A Book Content UNIT – I History of India (1707 A.D. to 1947 A.D.) 1. 18th Century : India at the Death of Aurangzeb, Court Politics of the Later Mughals and Invasion of Nadirshah (Causes and Effects), 2. Expansion and Consolidation of British Rule, 3 . The Revolt of 1857 : Causes, Nature, Consequences, 4. Colonial Economy : Agriculture, Trade and Industry, 5. Socio-Religious Reform Movements, 6. Emergence and Growth of Nationalism, 7 . Gandhian Movements, 8 . Communal Polities : Rise and Growth, 9 . Partition of India, 10 . Advent of Freedom : Constituent Assembly and Establish-ment of Republic, 11. Queen Victoria’s Proclamation, Indian Council Act of 1858 and 1861, 12. The Moderaters, 13 . Rise of Extermists, 14. Act of India, 1909, 15. Government of India Act, 1919 and Dyarchy. UNIT – II World History (1815 A.D. to 1945 A.D.) 1. The French Revolution : Causes, Nature, Consequences, National Assembly, National Convention, The Rule of Directory, Effects of the French Revolution on Europe, 2. The Age of Napoleon : The Rise of Napoleon, Continental System, Peninsular War, Downfall of Napoleon, 3. Reconstruction of Europe : The Congress of Vienna, Matternich, Concert of Europe, 4. The Revolution of 1830, 5. The Revolution of 1848, 6. Industrial Revolution, 7. Socialist and Labour Movements in Europe, 8. Rise of Liberalism in England, 9. Rise of Capitalism, 10 . Napoleon III—Internal and Foreign Policy, 11. Russia since 1815 to 1917 : Alexander I, Nicholas I, Alexander II, Alexander III, Nicholas II, 12. Eastern Question : The Greek War of Independence : The Crimean War and the Berlin Congress, 1815-1914, 13. Liberation and Unification of Italy, 14. Unification of Germany and Bismarck, 15. German Empire : Role of Bismarck 1871-1914, 16. European Scramble of Africa and Asia, 17. First World War, Peace Settlements, League of Nations, 18. Revolution of Russia (1917) and Soviet Russia : Achievements of Stalin and Lenin, 19. Fascism in Italy, 20. Nazism in Germany, 21. War