Course Topics

Week 1:Indus Valley and the Vedic Age

Week 2:Classical India

Week 3: The rise of Indo-Islamic World

Week 4:The Mughal Empire and the consolidation of India.

Week 5: The first European colonies and the setting up of the East India Company.

Week 6: The first major rebellion against the British also known as the sepoy mutiny.

Week 7:Two important leaders of the freedom struggle Gandhi and Bose.

Week 8: India’s independence and the creation of Pakistan.

Week 9: What is meant by non-alignment and how did that affect India’s position in the Third World.

Week 10: The increasing violence in South Asia. The creation of Bangladesh and the horrific plight of Bangladeshi women.

Week 11: We look at Kashmir one of the main reasons behind the ongoing violence in South Asia. We also look at the Emergency era and study some of Indira Gandhi’s policies.

Week 12:The new problem of fundamental Hinduism and how it is threatening the secular structure of Indian democracy. We will also do a case study of the Babri Masjid incident and the Gujarat riots.

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