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Governor Generals and Viceroys in Colonial India

  1. Introduction
  2. Robert Clive
  3. Warren Hastings
  4. Lord Cornwallis
  5. Sir John Shore
  6. Lord Wellesley
  7. George Barl
  8. Lord Minto I
  9. Lord Hastings
  10. Lord Amherst
  11. Lord William Bentinck
  12. Lord Charles Metcalfe
  13. Lord Auckland
  14. Lord Ellenborough
  15. Lord Hardinge
  16. Lord Dalhousie
  17. Lord Canning
  18. Lord Elgin
  19. Sir John Lawrence
  20. Lord Mayo
  21. Lord Northbrook
  22. Lord Lytton
  23. Lord Ripon
  24. Lord Dufferin
  25. Lord Landsdowne
  26. Lord Elgin II
  27. Lord Curzon
  28. Lord Minto II
  29. Lord Hardinge II
  30. Lord Chelmsford
  31. Lord Reading
  32. Lord Irwin
  33. Lord Willingdon
  34. Lord Linlithgow
  35. Lord Wavell
  36. Lord Mountbatten
  37. C Rajagopalachari

Press under British Rule

From Social religious reform movements 19th century

  1. Brahmo Samaj
  2. Young Bengal Movement
  3. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
  4. Veda Samaj and Prathana Samaj
  5. Rama Krishna and Vivekananda
  6. Arya Samaj
  7. Theosophical Society
  8. Sayyid Ahmad Khan and the Aligarh Movement
  9. Cultural awakening

From Swaraj to Complete Independence

  1. Gandhiji’s contribution to nationalist movement
  2. Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms
  3. Rowlatt Act
  4. Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
  5. Khilafat Movement
  6. Non –Cooperation Movement
  7. Civil Disobedience Movement
  8. Simon Commission
  9. Meerut Conspiracy Case
  10. Lahore Conspiracy Case
  11. Gandhi-Irwin Pact
  12. Karachi Session
  13. Government of India Act 1935
  14. Lucknow Session
  15. Elections for Constituent Assembly
  16. Cripps Mission
  17. Quit India Movement
  18. Subhas Chandra Bose and INA
  19. Demand for Pakistan
  20. National movement and II World War
  21. India wins Independence and Partition

Annexation of Punjab

1. First Anglo- Sikh War (1845-1846)
2. Second Anglo-Sikh War (1848-1849)

Constitutional Developments

1. Pitt’s India Act (1784)
2. Importance of Pitt’s India Act
3. The Act of 1786
4. Charter Act of 1793
5. Charter Act of 1813
6. Charter Act of 1853
7. Basic Tenets of India’s Foreign Policy (1947-1961)
8. Some Important Acts and year of Formation

Mysore Wars

1. The First Anglo-Mysore War (1767-69)
2. Treaty of Madras
3. The Second Anglo-Mysore War (1780-1784)
4. Treaty of Mangalore
5. The Third Anglo-Mysore War (1789-1792)
6. Treaty of Seringapatam
7. The Fourth Anglo-Mysore War (1799)

Anglo Maratha wars

War with Marathas

1. First Anglo Maratha War (1775-82)
2. Second Anglo- Maratha War (1803-1806)
3. Third Anglo-Maratha War (1817-1818)

Anglo-Maratha Treaties

1. Treaty of Surat (1775)
2. Treaty of Purandhar (1776)
3. Treaty of Wadgaon (1779)
4. Treaty of Salbai (1782)
5. Treaty of Bassein (1802)
6. Treaty of Deogaon (1803)
7. Treaty of Surji Arjangaon (1803)
8. Treaty of Rajpurghat(1805)
9. Treaty of Poona (1817)
10. Treaty of Gwalior (1817)
11. Treaty of Mandasor (1818)

Early Resistance Movements against the British Rule

1. Sannyasi and Fakir Uprisings in Bengal
2. Faraizi Movement (1804-1860)
3. Wahabi Movement (1820-1870)
4. Kuka Movement in the Punjab (1860-1872)
5. Santhal Rebellion (1855-1856)

Economic Impact of British Rule

1. Land Settlements
2. Growth of intermediary interest in Land
3. Commercialization of Agriculture
4. Growth of agricultural laborers
5. Rise of new money lending class
6. Destruction of handicrafts and cottage industries
7. Drain of wealth

Early Phase of National Movement


1.Growth of Political Awareness
2.Vernacular Press Act
3.Ilbert Bill
4.Partition of Bengal (1905-1914)
5.Indian National Congress
6.Swadeshi Movement
7.Swaraj
8.Calcutta Session (1906)
9.Surat Session (1907)
11.Lucknow Session (1916)
12.Morley-Minto Reforms (1909)
13.Revolutionary Terrorism
14.Muslim League
15.Nationalists and the First World War
16.Home Rule League

Regional States

1. Bengal
2. Hyderabad
3. Awadh
4. Mysore

Integration of Native States

Education in British India

Indian Society in Colonial Period

Famines and British Rule