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UNIT I: Approaches to the Study of Nationalism in India                                                    9-28
Approaches to the study of Nationalism in India.
Nationalist Approach
Imperialist Approach
Marxist Approach
Subaltern Approach
Model Questions
UNIT II: Beginning of Nationalism and British colonialism in the Nineteenth Century     29-64
Major Social and Religious Reforms Movement of the 19th Century.
Colonialism: Meaning and Characteristics
Legacies of Colonialism: Effects of British Colonialism in India
First step of Indian Independence 1857
Rise of Nationalism in India
Indian National Congress
Model Questions
UNIT III: India's Struggles for Independence and National Movement in India             65-104
Division of Bengal
Communal Politics
Split in Congress
Phases of Nationalist Movement: Swadeshi Movement, Home Rule Movement.
Role of Gandhi in the Freedom Movement in India: Non-Cooperation movement, Rowlatt Act, Jallianwala Bagh, Civil Disobedience Movement, Quit India Movement
Role of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose: Indian National Army
Model Questions

UNIT IV: Social Movements, Partition, Independence and Integration of states          105-162
Peasants, Tribals, Workers, Women and anti-caste movements
Communalism in Indian Politics
The Two-Nation Theory and Partition
Independence and Integration of Indian States
Model Questions
References                                                                                                                                      163
Question Papers                                                                                                                     164-168