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Profile of the Department

The Department of History was established in the year 1958 for the promotion of education in History. It has thus successfully completed forty nine years of its existence. In  the beginning the department consisted of   two  members Dr B. K. Apte, Reader and Dr. M.B.Deopujari, Lecturer, Dr B. K.Apte being the Head . Subsequently Dr (Mrs.) Suman Vaidya and Dr. Shanta Kothekar  joined the department as Lecturers in the year 1965. In the year 1977 Dr. K. Mojumdar joined the Department as the Professor and Head along with Dr. K.A.Shete and Dr.Y.N. Gujar as Lecturers. New appointments were made in the year 1986 when Dr. S.Johari, Dr. S.Meshram and S. Nagdive joined the department as Lecturers. However the Depatment was deprived of the services of Mrs. Nagdive due to her untimely death. Dr (Mrs Vaidya) retired as Reader in 1984 followed by Dr S. Kothekar and Dr K.A.Shete who retired in 1994. Dr K.Mojumdar retired as the Head in 1995. Then the reins of the Department fell in the hands of Dr Y. N. Gujar who completed his term in the office on 31st August 2002 and then he handed over the charge to Dr. S.Johari. Sri S.I. Koreti joined the department as Lecturer in 2003.

The Department has 553.19 sq. m. built-up area in the main humanities building located at Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Campus, Amravati Road, Nagpur - 440033 .

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Teaching Head :  Dr. (Mrs.) Shubha Johari

Courses / Syllabus

Courses Offered :

• M.A. I  in History  in Marathi and English Medium

• M.A. II in History  in Marathi and English Medium

• M. Phil. in History

Course Structure (Introduced from 2002)
 

M.A. I

Paper I            Historiography
Paper II           History of India (1757 – 1857)
Paper III          History of India (1858 – 1964)
Paper IV          Twentieth Century World

M.A. II

Paper I          History of Maharashtra 
                     (From the Rise of Marathas to 1818)

Paper II         Women in Indian History
                              Or
                      State in India
                             Or
                      Agrarian History of Colonial India

Paper III        History of Ideas
                             Or
                      Economic History of India (1757 – 1947)

Paper IV         History of Vidarbha (from ancient times to 1960)

M. Phil

Paper I                         Research Methodology

Paper II           Sources of Indian History

Paper III          Recent Trends in History

(Detailed Syllabus Given at the End)

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Admissions (Eligibility, General Procedure) Conditions of Eligibility

• Persons who have passed the B.A. Examination of the RTM Nagpur University or an examination recognized as equivalent thereto.

• Persons who are graduates of RTM Nagpur University in a faculty other than the Arts faculty and have subsequently passed the B.A. Examination with History as additional subject will be eligible for admission to the M.A. Course in History only.

• Graduates from other Universities seeking admission to the M.A. History course are required to first obtain an Eligibility Certificate from RTM Nagpur University.

Student Intake Capacity

• M.A. I  - Marathi Medium 60

• M.A. I  - English Medium 60

• M.A. II - Marathi Medium 60

• M.A. II - English Medium 60

Admission Procedure

Application forms for admission are obtainable from the office of the Officer-in-Charge, Department of Post –Graduate Teaching in Humanities, RTM Nagpur University. The duly filled forms are submitted in same office on or before the last date prescribed accompanied by a non-refundable application fee of Rs. 25/- and true copies of the college leaving certificate signed by the Principal of the Institution last attended testifying to the applicants’ having passed the qualifying examination prescribed for admission to the courses concerned. A true copy of the mark list should invariably be attached to the application form.

The admission list is prepared on the basis of merit. However the following Government criteria of reservation of seats are applicable to admissions in the department. 

Reservation of Seats

An Admission Committee is formed under the Chairmanship of Head of Department consisting of one Senior Teacher to be nominated by the Head of the Department, and one nominee of Hon’ble Vice Chancellor for purpose of finalizing the admission in the Department.

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Faculty Profile

The Department of History has seven sanctioned posts :

1.      Professor                     1

2.      Reader                         2

3.      Lecturer                       4

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At present there are 2 Readers and 1 Lecturer. There are 8 contributory teachers also who are appointed by the University.

Teaching Faculty

Dr. (Mrs.) S. Y. Meshram
M.A.; M. Phil.; Ph. D.
Reader and Head
Specialization : Maratha History
Registered Supervisor for Ph. D. – Research Scholars Registered : 09
Publications - Articles and Research Papers : 07

Dr. (Mrs.) S. Y. Meshram

Dr. (Mrs.) S. Johari
M.A.; Ph. D.

Specialization : Modern India
Reader
Registered Supervisor for Ph. D. – Research Scholars Registered : 07
Ph. D. Completed : 03
Publications - Book : 02 :

1.       Glimpses of Freedom Struggle – Politics in CP and Berar (1927 -1939)

2.       The First Congress Ministry in CP and Berar : 1937 – 1939

Articles and Research Papers : 10

Dr. (Mrs.) S. Johari

Shri S. I. Koreti
M.A.; LL.B.
Lecturer

Shri S. I. Koreti

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 Research

Research Activity (Specialization)

• History of Marathas specially of 18th and 19th Century.

• British India History

Research Work in Progress

• Registered for Ph.D. – 16, including JRF – 01 and FIP - 01

List of candidates registered for Ph.D. under Dr S. Johari, with their subjects :

1. David Domingo         A study on Mahatma Gandhi’s Social Works at Sevagram                         Ashram, Wardha (1936-1946)

2. Archana Jadhav       Swatantrata Sangram me Madhya Prant evam Berar ka Yogdan (!920-1942)

3. M.N.Ahmad               M.H. Malak ki  Uplabdhiyaa-Aitehasik Samiksha(1857-1922)

4. S.A.Sheikh                Jai Prakash Narain-Samajwad se Sarvodaya ki or-Ak Aitehasik Vishleshan.

5. S.I.Koreti                  Socio Cultural History of the Gonds of Chandrapur-13th to 18th Century AD

6. Purabi Bhattacharya                        Indian Nationalist Movement-The Last Phase-(1935-1947)

7. Pradnya Manohar                Bharat me Achooto ke Samajik,Rajnitik Utthan me Mahatma Gandhi tatha Dr Ambedkar ki Bhoomika (1920-!947) [JRF]

List of candidates registered for Ph.D under Dr S.Y. Meshram, with their Subjects :

1. Deepak Lonkar        Vinoba Bhave-Aitesahik Mulyamapan (1895-1982)

2. Salim Sheikh                        VeesavayaShatakachaya Purvadhateel Vaidarbhiya Marathi  Vritapattra(1900-1950)

3. Ramlakhan Gaidhane           Dr Babasaheb Ambedkaranche Stree Vishayak Vichar-Chikitsak Abhyas

4. R.M.Mahajan            Bhoodan Chadvad-Aik Aitehasik Mulyamapan Wardha Zilla(1951- 1969)

5. D.R.Nimsatkar          Gandhijincha Rachanatmak Karyakram- Wardha Zilla(1920-1948)

6. A.D.Fulzele               Ambedkari Chadavadeeteel Dadasaheb Gaikvadanche Yogdaan [FIP]

7. Ravi Mendhe                        Dr.Babasaheb Ambedkarancha Aitehasik Drishtikon

8. P.R.Dhage                Vidarbhateel Mavad-Jahal Rajkaran (1885-!920)

9. Aarti Nagpure          Subhashchandra Bosancha Yuyutsu Rashtravad;Aik Vaicharik Vishleshan (1935-1945) 

Research Work Completed

• Ph. D.              60

• M. Phil.            135

List of students who have completed Ph.D.  under each faculty member of  the Department since inception :

Dr.B.K.Apte 

Candidate’s name      Subject              Year

1.  Smt.Leela Deshpande-       Revenue administration of the Berar Subah under the early Mughals with special reference to Aurangzeb.          1969-70

2.  Rajendra Kumar Dube         Bhonsle Raghuji II (1772-1816)           1970-71

3.  Krishna Ambadas Acharya  Maratha Rajput relations from 1720 to 1795   1972-73

4.  Ananta Shivaram Lohkare   Appasaheb Bhonsle of Nagpur 1816-1840      1972-73

5.  Smt. Suman Govinda Vaidya           Peshwa Bajirao II and the downfall of the maratha power     1973-74

6.  Shanta Vyankatesh Kothekar         The Gaikwads of Baroda and the East India Company 1770-1820      1973-74

7.  Sri K.K.Adhikari        Nagpur under Jung Bahadur    1974-75

8.  Sri. Krinsha Kant Adhikari    History of Nepal 1817-1877     1975-76

9.  Sri. Krishna Atmaram Shete                Gurkha regiments in British India 1816-1947       1975-76

10.  Sri. Sukhranjan Chakravorty         Indo-Burmese relations 1885-1937     1975-76

11.  Sri. Bhalchandra Ramchandra Rao Andhare          Bundelkhand under the Marathas 1720-1818 1977-78

12.  Sri. P.K.Pandit       Sindhia British Realtions 1782-1827    1978-79

Dr. M.B. Deopujari

Candidate’s name                   Subject                        Year

1.  Sri Damodar Shreshar Wahkare     History of the Nagpur state from 1803-1818   1972-73

2.  Sri. Mohammad Yaseen Kuddussi   Berar under the Mughals 1595-1724   1974-75

3.  Sri. T.V. Gedam       Untouchability and its origin    1974-75

4.  Sri. Motiram Kothiram Umathe        Bhartiya Rashtra Vadacha Vaicharik Va Andolanatmak Itihaas 1885-1920            1975-76

5.  Sri. Madan Lal Chaggan Lal Bhatt   The administrative system of Suba Berar under the Asaf Jahi dynasty of Hyderabad 1724-1853 1976-77

6.  Sri. Nihalchand Anandji Wakkani     Aadhunik Vidarbh ka Itihaas 1885-1947          1976-77

7.  Sri. Sharad Chandra Gopal Rao Kolarkar    Janoji Bhonsle and his times 1755-1772         1977-78

8.  Sri. Ramvinayak Ingle         Shinde Holkar sambandh 1745-1798   1982-83

Dr. Suman Vaidya

Candidate’s name                   Subject                        Year

1.  Sri. Yadao Nathuji Gujar      Malhar Rao Holkar ani Tyahcha Kaal    1981-82

2.  Sri.V.M  Bagvatkar        The role of the R.I.N  mutinee of February 1946 (Royal Indian Navy uprising in the Indian freedom struggle) 

Dr. Shanta Kothekar

Candidate’s name                   Subject                        Year

1.  Sri. Vijay Hambarde                        Peshwe Gaikwad Sambandh 1720-1818         1983-84

2.  Kumari Shuchita Shankarrao Deshmukh     Fateh Singh Gaikwad-I ani  Tyancha Kaal 1768-1790  1984-85

3.  Sri Jaffar Khan Patel                        The province of Aurangabad under the Nizams 1724-1746     1985-86

4.  Sri Chandrashekar Dadaji Golhar    Peshwa Balaji-Vishwanath Kaal va Kaamgiri   1987-88

5.  Smt. Shipra Mukharjee        Indian administration of Lord William Bentinck            1988-89

6.  Smt. Vasanti Vishwa Kumar                        How Rhodesia became Zimbabwe: History of the freedom movement of Zimbabwe 1960-1980  1990-91

7.  Sri . Joseph Sebastian Thekedam   The Travancore state: Congress and the struggle for responsible government in Travancore 1938-1947         1994-95

8.  Smt. Vibha Vyankatesh Dahasahastra        Kolhapur va Maratha Rajya:1710-1898              1994

9.  Smt. Damayanti Pathak      Bhartiya Swatantraya Chadavadit Vidarbhateel striyanchya Sahbag              1998

Dr K. Mojumdar

Candidate’s name                   Subject                        Year

1.  Sri. Gopal Rao Maruti Rao Joshi       Bastar 1883-1910: British relations with tribal state   1985-86

2.  Sri Abdul Elmonim Ahmad Elbashir              The History of the practice of art on craft fabric in Islam          1991-92

3.  Sri. Mohammed Illyas Kuddussi                   The Suba of Khandesh under the great Mughals 1601-1724  1991-92

4.  Smt. Shubha Johari             Some aspects of political developments in Central Provinces and Berar 1927-1939            1992-93

5.  Sri. Yashwant Anandrao Shinde      The making of modern Gwalior state   1993-94

6.  Dr. Sheikh Shabbir              History of educational development in Vidarbha from 1882 to 1923 A.D         2000-01

Dr. K.A. Shete

Candidate’s name                   Subject                        Year

1.  Sri. Balkrishna Shyamrao Kurve      History of civil defence in India in the post  independence period       1987-88

2.  Smt. Jayshri Agnihotri         Kachhwahas of Jaipur and their relations with Mughals 1526-1767    1993-94

3.  Ku. Sangeeta Manohar Borkar        Bhartiya Swatantrya Sangramaateel Marathi Vrith Patranche Yogadan 1885-1920    1994-95

4.  Sri. Bais                   Wardha Jilyateel Swantantra Andolancha Itihas 1920-47       1998

5.  Sri. Zoad                 Vidarbhateel Savinaya Kayadebhangachi chadvad-1930-34   2000-2001

6.  Sri. J. A. Jawanjal                Rashtrasant Shri Tukadoji Maharaj Yanche Samajik va Rashtriya Karya (1930 – 1968)                2007

Dr. Y.N. Gujar

Candidate’s name                   Subject                        Year

1.  Smt. M.M. Ramkteke            Tukoji Holkar ani tyancha Kaal             1998-99

2.  Smt. Rashmi Band               Raghunath Rao Peshwe: Ek Adhyayan                        1998-99

3.  Sri Rajkumar Zutshi             Economic policy of the Peshwas                      1999-2000

4.  Smt. Afroz Sheikh                Tryambak Rao Pethe, vyakti evam karya         2001-2002

5.  Smt. Lata Agale                  Bhartachya Swatantrayuddhata Bhandara Zillyacha Sahbhag           

6.  Smt.Mubarak Qureshi         Solahavi Shatabdi Me Bhakti Andolan Dwara Hindu Muslim Samanvaya Bhavana Ka Uday           

7.  Sri Rajkumar Kolhe             Bharatyacha Swatantra Yuddhata Thane Zillyacha Sahbhag  

8.  Smt. Baghmar         Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Evam Bharatiya Rashtriya Congress   

9.  Smt. Archana Srivastava                 Socio-Economic Condition During The Yadavas                        2002 – 2003

10.  Sri Chandrashekhar Phadnaik      Role of Sardar Vallabha Bhai Patel in the Hyderabad Police Action      2003 – 2004

11.  Sri Ajay Kamble                 Nalanda Vidyapeethateel Shikshan Paddhati : Ek Aitehasik Addhyayan         2003

12.  Smt. S. Saraikar                Veesaji Krishna Biniwale : Ek Samiksha                      2004

13.  Smt. Alka A. Gundewar     Haripant Phadke va Tyancha Kal (1760 – 1794)          2004

14.  Smt. Nilima K. Kohale      Peshwe Kaleen Samajik va Arthik Jeevan – Ek Mulyamapan (1720 – 1800)          2007

Dr. S. Johari

Candidate’s name                   Subject                        Year

1.     Sri. Purnendu Kar              Jaya Prakash Narain’s Concept of Total Revolution and Its Practice: (1974 to 1979)                2004

2.     Sri. Arun M. Meshram        Mughal Samrat Aurangzeb ani Marathyanche Rajkeeya Sambandh (1658 – 1707)      2006

3.  Smt. Mola R. Pandey             Cross-Sectional Participation in Civil Disobedience Movement in Central Provinces and Berar (1930  1934)                   2007

Research Project Submitted :

A Decade of Unrest – A Social, Economic and Political Study of India – 1875 to 1885;  Sponsored by ICHR, New Delhi. Total outlay – Rs. 2 lakhs. Principal Investigator : Dr. (Mrs.) Shubha Johari.

Number of Conferences / Workshops / Seminars Organized :

• Regional Conferences :2

• Workshops :2

• Seminars :2

Refresher Courses Conducted :

• UGC                            05

• State Government        02

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Recent Events :

1.      State-level debate for college students on “Farmers’ Suicide – Expectations from the Youth” presided by Hon’ble Vice Chancellor Dr. S.M. Pathan. The Chief Guests of the function were Shri Chandrakant Wankhede, Editor Sakal newspaper and Shri Pramod Kalbandhe, Co-editor Sakal.

2.      To commemorate 150 years of the Revolt of 1857 a symposium was organized on “Recent Writings on the Revolt : 1857”. The main speakers were Dr. J. V. Naik, Retd. Prof. and Head, University of Mumbai and Dr. Suresh Mishra, Bhopal.

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Contact Person

Dr. (Mrs.) S. Johari
Reader and Head
Department of History
RTM Nagpur University
Nagpur – 440033

Tel : 0712-2500323 Extn 303 (O)

Email : shubhajohari@gmail.com

Syllabus

M.A.Part I
History-Paper 1
Historiography

Unit 1
Meaning and Scope of History :
Meaning of Historiography, Nature and Scope of History

Collection and Selection of Data

• Evidence and Its Transmission

• Causation and Historicism

• History and Other Disciplines – Archaeology, Geography, Sociology, Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Literature, Natural Sciences

Unit 2
Traditions of Historical Writing

• Ancient – Greco-Roman, Chinese, Indian

• Medieval – Persian, Arabian, Indian

• Modern – Positivist, Classical Marxist, Annals

Unit 3
Approaches to History
Theological, Orientalist, Imperialist, Nationalist, Marxist, Recent Marxist, Sub-altern, Post-Modernist

Unit 4
Major Theories of History
Cyclical,  Historical Materialism, Sociological, Comparative, Ecological, Structural

Unit 5
Themes in Indian History
Economic, Labour and Peasant, Varna, Jati, Janajati, and Gender, Religion, Culture, Environment

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Eminent Historians
Macaulay, Hegel, Collingwood, V.K. Rajwada,  J.N. Sarkar, R.C. Majumdar, D.D. Kosambi, R.C. Dutt
Debates in History

• Racial Problems

• Globalization  vs Indigenous

 Paper II
History of India 1757-1857

Unit 1

• Sources of Modern Indian History : archival records; private papers; newspapers; periodicals; and oral tradition. Approaches and interpretation - different schools of thought

• Late pre-colonial order : polity; economy; society and culture.

Unit 2

• British Ideology of Expansion and Mercantilism

• Policies and Programmes of Expansion

• Instruments of Expansion - Wars and Diplomacy

• Administrative Structure of colonial India

• Arms of the State - Police, Army and Law

 
Unit 3
Social Policies and Social change

• British understanding of Indian Society - Orientalist; Evangelical; and Utilitarian

• Ideas of change

• Education-indigenous and modern

• Social reform and emerging social classes

Unit 4
Economic Organization :  Changes and Continuity

• Rural economy:

• Eastern India

• South India

• Western India

• Central and northern India

• Princely states

*Note: This should be studied with special emphasis on new types of land revenue administration, commercialization of agriculture, rural   indebtedness, rural power relations, landlords, peasants and agricultural labour and institutions of finance.

• Urban Economy

• Artisans and industrial production

• Debate over de-industralializaton- regional variations

• Rise of internal markets and urban centers; and communication – posts and telegraphs, railways, etc.

Unit 5
Resistance to Colonial Rule

• Nature and forms of resistance

• Pre-1857 – Peasant, tribal and cultural resistance

• Revolt of 1857: ideology; programmes; leadership at various levels; people’s participation; and British repression and response

Paper III
History of India 1858-1964

Unit 1
Strategies of Imperial Control

• British government and its control over Indian administration – central, provincial and district

• Relations with Princely States

• Principles and policies governing foreign relations

• India and its neighbours:

• Afghanistan and Central Asia

• Tibet

• Nepal

• Burma

• Persia and the Persian Gulf

Unit 2
Economy

• India in the imperialist world system: volume and composition of urban flow of capital; balance of payments and the drain; and currency problems.

• Agrarian relation: regional diversities and their administration; social and economic origins of commercialization and its effects; nature and extent of stratification within peasantry; and landlords, tenants and the state.

• Domestic and craft industry; rise of modern industry and class; state and industrial growth, and rise of the working class (formal and informal sectors)

Unit 3
Society

• Colonial intervention and social change: reform movements; modern education; rise of middle classes; and caste movements.

• Women: status; property rights; reform legislation; and political participation

• Tradition and Modernity

Unit 4
National Movement

• Emergence of organized nationalism

• Gandhian movements – nature, programme, social   composition, limitations and challenges

• Revolutionary and Left Movements.

• Communal politics; Transfer of Power

• Subhash Bose and  INA

Unit 5
Independent India

• Visions of new India; women’s problems; education; health; science; and technology

• Integration of Princely States

• Beginnings of planned economy

• Agriculture and Industrial policy

• Foreign Policy – non-alignment

Paper IV
Twentieth Century World

Unit 1

• Growth of Capitalism and Imperialism; U.K.; France; Germany; and Japan

• Liberalism and Socialism

• Nationalism

Unit 2

a.      Origins of the First World War :  Peace Settlement and its long term consequences

b.       Making of the Russian Revolution – establishment of a Socialist State; its economic and political aspects; and responses and reactions in the West.

c.       Working of the League of Nations and Collective Security; crisis in capitalism; Great Depression.

Unit 3

a.      Ideologies of Nazism and Fascism: Germany, Italy and Japan.

b.      Origins and results of the Second World War.

c.       Nationalist Movements  and Decolonization

d.      Communist Revolution in China and its impact on world politics.

e.      Cultural Revolution, Civil Rights Movement, Apartheid, Feminism

Unit 4

a.      Ideological and political basis of Cold War; Pacts and Treaties; tensions and rivalries.

b.      Non – Aligned Movement and the Third World.

c.       UNO and the concept of World Peace; and regional tensions- Palestine, Kashmir, Cuba, Korea, Vietnam.

Unit 5

1.      Progress in Industry; Agriculture; Science and Technology; and Communication and Information.

2.      Genesis and process of disintegration of Socialist Block  – its impact on society and politics.

3.      Changes in the political order: from bipolar to unipolar World System.

4.      Socialism in decline; globalization and its economic and political impact.

M.A. Part II
History Paper I
History of Maharashtra

( From the Rise of the Marathas  to 1818 )

Unit 1

• Sources of the  Maratha History

• Geographical, Social and Religious condition of Maharahstra

• Shahji – his relations with Nizam Shahi and Adil Shahi

Unit 2

• Shivaji – controversy about the birth date, Afzal Khan  Episode

• Shivaji – Relations with Mirza Raje Jaisingh, Treaty of Purandhar, visit and escape from Agra

• Shivaji’s  Coronation, causes and consequences, Karnataka expedition,

• Relations with English, Portuguese and Siddis. Assessment

Unit 3

• Sambhaji’s relations with Mughals, his martyrdom and its effect on Maratha politics

• The Maratha war of Independence, causes of Maratha success

• Chhatrapati Shahu – acquisition of  Sanads for Swarajya and Sardshmukhi

• Peshwa Baji Rao I – Expansion of the Maratha power in North. Achievements

• Peshwa Balaji Baji Rao, Third battle of Panipat.

Unit 4

• Peshwa Madhao Rao I – Restoration of Maratha power in the North. Achievements

• The First Anglo-Maratha war

• Peshwa Baji Rao II – the Second and Third Anglo-Maratha war, downfall of Maratha power.

Unit 5

• Civil Military and Judicial administration of the Marathas

• Trade and commerce and agrarian system during the Maratha period

• Social and economic condition under the Marathas

• Art and Architecture

Paper II
Women in Indian History

Unit 1
a.Survey of Approaches – Liberal, Marxist, Psycho-analytical, Socialist, Existential, Radical,
   Post-modern

b. Survey of Sources

• Archival – government files, official reports, census, private papers etc

• Non- Archival – Sacred  and non-sacred texts, epigraphs, diaries, memoirs, autobiographies, fiction, songs, folklore, photographs, paintings, oral history.

c. Customary  and Legal status – ancient. medieval,
   colonial and post independent India. Tribal 
   societies.

Unit 2

• Religion and women – Brahmanical and non-Brahmanical, Jainism, Buddhism, Islam, Sikhism, Christianity

• Reform movements and women – Bhakti movements, Vira Saivism, Brahma Samaj, Arya Samaj, Aligarh Movement, Theosophical Movement, Satya Shodhak Samaj, Shri Narayan Movement, Self-Respect Movement

Unit 3

• Education and Women – ancient , medieval, colonial, and post independent India

• Women’s representation and participation in literature, art and sculpture, music, dance, films, theatre, religious scriptures, historical writing, media.

Unit 4

a. Women’s organizations – colonial, post independent, local, provincial, national
b. Women’s political participation – Gandhian
    satyagraha, revolutionary movements,  peasant and 
    worker’s movement, tribal movements, Panchayat 
    and Municipal  councils, state legislature and 
    Parliament

Unit 5
Women and work – household, agriculture, industry - formal and informal sectors, professions, wages,property rights

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Paper II
State in
India

Unit 1                                    
State in Ancient India

• Towards formation of the State – chiefdoms of later Vedic times, territorial states in the age of  Buddha

• The Mauryan State – Socio-economic basis, nature and functions, theory and practice

• Gupta polity – administrative organization, tributary system, socio-economic basis

Unit 2                                    
State in South India

• Chiefdoms and the Cholas

• Vijayanagar State – structure, features, and nature

Unit 3                                   
Islamic state

• Nature and functions of State under the Sultan of Delhi

• State under the Mughals – administrative institutions, mansabdari system, socio-economic basis

Unit 4                                   
Colonial State

• Political, economy, state apparatus and instruments of legitimation

• Stages of developments of Nation-State in India

Unit 5                                    
State in Independent India

• Continuity and change – Integration of States, Formation of Constitution, Reorganization of States

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Paper II
Agrarian History of Colonial India

Unit 1

• Some leading interpretation of the nature  and process of agrarian change during British rule

• Examination of the notions of  village self-sufficiency and village community, elements of conflict and solidarity in the village community – late pre-colonial India’s agrarian economy, a growing economy.

Unit 2

• Co-existence of decline and growth, increasing commercialization of agriculture, a forced commercialization?  -  Organization of cash crop cultivation and its impact on the small peasant economy

• Explanation of recurring famines and scarcities

• Price Movements and the nature of peasant response to price changes : a detailed study of the impact of the Great Depression on the rural economy.

Unit 3

• Major trends in demographic changes with particular reference to the period 1872 – 1947

• The New land systems and the reshuffling of the upper levels of tenurial hierarchy; and the process of replacement of the old proprietary  groups with special reference to U.P. Maharashtra, Punjab, Bengal and South India

• Growth of agricultural labourers during British rule – system of bonded labour (agrestic serfdom)

Unit 4

• The changing rural credit scene as it affected the rural agrarian structure (with particular reference to Maharashtra, U.P., Bengal and Punjab) ; and examination of the notion of social and economic constraints on the powers of money lenders

• Rise of ‘a  rich peasantry’ to be explained (with particular reference to Punjab, Maharashtra, Bengal and South India) – growth of the tenancy system – examination of the notion that the tenancy contributed to ‘peasant stability’.

Unit 5

• Changing rural landscape and environment and the issues concerning forestry – ecological approach to rural changes in colonial India

• The changing economy and social organization in the tribal world

Paper III
History of Ideas

Unit 1
Ancient and Medieval political Ideas
                             

• Ideas of polity- monarchy, oligarchy and proto-republicanism.

• Rights and duties of subjects.

• Legitimacy of political power-Texts practice.

Unit 2                        
Modern Political Ideas

Colonialism and emergence of new political ideas

• Liberalism, democracy

• Utilitarianism

• Positivism

Nationalism and socialism

Communalism and secularism

Unit 3                       
Social Ideas

Formation of early ideas on hierarchy

Rationalization and justification of hierarchy

• Varna

• Jati

• Family

• Women

Anti-caste movements during the colonial period – Satya Shodhak Samaj, Shri Narayan Movement, Self –Respect Movement

Social basis of nationalism

Unit 4                       
Religious and Philosophical Ideas                   

• Formation of  religious ideas in early India –

• Vedas, Upanishads and Vedanta

• Six schools of Indian philosophy

• Jainism

• Buddhism

Unit 5                       
Ideas of Religious and Cultural Synthesis

Bhakti movement, Sufism, Sikhism

Reform and Revivalism – Brahma Samaj, Prarthana Samaj, Arya Samaj, Deobandha and Aligarh Movement, Singh Sabha Movement

Ideas of religious universalism and fundamentalism in modern India

Or
Paper III
Economic History of India ( 1757 -  1947 )

Unit 1

Sources of Economic history of British India.

Nature and Structure of economy in the mid-18th century : rural and urban.

Agrarian and non-agrarian production, Technology and  methods of production

Trade and Indigenous banking

Mercantilism and European Economic interests  in India. The East India company and its rule in Bengal.

The early drain of wealth and its mechanism, magnitude  and effects.

Unit 2

           a. Agrarian conditions-Regional variations.

           b. The Permanent Settlement -objectives, operations, effects
               and official critiques.

           c. Ryotwari Settlements and Mahalwari system.

           d. Artisans and handicraft product background.

           e. Industrial capitalism and import of English cloth and 
               yarn.

Unit 3

             a. Railways-Economic and political compulsions.

             b. Effects on agrarian production and export of raw materials. 
                 Commercialization of agriculture.

            c. Condition of large scale industry before the emergence of  
              modern industry.

            d. Modern industry in pre 1914 phase-main industries: 
              cotton, jute, iron and steel and others.

            e. Rise of industrial labour, types of labour movements.
 
Unit 4

• Changing nature of external trade- stages of mercantilism, industrial capital and finance capital. Drain of wealth

• Shift from direct to indirect taxation

• Main trends in the movement of prices

• Impact on state revenues and trad             
              

Unit 5

• Movements of national income after 1858-the divergent assumptions and estimates

• Population growth : pre and post  census estimates

• Trends in demographic changes

Paper IV
The History of Vidarbha
( from Ancient Times to 1960 )
 
Unit 1

• Sources of the History of Vidarbha – ancient , medieval and modern

• Political, social, economic and cultural conditions of Vidarbha

• Gond Dynasty – Chanda and Devgad branches Chanda – Bhim Ball Devgad – Bakht Buland

Unit 2

• Advent of the Bhoslas in Vidarbha – Kanhoji Bhosle, Raghuji Bhosle I – Bengal Expeditions,

• Janoji – relations with Nizam and the Peshwas.  Mudhoji and war with the English

• Raghuji II – second conflict against English

• Appa Sahab Bhosle – conflict with the English, Treaty of 1826, annexation of Nagpur

• Socio-economic conditions under the Bhoslas

Unit 3

• Formation of Central Provinces in 1861

• Rise and growth of  Nationalist Movement

• Congress Session of 1891 at Nagpur, 1897 at Amravati, 1920 at Nagpur and their importance

• Moderates and extremist groups

• Non-cooperation Movement and Civil Disobedience Movement in Vidarbha

Unit 4

• First Congress Ministry under Dr. N.B.Khare

• Quit India Movement with special reference to Ashti, Chimur and  Yawli

• Nagpur as a capital of Madhya Pradesh – Ravi Shankar Shukla as Chief Minister

• Creation of Maharashtra State in 1960, Sanyukta Maharashtra and separate Vidarbha Movements

Unit 5

• Education – development of Shivaji Education Society, Nagpur Shikshan Mandal, Missionary activities

• Social welfare activities – Matru Seva Sangh, Tapovan, Anand Van, Gurudeo Seva Mandal

• Village upliftment programme – Jamnalal Bajaj

• R.S.S. – Dr. Hedgewar, Rashtriya Seva Dal -  N.S. Hardikar, Dharma Chakra Pravartan – Dr. B.R. Ambedkar in 1956

M. Phil Syllabus  - History

Paper I - Research Methodology

Unit -1

a.  Meaning of Historical Research – Definition, Nature and Scope of History.

b.  Preliminary Operations – Formulation of Problem, Selection of Subject, Hypothesis.

c.  Sources of History – Primary, Secondary and Oral.

d.  Auxiliary Sciences of History.

Unit -2

a.  Methods of Data Collection.

b.  Interview Method

c.  Analytical Operations – External and Internal Criticism.

d.  Facts in History and Objectivity.

Unit – 3

a.  Synthetic Operations – Causation, Compilation of Facts.

b.  Interpretation – Theistic, Positivistic, Materialistic.

c.  Drafting of Thesis – Footnotes, Bibliography, Indexing.

d.  Concluding Operations – Presentation, Generalization.

Unit – 4

a.  History : Art or Science.

b.  Rewriting of History.

c.  National and State Archives.

d.  Computer Application in Research and Teaching.

Paper II – Sources of Indian History

Unit -1 - Medieval History

a.  Sources of Mughal History – Original Sources.

b.  Historians - Abul Fazal, Badayuni, Khafi Khan, Abdul Hamid, Lahori.

c.  Foreign Travellers – Tavernier, Manuchi.

d.  Mughal Art and Architecture as Sources.

Unit -2 – Maratha History

a.  Sources of Shivaji and Peshwa Period – Factory Records (Surat , Bombay), Poona        Residency Records.

b.  Archaeological Sources.

c.  Bakhar Literature – 91 Qualmi Bakhar, Riari Bakhar, Sabhasad Bakhar, Chitnis Bakhar.

d.  Adnya Patra.

Unit – 3 – British Indian History

a.  National Archives, State Archives.

b.  Private Papers, Newspapers, Autobiographies.

c.  Sources of Freedom Movement – Proceedings of Indian National Congress, Volumes of Transfer of Power.

d.  Sources of Communalism – Muslim Communalism and Hindu Communalism.

Unit – 4 – History of Independent India

a.  Sources of Emergence of Independent India – Mountbatten Plan, Indian Independence Act.

b.  Sources of Integration of States and Reorganization of States – Sardar Patel’s Correspondence, Report of Reorganization.

c.  Separatist Movements – South India and Punjab.

d.  Sources of Social Changes.

Paper III – Recent Trends in History

Unit 1

a.  Orientalist School – William Jones, Horace Wilson.

b.  Imperialist School – James Mill, William Hunter.

Unit 2

a.  Nationalist School – K.P. Jaiswal, R.C. Dutt.

b.  Marxist School – Romilla Thapar, Mohammad Habib.

c.  New Marxist – Antonio Gramsci, Irfan Habib.

Unit 3

a.  Subaltern School – Ranjit Guha, Sumit Sarkar.

b.  Annales School – Marc Bloch, Lucien Febvre.

c.  Post Modern and Structuralism.

Unit 4

a.  Decolonization – K. M. Pannikar.

b.  End of Cold War – Emergence of Unipolar World

c.  Globalization.

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