Pakistan
Schemes for Partition of India
0abinet Mission and Pakistan
Partition of India in 1947

Ring Fence Policy,
Policy of Subordinate Isolation.
Policy of Subordinate Union,
Chamber of Princes
The Butler Committee
Indian States and the Government of India Act
Indian States and Cabinet Mission
Sardar Patel and the Indian States
Integration and Democratisation of Indian States

Raja Ram Mohan Roy
The Brahmo Samaj
Paramhans Mandali
Prarthana Samaj
The Theosophical Society of India
The Ramakrishna Mission
Swami Vivekananda
The Dev Samaj
The Arya Samaj
IsIam
The Sikhs
Parsees
Christianity
Social Reform in India
Abolition of Infanticide
Abolition of Sati
Polygamy and Kulinism
Abolition of Slavery
Human Sacrifices
Deccan Education Society
Servants of India Society
Widow Remarriage
Women's Indian Association
The Poona Seva Sadan
All India Depressed Classes Association

History of Education
Pathsalas and Madrassas
The Hindu College of Calcutta
Spread of English Education
Christian Missions and Education in India
Controversy between Orientalists and advocates of English language
Wood's Despatch of 1854
Hunter Commission of 1882
Raleigh Commission of 1902
The Indian Universities Act of 1904
Resolution of 1913 on Education
CaIcutta University Commission
Sergeant Scheme for Education
Radhakrishnan Commission of 1949
University Grants Commission
History of the Press in India
Growth of the Press in British India
Sir Thomas Munro on the Press in India
Sir Charles Metcalfe on the Press
Licensing Act of 1857
Act of 1867
Vernacular Press Act of 1878
Newspapers (Incitement to Offences) Act,
Indian Press Act of 1910
The Indian Press (Emergency Powers) Act of 1931
Foreign Relations Act, 1932
In4ian States (Protection) Act, 1934
Press Laws Enquiry Committee of 1948
The Indian Constitution and the Press
Press (Objectionable Matter) Act, 1951
Press Commission of 1952
Press Trust of India

Beginnings of Local Government in Presidency Towns
Mayo's Resolution of 1870
Ripon's Resolution of 1881
Ripon's Resolution of 1882 on Local Self Government
Decentralisation Commission Report of 1909 and Local Self-Government
Resolution of 1918 and Local Self-Government
Local Self-Government under Dyarchy
The Simon Commission Report on Local Self-Government
Local Self-Government under Provincial Autonomy
Local Self-Government in Independent India
Defects in the Present System of Local Self-Government in India
Decentralisation of Finance
Mayo's Resolution of 1870 on Decentralisation of Finance
Change under Lord Lytton
Change under Lord Curzon
Decentralisation Commission of 1907
Resolution of 1912
Meston Settlement
The Government of India Act, 1935 and Finance
Constitution of India and Finance

Permanent Settlement of Bengal
Ryotwari System
Mahalwari System
Taluqdari System

Chronological Table Index

MORDEN INDIA

PART-1(a) THE RULE OF THE EAST INDIA COMPANY(1818-57)
PART -1(b) SUCCESSION OF GOVERNORS-GENERAL
PART -2 THE BRITISH PARAMOUNTCY AND IMPERALISM
1. General review
2. Settlement of the marquess of hastings
3. Bharatpur
4. Afgan war
PART -3 EXPANSION OF BRITISH DOMINIONS (1823-48)
1. Burma and assam
2. Mysore, Coorg, and Minor states
3. The conquest and territories
4. The conquest of sindh
5. The conquest of panjab
6. Territories outside India
PART -4 THE ANNEXATIONS OF DALHOUSE
PART -5 BURMA AND ASSAM
1. Burma (up to 1825)
2. Burma(1826-18557)
3. Assam
PART -6 SATARA
PART -7 FIRST AFGHAN WAR
PART - 8 SINDH
PART -9 ELLENBOROUGH AND SINDHIA
PART -10 THE RISE AND FALL OF THE SIKH KINGDOM
1. Ranjit singh
2. Political chaos after the death of Ranjit singh
3. The British intrigue
4. The first shik war
5. The Punjab under british control
6. The second sikh war
7. The Annexation of the panjab
8. Last days of Rani Jindan and Maharaja Dalip singh
PART- 11 THE ANNEXATION OF AVADH
PART -12 ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEM
1. The East India company and the british crown
2. The government of India
3. Provincial administration
4. Recruitment of services
5. Legislation and Justice
6. Revenue and finance
7. Land settlement
8. Police and Prison administration
9. Communication and Transport
10. General review
PART -13 DISCONTENT AND DISAFFECTTION
1. Political
2. Administration
3. Economic
4. Social and religious
5. General spirit of discontent
6. Discontent and Disaffection of the sepoys
PART -14 DISTURBUNCES AND ARMED RESISTANCE
PART -15 THE OUTBREAK OF THE MUTINY, 1857
PART -16 THE SPREAD OF THE MUTINY
PART -17 THE REVOLT OF THE PEOPLE
1. The Immediate cause and general nature of the revolt
2. Delhi
3. N.W. Provinces
4. Awadh (Avadh)
5. Other parts of India
PART -18 RESTORATION OF ORDER
PART -19 ATHOCITIES
PART -20 THE NATURE OF THE OUTBREAK OF 1857
PART -21 THE CAUSES OF OUTBREAK
PART -22 THE CAUSES OF FAILURE
PART -23 INTRODUCTUION
1. Successions of governors-general (1858-1905)
2. General review of the period
PART - 24 POLITICAL HISTORY AND EXPANSION OF DOMINIONS
PART -25 THE SECOND AFGHAN WAR
PART -26 THE THIRD BURMESE WAR AND THE ANNEXATION OF BURMA
PART- 27 WAR AGAINST MANIPUR
1. Status of Manipur
2. The Trial
PART -28 THE ADMINISTRATIVE ORGANIZATION
1. The home government
2. The government of India
3. Provincial administration
4. Recruitment to Public service
5. Law and justice
6. Revenue and finance
7. Land settlement
8. Famine
9. Police and prison
10. Local self-government
11. Military administration
12. Communication, Transport and Irrigataion
13. General review
PART -29 DISCONTENT, DISTURBANCE AND ARMED REISTANCE
1. Introduction
2. Religio-political
3. Wasudeo balwant phadke
4. Indigo Riots
5. Agrarian riots
6. Violent protests against administrative measures
7. Disturbances in protected states
PART -30 INDIAN STATES
1. The Indianstates and british paramountcy
2. The Indian states under the british crown
3. Administrative reform in Indian states
4. Some individual states
PART - 31 NORTH-WESTER FRONTIER
PART -32 NORTH-EASTER FRONTIER
1. Bhutan
2. Nepal
3. Manipur
4. Lushai Hills
5. The Hills tribes on the eastern frontier
PART- 33 FOREIGN POLICY
1. General nature
2. Russia and Afghanistan
3. Persian Gulf
4. North-East Frontier
5. Tibet
6. Sikkim
PART -34 TRADE AND COMMERCE
PART- 35 INDUSTRY
PART -36 BANKING, CURRENCY AND EXCHANGE
1. Currency and exchange
2. Banking
PART -37 LAND REVENUE POLICY
PART -38 GENERAL ECONOMIC CONDITIONS OF THE PEOPLE
1. The Income of the people
2. Home charges
3. The poverty of the Masses
PART -39 THE INDIAN PEOPLE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 19TH CENTURY
PART -40 ENGLISH EDUCATION
1. Beginning of English education in Bengal up to 1835