History 2

Intermediate II Year - HISTORY HISTORY SYLLABUS (WITH EFFECT FROM 2004-2005) 1526 TO 1964 A.D. I. MUGHAL EMPIRE : 40 Periods Condition of India in1526 A.D. Babur’s Invasion – Results. Shershah’s Administrative Reforms – Akbar – Conquests – Administration. Rajput policy – Religious policy. Jahanghir – Nurjahan – Shahjahan – Golden Age – Aurangazeb – Reli-gious policy – Deccan policy – Fall of Mughal Empire, Mughal culture. II. RISE OF MARATHAS: 20 Periods Factors responsible for the rise of Marathas – Shivaji and his achievements – III Battle of Panipat – Fall of Marathas. III. ADVENT OF EUROPEANS ESTABLISHMENT OF BRITISH POWER IN INDIA 25 Periods Anglo – French Rivalry in South – English in Bengal – Robert clive Battle of Plassey and Buxar – Company rule – Dual Gov-ernment in Bengal – Warren Hastings – Cornwallis – Wellesley – William Bentinck – Dalhousie – India under Goan Canning to Curzan. IV. RISE OF SIKH POWER IN PUNJAB : 10 Periods Sikh Gurus – Ranjit Singh and his achievements. V. 1857 REVOLT : 10 Periods The Revolt of 1857 – Nature of the revolt – Causes – Course – Causes for the failure – Effects of the Revolt. VI. SOCIO RELIGIOUS REFORMS OF 19 TH CENTURY:25 Periods Social and Cultural awakening – Raja Rammohan Roy – Brahma Samaj – Dayananda Saraswati Arya Samaj – Ramakrishna – Swami Vivekananda – Ramakrishna Mission – The Theosophical Society – Social reforms – Emancipation of women – Struggle against caste. VII. INDIAN STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM 1885 TO 1919:20 Periods Causes for the Rise of Nationalism – Formation of Indian National Congress – Moderate movement upto 1905 – Mili-tant Nationalism – Vandemataram movement – 1909 Reforms – Home Rule Movement – 1919 Reforms. VIII. GANDHIAN ERA 1919 TO 1947: 20 Periods Mahatma Gandhi assumes Leadership – Non-Violence and Satyagraha - Rowlatt Act – Jallianwala Massacre – Khilafat Movement – Non-cooperation Movement – Swaraj party-Simon commission – Civil Disobediance Movement-Gandhi-Irwin pact-Round Table Conference – 1935 Act-Growth of Communalism – Muslim League – Quit India Movement – Azad Hind Fouj- II World War and its Impact on the movement – Muslim League is demand for Pakistan – Cripps Mission – Cabinet Mission – Lord Mount Batton Plan - Partition of India. IX. INDEPENDENT INDIA 1947-64: 20 Periods Refugee problem – Integration of Princely States – Indian Con-stitution – 5 year plans – Nehru and non-alignment. X. HISTORY OF ANDHRA: 25 Periods Fall of Deccan Sultans – Rule of Qutubshahis – Advent of Europeans – Acquisition of Northern Circars and Ceded Dis-tricts – Company Rule – Revenue Reforms – Sir Thomas Munroe – Telangana under Nizam – Reforms of Salarjung. Influence of Industrial Revolution on Andhra Culture Renais-sance in Andhra and Telangana – Veeresalingam, Gurajada

Appa Rao – Vignanachandrica Mandali – Kommaraju Lakshmana Rao – Political awakening in Andhra and Telangana – Freedom Movement in Andhra and Telangana – Formation of Andhra and Andhra Pradesh. MAPS RECOMMENDED MAPS: 10 Periods 1. Shershah’s Empire 2. Akbar’s Empire 3. Shivaji’s Empire