Assessment of Its Significance and Impact

Topics

Towards Independence and Partition: the Last Phase (1935-1947)
Important Political Developments
- Growth of Socialist Ideas
- Trade Union Activities
- Kisan Sabha Movement
- Growth of Communalism (Hindu and Muslim)
Working of Provincial Autonomy
- Congress and Other Ministries
National Movement During the Second World War
- The outbreak of World War II
- Resignation of the Congress Ministries
- Lahore Session of the Muslim League in 1940
- Deadlock up to the August Offer (1940)
- Failure of the Cripps Mission
- Quit India
- Arrest of Congress Leaders
- Violent Public Reaction
- Government Repression of Revolt of 1942
Subhash Chandra Bose and the INA
- Bose’s Role in the National Movement
- Bose’s Differences with Gandhi
- Background to the Formation of the IIL and INA
Transfer of Power (1945-1947)
- Changed Attitude of British Government
- The Cabinet Mission Plan Proposals
- Congress and League Reaction
- Direct Action by League
- Communal Riots
- Attlee's Declaration of 1947
- The Mountbatten Plan
- Partition and Independence
Establishment and Development of Indian Democracy (1947 – 1966).
- The Refugee Problem
- Transfer of Assets and the River Waters Dispute
- Origin of the Kashmir Problem
- Role of Sardar Patel in the Reorganisation
- Integration of Princely States with Specialreference to Junagarh and Hyderabad
- The Foundation of Indian Democracy
- Significance of the First General Election Based on Universal Adult Suffrage (1952)
- Role of Political Parties
- Problems of Preparation and Their Solutions, Process, Result and Impact of the Elections
- Movement for Linguistic Reorganisation with Particular Reference to Andhra, Bombay and Punjab
- Redrawing of the Map of India on the Basis of Linguistic Identity
Challenges to Indian Democracy (1964 – 1977)
The Role of the Syndicate
- Appointment of Lal Bahadur Shastri in 1964 and Indira Gandhi in 1966 as Prime Minister
- Importance of the Election of 1967
- Factionalism in the Congress
- Emergence of Opposition Political Parties and Their Main Leaders
Naxal Movement
- Causes of Naxal Movement Rise
- Historic Eight Documents (Main Points) as the Origin of Its Ideological Basis (1967),
- Main Leaders (Charu Majumdar and Kanu Sanyal)
- Areas Where Naxal Operated (West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh)
- Government Measures Against Naxal Movement
- Reasons for Naxal Movement Decline in the 1970’S
- Impact of Naxal Movement
JP Movement (1974-75)
- Origin - JP Movement
- Jai Prakash Narayan’S Disputes with Mrs. Gandhi
- Main Features of Its Course (Jp Movement )
- Leadership
- Measures to Suppress It (JP Movement)
- Assessment of Its Significance and Impact
Emergency (1975-76)
- Reasons for Imposition
- Main Features of the Suspensionof Democratic Rights
- Assessment of Its Impact of Emergency
- Possible Reasons for Withdrawal of Emergency
Changing Face of the Indian Democracy (1977 – 1986)
The Janata Government (1977 – 1979)
- Restoration of Democracy
- Formation of Party and Government
- Janata Government - Programme and Implementation
- Janata Government - Reasons for Its Downfall
Return of Congress to Power (1979 – 1986).
- Centre-state Relations - Punjab
- Centre-state Relations - Demands in the North-east
India’s Foreign Policy
Non-aligned Movement (NAM)
- Non-aligned Policy in the Context of the Cold War
- Aims - Panchsheel
- Bandung and Belgrade Conferences
- Cold War and NAM in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s
- Korean War and Vietnam War
- Invasion of Hungary
- Arab Israeli Conflicts (1956-1979)
- The Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan
Pakistan (1948-49, 1965, 1971)
- Indo-Pak Wars
Sino-Indian War
- Initial Relations with the Peoples’ Republic of China
- Disputes Over - Tibet Issue
- Disputes Over - Border Issues
- Sino-Indian War (1962)
- Immediate Causes and Consequences of Sino-indian War
Movements for Women’s Rights
- Significance of the Towards Equality Report (1974) with Regard to Women’S
- Developments in the Anti-dowry Movement
- Struggle Against Domestic Violence in the 1970s and and 1980s
World War II
- Factors Leading to the World War II
- Anglo-french Appeasement Policies
- Course of the War: Europe, Africa and Far East.
- American Entry and Contribution to War
- Reasons for the Defeat of the Axis Powers
De-colonisation – in Asia (China) and Africa (Ghana and Keny
- China - Civil War and the Establishment of the People's Republic in 1949
- Mao Tse Tung
- Agrarian and Industrial Policy
- Political and Economic Developments of China
- Contribution of Mao
- Ghana - Democracy, Dictatorship and Military Government (1957-69).
- Kenya - Conflict and Independence (1947 – 1969)
Cold War 1945-91– Origin, Course, End and Impact
Origins of the Cold War
- End of Wartime Unity
- Yalta and Potsdam Conferences
- Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan
- Molotov Plan, COMECON and Cominform
- The Rift Widens - Soviet Expansion in Eastern Europe (1945-1948)
The Cold War Expands
- Berlin Blockade
- NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
- Division of Germany
- “Thaw” in the Cold War (1953-59)
- Warsaw Pact
- The Vietnam War (1954-75)
- Crisis in East-west Relations (1960-62)
- Detente (1970s)
Breakup of the Ussr and Changes in Eastern Europe
- Collapse of USSR
- Gorbachev’S Policies (Glasnost and Perestroika
- Role Played by Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush
- Fall of Communism in East Europe
Protest Movements
- Civil Rights Movement
- Anti-Apartheid Movement
- Feminist Movement
- Racial Problems and Civil Rights in USA in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s
Middle East: Israeli-Palestine Conflict (1916- 1993).
- Post War Conflict in Palestine After World War I, Till the Formation of the State of Israel
- The Arab-israeli Wars from 1948 to Camp David Accord (1979)
- Oslo Peace Accords (1993)

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Assessment of Its Significance and Impact

Topics

Towards Independence and Partition: the Last Phase (1935-1947)

Important Political Developments

Working of Provincial Autonomy

National Movement During the Second World War

Subhash Chandra Bose and the INA

Transfer of Power (1945-1947)

Establishment and Development of Indian Democracy (1947 – 1966).

Challenges to Indian Democracy (1964 – 1977)

The Role of the Syndicate

Naxal Movement

JP Movement (1974-75)

Emergency (1975-76)

Changing Face of the Indian Democracy (1977 – 1986)

The Janata Government (1977 – 1979)

Return of Congress to Power (1979 – 1986).

India’s Foreign Policy

Non-aligned Movement (NAM)

Pakistan (1948-49, 1965, 1971)

Sino-Indian War

Movements for Women’s Rights

World War II

De-colonisation – in Asia (China) and Africa (Ghana and Keny

Cold War 1945-91– Origin, Course, End and Impact

Origins of the Cold War

The Cold War Expands

Breakup of the Ussr and Changes in Eastern Europe

Protest Movements

Middle East: Israeli-Palestine Conflict (1916- 1993).

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