SPECTURUM

1. ADVENT OF EUROPEANS AND CONSOLIDATION OF BRITISH

Advent of the European 1. Rulers established embassies in foreign – haider 1. Portugese introduced tobacco and red chilles 1905
ali , mir qasim , shah alam II , Tipu sultan 2.
2. Portugese and capture of goa
3. Is t Factory by british south, east,
4. Factories bv dutch
5. European powers 1st to trade ?
Indian on eve of the british 1. Ist anglo Maratha war , 3rd mysore war , 1st anglo
conquest Burmese war, 2nd sikh war
2.
Expansion and consolidation 1. Leadership of dupleix 1. Different European powers how they bring their
2. Annexation of Jhansi , Satara, Sambalpur ,awadh own culture or left their imprint where they ruled
chronology such as French , potugese in goa etc. religion
3. 3rd anglo mysore war , 3rd battle of panipat- 2. Portugese and goa
reason 3. Alfonso de Albuquerque
4. Whose colony KOCHI is ? and the battle for it 4.
5. Puducherry which European power occupied and
continued French vs british
6. Battle of Wandiwash, Buxar , ambur , plassey
7. Subsidary alliance by wellesly
8. Doctrine of lapse –dalhouise
9. Francis Xavier and Jesuit order
10. British factories chrono. Broach, chicacole,
trichinopoly
Acts before 1857 1. Regulating act 1773
2. Pitts act 1784
3. Bengal regulation 1793
2. RISING RESENTMENT AGAINST COMPANY RULE
People resistance a. B before 1857 1. Sanyasi rebellion late 18th century (1763) 1. Policies steps taken to curb such uprisings
2. Rangpur and dinajpur uprising 1783 – Bengal – 2. Similar major uprising also look at regionally
by – peasants zamindars for high revenue 3.
demand
3. Birbhum bishanpur rebellion 1788-1790 =
bankura west Bengal
4. Santhal uprising 1855 and how it tackled
5. Bhil uprising -1818
 Revolt of 1857 1. Personalities – lakshmi bai , tantya tope , nana 1.
saheb
2. Why failed – organization issues
3. Participation by diff. section ?
4. Leadership at diff. places leaders birth place
5. Immediate revolts after 1857 –
6. Indigo revolt , pabna disturbances
7. Diff. remarks
8. Queen Victoria,s proclamation
Act after 1857 1. Indian council act 1861 ,1892,1909
2. Arms act 1878 - lytton
3. Pabna revolt 1873 bangladesh
4. Munda revolt 1899 the great tumult ranchi
southern region
5. Deccan Riots -1875
6. Factories act 1881
3. REFORM MOVEMENTS
Socio general features 1. Singh sabha movement 1870s – Punjab to revive
authentic sikhism
Genenral survey leaders 1. Asiatic society – willliam jones 1784 (oriental)
2. Hindu college Calcutta 1817 –raja rammohan roy
3. Calcutta Unitarian committee 1821 – William
adam + rammohan roy – monotheism
4. Brahmo samaj 1828 –Raja ram mohan roy
5. Dharam sabha – 1830 – radhakant deb –
orthodox hindus counter orgnstn of reforms –
status quoist
6. Woods dispatch 1854
7. Theodore back – principal M. Aligarh oriental
college
8. Swami dyanand saraswati , keshub Chandra sen,
Vivekananda
9. Hakim ajmal khan opened ayurvedic and unani
college – 1921 inagurated by Gandhi
10.
2nd half of 19th century 1. Prarthna samaj 1867 mumbai
 2. Indian reform association – 1870- keshub
Chandra sen – against child marriage
3. Satyasodhak samaj 1873 jyotiba phule
4. Deccan education society – 1884 maharashtra –
by b g tilak , m g ranade , g. g. agarkar
5. Arya samaj 1875 mumbai
6. Theosophical society 1875 –new York – olcott
and Blavatsky HQ at adyar
7. AMU 1875
8. Bethune school –women – I v sagar first
seceratory 1879
9. Indian national social conference 1887 M G
ranade & Raghunath rao – promote intercaste
marriage
10. Chicago conference 1893
11. Ramakrishan mission 1897 belur math Kolkata
4. THE STRUGGLE BEGINS
Beginning of modern nationalism 1. Poona sarvajanik sabha 1870 – M.G ranade , g v  Dadabhai naroji contribution – Indian express
joshi , S.H. Chiplankar  Grand oldman of india
2. Indian national association 1876 – suendranath  Drain of wealth
banarjee, anand mohan bose  3 term president of INC
3. Indian national conference 1883 – surendranath  Povert and unbritish rule book 1901
banarjee and anandmohan bose founder – 
Kolkata
4. Madras mahajan sabha 1884
5. INC founded
6. Chapekar brothers 1897 killed rand
7. Ilbert bill controversy – 1883
8. Badruddin tyaaabji + pherozshaah mehta +
trimbak telang formed -Bombay presidency
association 1885 (check on prepp)
9. Bombay mill hands association – 1890- N M
lokhande
 10. Indian parliamentarty committee 1893 – sir
William wedderburn+ W.S cane +dadabhai naroji
=agitate for Indian political reforms in house of
commons
INC foundation moderate phase 1.
5. NATIONAL MOVEMENT (1905-1918)
Era militant nationalism (1905- 1. Swadesh movement started during leadership at 1. Moderates and their role during Bengal partition?
1909) different places 2. Different edu. Institution that came up as swadeshi
2. Why biritisher parititoned Bengal 1905? anti partition ? different approaches tagore open
3. Servants of india society 1905- by gokhale learning vs othes etc.
4. Different wars inspire – Italian abyssian war , 3. Education scheme by satish Chandra mukarjee 1889
boxer movement china 1899 , revolutionary 4. Swadeshi and boycott first used as a method?
movement Ireland 1910 , victory of japan in ruso 5. Similar organization operating in different regions
japenese war 1904-1905
5. Swaraj and dadabhai naroji
6. Lokmanya tilak did they Prisoned?
7. Anushilan samiti –HQ
8. Abhinav bharat society 1904 –V.D savarkar
9.
10.
First phase 1907-1917 1. Surat split – aurobindo ghosh 1. Define extremist ideology?
2. Muslim league founder – causes 2. Why british abrogate partition reasons?
3. Indian council act( morley –Minto) 1909- 3. Royal durbar
communal award 4. Why ghadar party formed, major leaders?
4. Royal durbar 1911 5.
5. Lucknow pact 1916 congress session leaders
presided by ambica charan majumdar
6. Home rule movement 1916 – annie besant , b g
tilak – objective
7. Formation of Ghadar party – 1913 – usa lala har
dayal
8. War conference in delhi – lord
Chelmsford(1916-1921) – to secure Indian
support in world war
9.
 1st world war – response 1. Bengal partition ?
6. ERA OF MASS NATIONALISM 1919-1939
Emergence of Gandhi 1. 1st ashram of Gandhi 1. What happens in ashram of Gandhi ?
2. Impact on political life of gandhi by – Champaran 2. How many ashram – places and the related people
1917,Ahmedabad 1918 , kheda 1918 , NCM 1920 3. Leaders associated with movements
3. Champaran movement 1917 – mazharul haque 4. Regional/national – impact , Participation base-
bihar leader co leaders of gandhi - A N sinha + wide , section, Economy – good or what ,
braj kishor Prasad 5. Gandhi – harijans , unity in hindu society
4. Concept of non violence of Gandhi , traditions 6. Gandhi denounced untouchability – national herald
5. Gandhi and untouchability 1933-1934 tavel
across countru crusade – founded harijan sevak
sangh
6. Gandhi and his membership in congress .
presided ?
7. Gandhian socialism
8. Gandhi & indentured labour
Non – cooperation mov. Khialfat 1. Special session – congress – Calcutta 1920 p lala 1. Arrest of leaders and after
lajpat rai – pass resolution NCM . 2. Support of NCM?
2. Non cooperation movement 1920 3. Arrest of Gandhi
3. Congress session 1921 – p hakim ajmal khan 4. KM 1919 objectives?
acted on behalf of cr das (arrested)
4. Why NCM 1921 called off by Gandhi – reasons
chauri chaura 4/02/1922
5. Gandhi arrest 10/03/1922 – for writing articles in
young india – arst from Sabarmati ashram 6 years
yervada prison
6. Lala lajpat rai arrest and NCM
7. Khilafat movement – khalifa 1919
8.
Emergence of swarjists socialist 1. Barindra kumar ghosh –jugantar , prafulla chaki 1. Other major parties founded
ideas other new forces read amritmahotsav.nic. in 2. Major ideologies
revolutionary activities 2. Jogesh Chandra chattarjee anushilan samiti 3. Why up kisan sabha formed ? similar organization in
3. Up kisan sabha 1918 – lucknow – by- indra narain other states?
dwivedi , gauri Shankar mishra , madan mohan 4. How diff. parties other than congress function and
malviya the impact such as swaraj party.
4. Madras labour union 1918 – B.P wadia 5. Jallianwala bagh and the reaction of leaders remarks
5. CPI founded in Tashkent 1920 – H k sarkar, P c protests ? – rabindranath tagore
joshi , M. N roy , M c chagla , 6. What is swaraj and B.G tilak relation
6. Liaquat hussain muslim peasants agitation o f 7. Chandrasekhar azad
Barisal 8. Why cr das called desh bandhu
7. Proponent of Fabian socialism
8. Jallianwalah bagh massacre 1919 -
9. Hunter committee 1919
10. Tana bhagat movement 1914-1919 bihar – tribal
upliftment
11. Mophalah revolt 1921 kerala
12. Eka movement 1921 hardoi UP
13. Gaya session 1922 – p by C R das (desh bandhu )
swaraj party born
14. J.M sengupta Deshpriya succeeded cr das
15. J B kriplani acharya of gujrat vidyapeeth founded
by Gandhi 1922
16. Sarbandi no tax campaign 1922 led by sardar
patel
17. Congress khilafat swaraj party 1923 motilal
Nehru, chitaranjan das . C R das president .
18. Vaikom satyagraha – temple entry movt. – 1924
kerala
19. Kakori robbery 1925 hindustan republilc
association
20. CPI 1925 –kanpur – S.A dange , muzaffar ahmad ,
shaukat usmani , nalini gupta
21. Bardoli movement 1928
22. Indian independence league by ras bihari bose
23. Inquilab zindabad – coined by moulana hasrat
mohani used by bhagat singh
24. Gurudwara reform movement 1920-1925
=amritmahotsav.nic.in
25. Central legislative bombing 1929 –batukeshwar
dutta
26. Bombay manifesto 1936 by section of
businessmen opposing socialisim by Nehru
speech in 1936 congress session
 27. Trade union movement AITUC 1920 – lala lajpat
rai , joseph baptista , N.M joshi ,Diwan chaman lal
Simon commission and Nehru 1. Introduction of dyarchy 1919 1. Home rule league and rowlatt act and Gandhi.
report 2. Montague Chelmsford reforms 1919 –muddiman
committee 1924 to investigate issue of dyarchy
3. Indian liberal foundation – 1919 s n banerja , tej
bahadur sapru , s. sastri, m.r. jayakar.
4. Rowlatt act 1919
5. Sarojini naidu 1st women president 1925 session
congress
6. Butler committee 1927 power relation b/w india
and Britain
7. Simon commission 1927
8. Butler committee 1927
9. Nehru report 1928
10. Whitley commission 1929 – enquire labour
conditition plantations
11. Trade disputes act 1929
Civil disobedience movement and 1. Lahore session 1929 – poorna swaraj - p j l Nehru 1. Why salt was choosen – leaders at diff. place =
round table conference 2. Civil disobedience movement 1930 Tanjore coast – rajagopalacharai
3. Khudai khidmatgar /red shirts movt. 1930 2. Participation
4. Dandi march 12/04/1930 – Sabarmati ashram 3. Sevagram – near wardha acharya vinoda bhave –HQ
5. Gandhi Irwin pact 1931 2nd round table of all india village industries association
conference 4.
6. Karachi session= 1931 P sardar vallabhbhaipatel
resolution on FRs & economic policy drafted by
Pt. J L Nehru
7. RTC chaired by pm ramsay macdonalad
8. Communal Award 1932 by Macdonald
After civil disobe. Movt. 1. Chittagong uprising – 1930 – surya sen 1. Why congress socialist party formed?
2. Congress nationalist party 1934 founded by 2.
madan mohan malviya and madhav srihari aney
= because of extension of communal award to
depressed classes
 3. Congress socialist party 1934 – J P narayan and
Narendra Dev
4. Rajguru, bhagat singh ,Chandrasekhar azad
assasianated jp saunders – hanged 22/03/1931
Congresss rule in provinces 1. All india state people conference 1927 1. How poorna swaraj is different from earlier demand
2. Poorna swaraj resolution – 1929 lahore session - of swaraj?
congres celebrated independence day 2. Major happenings at that point of time?
(26/01/1930)
3. How many states congress formed ministeries
other parties
7. FREEDOM AND PARTITION 1939-1947
Nationalist response WW 2 1. GOI act 1935 1. August movement ? participation
2. Cripps mission to secure support of Indians 1942 2. August offer – war advisory council – individual
3. August movement 1942 satyagraha
4. Resignation of congress from ministries in 1939? 3. Cripps proposals – remark of eminent
5. Wavell plan 1945 4.
6. Cabinet mission 1946
Quit india movement 1. QIM 08/08/1942
Indian national army 1. Forward bloc founder S.C Bose 1. Is it a political party ?
2. 1944 delhi chalo 2. How it is different from congress ?
3. Killinf of INA activists – who is the g g? 3. Impact ?
4. INA trial 4. Why he made another party?
5. Captain laxmi sehgal led Rani Jhansi regiment
Post war national scenario 1. Royal Indian navy mutiny 1946 madras
2. Dominion status – southasia.macmillan.yale.edu
3. Tebhaga movement by all india kisan sabha CPI
Bengal 1946-1947
Independence with partition 1. C rajagopalcharai formula - the way out
2. Wavell plan 1945 and shimla conference
3. Constitutent assembly formation elected vs
nominated
4. Rad cliff committee 1947 – boundary india –pak
5.
8. GOVERNANCE AND OTHERS
Const. Adm. Jud. Development 1. Regulating act 1773
2. Pitts act 1784
3. Charter act 1813
4. Indian council act 1861,1892
5. Indian council act 1909
6. GOI Act 1919 subjects reserved vs transferred list
7. GOI Act 1935 – relation princely ? – instrument
of instructions
8. Civil services by Cornwallis 1786-1793
British policies survey 1. Permanent settlement -and zamindars their role 1. Import policies by british and the related issues look
,responsibility, british control over them at commodity wise
2. Ryotwari settlement 2.
3. Grant of diwani and tribes – garo , kukis, khasis ,
tipperahs
4. Different settlement system and associated
general
5. Thomas munro , Alexander reed
6. Land settlement by cornawallis in 1793 and
zamindars – impact
7. Land revenue – issues created such as old
agrarian order, taxation of tribal products, rise of
moneylenders middlemen in tribal area
8. Export policies by british commodities
9. Civil service and british
10. Lord Dalhouise 1st telegraph line – Calcutta to
agra 1854
Economic impact 1. How the company financed their adventures  19th century
2. Industrial policy  What led to the commercialization of agriculture
3.  Rapid increase in urban population

Development Indian press 1. Vernacular press act
Education 1. Gokuldas tejpal Sanskrit pathshala
2. Raleigh commission 1902 issue university
 3. Saddler commission 1917 – issue of university of
Calcutta
4. Hartog committee 1929 – expansion of education
headed by educator Philip joseph hartog
5. Orientalist vs anglisit 1st half of 19th century
6. Calcutta madarsa – 1781 – warren hastings
7. Sanskrit college banaras 1791 – jonathan Duncan
8. Fort William college 1801 – wellesly
9. General committee of public instruction 1823
10.Macualay minute education 1835
11.Woods dispatch 1854
12.Sergeant education report 1944
13.
Peasant movements 1. Indigo cultivation
Working class movements
9. After independence
1. Portfolios of first ministry after indep. 1. Goa , daman diu dadra – were colonies of which
2. Climont Richard Attlee UK PM 1945-1951 countries and statehood ?
3. Bhoodan movement 1951 2. India ,s First female cm - up sucheta kripalani 1963-
4. PM after independence ? 1967
5. Swatantra party 1959 -c. Rajgopalacharai
6. Public safety act 1978
7. Jai prakash naryan scroll.in
8. K. kamraj Indian express
9. V.o Chidambaram pillai drishti ias
10. Goa statehood
11. Dadra and nagar haveli
12. Daman and diu
13.
10. Eminent personalities
1. Bankim Chandra chattopadhya drishti ias 1.
2. Madan mohan malviya,
 3. Saorojini naidu
4. Dr. Rajendra Prasad siwan district web
5. Maulana abul kalam azad less relevant
6. Acharya j b kripalani
7. Abdul khan gaffar khan aka frontier Gandhi
8. Acharya vinoda bhave mkgandhi.org
9. Batukeshwar dutta
10. Capt. Laxmi sehgal
11. Keshub Chandra sen
12. Rabindranath tagore
13. Madam bhikaji cama
14. Vv s iyer
15. M barkatulla
16. Aruna asaf ali , usha Mehta , annie besant
17. Rakhambai case 1884
Resources 1. Prepp in for important personalities in modern history
internet