The City School

Academic Year 2022-23

Subject Name: Pakistan Studies (History)
Subject Code: 2059/01
Syllabus Break up Class 9
Term 1
Topic Sub Topics Learning Objectives Week
• Introduction to • Introduction to 1 week
Pakistan Studies important sections of
– Paper 1 the syllabus
• Religious • How important were • Explain the religious reforms of Shah 3 weeks
Thinkers the religious reforms of Waliullah and his role in the political and
Shah Waliullah? religious context of the time
• What influence did Syed • Analyse Syed Ahmad Barelvi and the revival of
Ahmad Barelvi exert in Islam in the sub- continent
the revival of Islam? • Explain the Jihad movement and the
• How influential was Haji Mujahideen
Shariatullah and the • Evaluate the importance of Haji Shariatullah
Faraizi Movement? and the Faraizi Movement.
• Decline of • How far was Aurangzeb Internal Indian reasons for the decline of the 2 Weeks
Mughal Empire responsible for the Mughal Empire:
decline of the • Evaluate the impact of Aurangzeb’s policies
• Mughal Empire? on the stability of the Mughal Empire
• How far did Mughal • Evaluate the effectiveness of his successors as
weaknesses from 1707 rulers
make decline • Analyse the problems of controlling the
inevitable? Empire
• What role did the East • Explain the rise of the Maratha and Sikh
India Company play in empires.
the decline of the External reasons for the decline of the Mughal
Empire? Empire:
• How successful was • Explain the foreign invasions from Persia and
British expansion in the Afghanistan
sub-continent to 1857? • Explain the East India Company’s involvement
in the sub-continent
• Evaluate British relations with the later
Mughal rulers of Delhi
• Explain British expansion from the 1750s to
the 1850s in the subcontinent
• Understand the general overview of the
course of, and reasons for,
• British annexation of the territories which
now encompass Pakistan (including the
AngloSikh wars and the annexations of
Lahore, the Punjab and Peshawar)
• Explain the British search for a ‘natural’ and
‘scientific’ NW Frontier
• Analyse British policy towards Tribal Territory.

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• War of • What were the long- • Explain the immediate and underlying causes 2 weeks
Independence term causes of the of the War
War? • Analyse the attitude of Bahadur Shah Zafar
• What were the • Understand the course of the War, with
immediate causes particular reference to the roles played by the
of the War? Muslim rulers and populations of what is now
• Why was independence Pakistan
not achieved? • Explain the reasons for failure
• What were the • An assessment of the short-term impact of
immediate the War on Muslims in the sub-continent
consequences of the • Describe the British reaction during and
War? immediately after the War (including the
major constitutional, educational and
administrative reforms which followed).
• Work of Sir Syed • What was his • Explain his contribution to the education of 3
Ahmad khan contribution to Muslims and the revitalisation of their weeks
• education, politics and national consciousness:
religion? an overview of his main educational works
• How important was his and their importance
‘Two-Nation’ Theory? • Understanding his social and political theory,
• What was the Hindi– and of its origins
Urdu Controversy? • Explain the impact of his work on Muslims
• How successful was the and the western world
Aligarh Movement? • Evaluate his relations with the British and the
ulama
• Explain the reasons for the foundation of
Aligarh College
• Understand his role in the Indian National
Congress and the Muslim League
• Understand the meaning and origin of his
‘Two-Nation’ Theory and the Hindi–Urdu
controversy

• Languages (Urdu • Why did Urdu become • Understand the importance of Urdu and the 2 weeks
& other regional the national language? reasons for its choice as the national language
languages) • How successful has the of Pakistan
promotion of regional • Explain the advantages and disadvantages of
languages been since Urdu as the national language
1947? • Evaluate the promotion of provincial
languages (Balochi, Punjabi, Pushto, Sindhi).

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 Term 2

Topic Sub Topics Learning Objectives Week

Development of • What were the aims and • The main features of: the Partition of Bengal 4 weeks
Pakistan origins of the Muslim controversy, 1905–11
Movement (1905- League? • the Simla Deputation, 1906
1919) • How successful was • reasons for the establishment of the Muslim
British rule and attempts League – its creation in 1906 and its aims
at constitutional reform • co-operation of the Muslim League with
during the years 1909– Congress and reasons for its breakdown
19? the Morley–Minto reforms, 1909
• How and why did • the impact of the First World War on the
relationships between subcontinent
Muslims and Hindus • Congress and the Lucknow Pact, 1916
change between 1916 • the Rowlatt Act, 1918, and the Amritsar
and 1927? Massacre, 1919
• the Montagu–Chelmsford Reforms (The
Government of India Act), 1919
• the Non-Cooperation Movement
• the growth of Communalism
• growing divisions in the Congress Party
Khilafat Movement • What were the origins, • Explain reasons for the rise of the 2 weeks
aims and main features Movement
of the Khilafat • Understand the objectives of the Khilafat
Movement? Conference, 1918
• Why did the Khilafat • Explain the Khilafat Conferences and
Movement fail? delegations to England, 1919–21, and
reasons for failure
• Analyse the causes, course and reasons for
failure of the Hijrat Movement
• Understand role of Gandhi and the Non-
Cooperation Movement
• Explain reasons for the failure of the Khilafat
Movement
• Understand the impact of the Khilafat and
Hijrat Movements on Muslims in the sub-
continent.
Pakistan Movement • Why did Jinnah produce • The main features of:
(1927 – his 14 Points of 1929? • Delhi Proposals, 1927
1939) • How successful were the • the Simon Commission, 1927–1930
three Round Table • the Nehru Report, 1928
Conferences of 1930-32? • Jinnah’s 14 Points, 1929
• How important was the • Allama Iqbal’s Allahabad address, 1930
• Government of India • the Round Table Conferences, 1930–32
Act,1935? • the Communal Award of 1932 4 weeks
• Why was Congress Rule • Rahmat Ali and the Pakistan National
(1937–39) unpopular Movement,1933
with many Muslims? • the Government of India Act, 1935
• the 1937 elections and their significance to
the

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 • Muslim League and Congress
• Congress rule, 1937–39, its significance to
the Pakistan Movement and the ‘Day of
Deliverance’, 1939.
Problems/Solutions • How successful were the The Main features of: 2 weeks
facing the meetings held during • the Second World War (1939–45) in relation
sub-continent (1940 World War II to agree to India and the ‘Quit
– 1947) the future of the sub- • India’ Movement
continent? • the Pakistan Resolution, 1940
• How did the success of • the Cripps Mission, 1942
the Muslim League in the • the Gandhi–Jinnah talks, 1944
1945–46 elections lead • Lord Wavell and the Simla Conference, 1945
to changes in British • the elections of 1945–46 in India, reasons
attempts to solve the for Muslim League
problems of the sub- success and the consequences thereof
continent? • the Cabinet Mission Plan, 1946
• Direct Action Day, 1946
• the June 3 Plan, 1947
• the Radcliffe Commission and Award, 1947
• • the Indian Independence Act, 1947.
Contributions of • How important were • Jinnah as an advocate of Hindu–Muslim
Jinnah, Iqbal and Jinnah, unity:
Rahmat Ali • Allama Iqbal and Rahmat • his role in the Muslim League, the Pakistan
Ali to the Pakistan • Movement and as negotiator with the 2 weeks
Movement? British
• his relations with Gandhi, Nehru and the All-
India Congress.
Allama Iqbal:
• views on Hindu–Muslim future as separate
nations and the Allahabad address, 1930.
Rahmat Ali:
• views on a separate Muslim homeland, his
pamphlet ‘Now or Never’, 1933, and the
name ‘Pakistan’
• differences between his views and those of
Allama Iqbal
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