INTEGRATED BBA-MBA PROGRAMME

Batch: 2021-26, Term I

Course Code and

BBA2CCGM02 – Modern History
Title
Credit Hours 3
Faculty Prof. Rafia Khan (Div. A & B), Prof. Rashmi Panda (Div. C)
E-mail ID rafia@nirmauni.ac.in , rashmipanda@nirmauni.ac.in
Blog https://wordpress.com/view/modernhistorynirma.wordpress.com
Phone No. 9971205281 (Rafia Khan), 9374213770 (Rashmi Panda)

Rafia Khan - 11:00 – 12:00 pm on Mondays and Thursdays

Office Hours
Rashmi Panda - 4:00 – 5:00 pm on Mondays and Wednesdays

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I. Course Overview:

History is an interdisciplinary subject which provides a macrocosm of human life on

earth. By helping us know, learn, and process information about the politics, society,
culture, science, religion, art and aesthetic sense of people and societies far removed
from ours in time and space, the subject provides us a glimpse of the
interconnectedness of the past to the present in overt and covert ways.
Temporally, this paper deals broadly with events falling between the 14th - 20th
centuries. Spatially, we focus our attention on North America (American war of
independence) and Europe (French revolution, Industrial revolution, Renaissance in
Europe and colonial expansion strategies emerging from Europe) on the one hand, and
the Indian subcontinent on the other. The knowledge and critical analyses of these
historical contexts equips us to understand the present. The people, the institutions and
the decision-making processes we see around have a long history of evolving till they
acquired their present shape. Even at an individual level, a successful and grounded
manager/business person in any public or private organization or a self-employed
individual running his/her own business enterprise/start-up will find it imperative to be
historically literate, learn the art of analysing and contemporising historical facts and
evidence and craft it into decision making. In a nutshell, this course will help students
analyse and interpret the past events, contemporise them with the present socio-
political and economic environment to enable them to make appropriate decisions in
general and specific to organisation in particular.
 II. Course Learning Outcomes (CLO):
At the end of the course, the students shall be able to:
1. Interpret the impact of renaissance, political and industrial revolution, and
colonization in shaping the modern world
2. Explain the state polity, economy, society and culture during the company Raj
3. Compare the different perspectives of nationalism during the British Raj and
explain their respective contributions in independence movement
4. Explain the emergence of India as an independent and sovereign country

III. Text Book: Bipan Chandra, History of Modern India, Orient BlackSwan, 2009

IV. Assessment Components & Schedule:

Overall CLO
Weightage
Assessment Component Schedule Weightage
% Number
%
Quiz 1 10% After 5 sessions 10% 1
Individual Assignment 20% After 12 sessions 20% 2
Class Test 20% 20th session 20% 2, 3 and 4
Quiz 2 10% After 26sessions 10% 3 and 4
Term End Examination 40% As per schedule 40% 1-4

V. Session Plan

Session
Description
No.

Unit 1: Modern World History

Topic: Introduction to the discipline and Renaissance

Pedagogy: Lecture and discussion

1
Textbook: --

Reading: --

CLO No.1
2
Topic: American Revolution
 Pedagogy: Lecture, Facilitation and Discussion

Textbook: --

Reading: --

CLO No: 1

Topic : French Revolution

Pedagogy: Lecture, Facilitation and Discussion

3
Textbook: --

Reading: --

CLO No: 1 and 3

Topic : Industrial Revolution

Pedagogy: Lecture, Facilitation and Discussion

4
Textbook: --

Reading: --

CLO No: 1 and 3

Topic: European Colonisation

Pedagogy: Lecture and Discussion

5
Textbook:--

Reading: --

CLO No: 1 and 3

Unit 2: The Company Raj (1757 to 1857)

Topic: India during the mid-eighteenth Century: Rise of Regional Kingdoms

Pedagogy: Lecture and Discussion

6
Textbook: Ch. 1 & 2, Pg. 1 – 53

Reading: R1, Ch. 1, Pg. 12 – 37

CLO No: 2
 Topic: East India Company in Bengal: Battle of Plassey and Buxar

Pedagogy: Lecture and Discussion

7
Textbook: Ch. 3, Pg. 57 – 60 & 64 - 72

Reading: R1, Ch.1, Pg. 37 – 62

CLO No: 2

Topic: The East India Company in India: Awadh, Marathas and the Sultans of
Mysore

Pedagogy: Lecture and Discussion

8
Textbook: Ch. 4, Pg. 72 –85

Reading: R1, Ch.1, Pg. 37 – 62

CLO No: 2

Topic: The East India Company in India: Awadh, Marathas and the Sultans of
Mysore

Pedagogy: Lecture and Discussion

9
Textbook:Ch. 4, Pg. 72 – 85

Reading: R1, Ch.1, Pg. 37 – 62

CLO No: 2

Topic: East India Company and the Countryside in the 18th – 19th Century

Pedagogy: Lecture and Discussion

10
Textbook:Ch. 4, Pg. 102 – 106

Reading: R1, Ch.2, Pg. 82 – 95

CLO No: 2
11
Topic: Law, Education, Religion and Culture and Army in the 18th – 19th Century

Pedagogy: Lecture and Discussion

Textbook:Ch. 4, Pg. 111 – 127

Reading: R1, Ch.2, Pg. 96 – 110, 139 - 148

 CLO No: 2

Topic: The Rebellion of 1857

Pedagogy: Lecture and Discussion

12
Textbook:Ch. 7, Pg. 140 - 157

Reading: R1, Ch.3, Pg. 169 – 181

CLO No: 2, 3 and 4

Unit 3: The British Raj (1857 to 1947)

Topic: Governance of India under the British Crown – Polity and Economy

Pedagogy: Lecture and Discussion

13
Textbook: Ch. 5 – 6 , Pg. 158 – 180, Pg. 181 - 198

Reading: R1, Ch.2, Pg. 122 – 134

CLO No: 2, 3 and 4

Topic: Early Nationalism: The Indian National Congress

Pedagogy: Lecture and Discussion

14
Textbook: Ch. 10, Pg. 202 - 218

Reading: R1, Ch.4, Pg. 218 – 226

CLO No: 2, 3 and 4

Topic: The Partition of Bengal and the beginning of the Swadeshi Struggle

Pedagogy: Lecture and Discussion

15
Textbook: Ch. 12, Pg. 248 - 252

Reading: R1, Ch.5, Pg. 251 – 206

CLO No: 2, 3 and 4

16
Topic: Gandhian Nationalism: The Khilafat and Non – Cooperation Movement

Pedagogy: Lecture and Discussion

 Textbook: Ch. 12 & 13, Pg. 270 - 297

Reading: R1, Ch.6, Pg.284 – 311

CLO No: 2, 3 and 4

Topic: Gandhian Nationalism : Dandi March and the Civil Disobedience Movement

Pedagogy: Lecture and Discussion

Textbook: Ch. 14, Pg. 302 - 309

17 Reading: R1, Ch.6, Pg. 311 – 323

CLO No: 2, 3 and 4

Topic: Gandhian Nationalism : Simon Commission and the Round Table

Conferences

Pedagogy: Lecture and Discussion

18
Textbook: Ch. 14, Pg. 302 - 309

Reading: R1, Ch.6, Pg. 311 – 323

CLO No: 2, 3 and 4

Topic: Gandhian Nationalism : Quit India Movement

Pedagogy: Lecture and Discussion

19
Textbook: Ch. 14, Pg. 320 - 325

Reading: R1, Ch.8, Pg. 405 – 424

CLO No: 2, 3 and 4

Topic: British rule in India

Pedagogy: Discussion

Textbook: --
20
Reading: --

CLO No: 2, 3 and 4

21
Topic: Revolutionary Nationalism : Early activities (1909 – 1930)
 Pedagogy: Lecture and Discussion

Textbook:Ch. 12& 14, Pg. 247 – 258, 253 – 256, 271 – 273 &298 - 302

Reading: R1, Ch.5, Pg. 248 – 257,

CLO No: 2, 3 and 4

Topic: Revolutionary Nationalism : Indian National Army (1940 - 45)

Pedagogy: Lecture and Discussion

Textbook:Ch. 14, Pg. 320 - 327

22 Reading: R1, Ch.8, Pg. 424 – 438

CLO No: 2, 3 and 4

Topic: Alternatives to Gandhian Nationalism : B.R. Ambedkar and the Depressed

Castes

Pedagogy: Lecture and Discussion

23
Textbook:Ch.11, Pg. 238 - 242

Reading: R1, Ch.7, Pg. 342 – 357

CLO No: 2, 3 and 4

Topic: Alternatives to Gandhian Nationalism : Tribal, Peasant and Worker

Movements

Pedagogy: Lecture and Discussion

24
Textbook:Ch. 14, Pg. 314

Reading: R1, Ch. 3 & 7, Pg. 158 – 168, Pg. 369 – 381

CLO No: 2, 3 and 4

Topic: Challenges to Gandhian Nationalism : Communalism

Pedagogy: Lecture and Discussion

25
Textbook:Ch. 12 & 14, Pg. 258 – 270, 317 - 320

Reading: R1, Ch.7, Pg. 334 – 341

CLO No: 2, 3 and 4

 Topic: Gandhi and Jinnah : Partition and Independence

Pedagogy: Lecture and Discussion

26
Textbook:Ch. 14, Pg. 320 - 330

Reading: R1, Ch.8, Pg. 438 – 467

CLO No: 2, 3 and 4

Unit 4 : Emergence of a New State

Topic: The Indian Constituent Assembly and the Indian Constitution

Pedagogy: Lecture and Discussion

27 Textbook:Ch. 14, Pg. 331 - 333

Reading: R1, Ch.9, Pg. 487 – 497, R2,Ch.4, Pg. 38-60

CLO No: 3 and 4

Topic: The integration of Princely States: Kashmir, Junagarh and Hyderabad

Pedagogy: Lecture and Discussion

28 Textbook:--

Reading: R1, Ch.8, Pg. 482 – 487, R2. Ch.6, Pg.90-98

CLO No: 3 and 4

Topic: India after Independence : Land Inequalities and Land Reforms

Pedagogy: Lecture and Discussion

29
Textbook:--

Reading: R1, Ch.9, Pg. 497 – 510, R2, Ch.30-31, Pg. 523-549

CLO No: 3 and 4

30
Topic: India after Independence : Initiation of Five Year Plans

Pedagogy: Lecture and Discussion

Textbook:--
 Reading: R1, Ch.9, Pg. 497 – 510

CLO No: 3 and 4

VI. Readings:

R1.Bandopadhyay, Sekhar, From Plassey to Partition and After: A History of

Modern India, Orient BlackSwan. Delhi. 2015
R2.Chandra, Bipin, Mukherjee, Mridula, Mukherjee, Aditya, India Since
Independence, Penguin Books, New Delhi, 2008