M.A. (FINAL) HISTORY (SEMESTER SYSTEM) (History... · 2011-09-22 · M.A. (FINAL) HISTORY (SEMESTER SYSTEM) SCHEME OF EXAMINATIONS AND COURSES OF READING Note :-M.A.(Final) History

M.A. (FINAL) HISTORY (SEMESTER SYSTEM)

SCHEME OF EXAMINATIONS AND COURSES OF READING

Note :- M.A.(Final) History Course shall consist of two Semesters. In all there shall

be 2 Core Papers, 4 Specialization Papers and 10 Optional Papers in the

course. Candidate shall take 5 papers in each Semester.

I M.A. (IIIrd Semester) :

There shall be 1 core paper, 2 specialization papers and 5 optional papers.

The candidate shall take 1 out of the 2 specialization papers and any 3

optional papers out of the given list of 5 optional papers.

II M.A. (IVth Semester) :

There shall be 1 core paper, 2 specialization papers and 5 optional papers.

The candidate shall take 1 out of the 2 specialization papers and any 3

optional papers out of the given list of 5 optional papers.

III In case of the specialization papers, the candidate opting for a particular

specialization in M.A. (Ist & IInd Semesters) shall take the same

specialization in M.A. (IIIrd and IVth Semesters). The choice of the

specialization as well as optional papers in M.A. Course shall be determined

on the basis of merit. However, the Department shall decide the number of

optional papers to be offered in the Department in a particular year.

LIST OF PAPERS

M.A. (IIIrd Semester) :

I Core Papers :

Paper XVII - Historiography

II Specialization Papers :

Paper XVIII (Option i) - Society in Medieval India, AD 1200-1750Paper XVIII (Option ii) - Modern India (1858-1947)

III Optional Papers :

Paper XIX - Political History of Haryana

Paper XX - Social History of India

Paper XXI - Economic History of India

Paper XXII - State in India

Paper XXIII - History of Science and Technology in India

M.A. (IVth Semester) :

I Core Papers :

Paper XXIV - Approaches of History

II Specialization Papers :

Paper XXV (Option i) - Art, Architecture and Culture in Medieval India, AD1200-1750

Paper XXV (Option ii) - Indian National Movement (1885-1947)

III Optional Papers :

Paper XXVI - History of Haryana

Paper XXVII - Socio-Religious Movements in India

Paper XXVIII - Agrarian History of India

Paper XXIX - Contemporary Indian History (1947-1964)

Paper XXX - Business History of India

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M.A. – IIIrd Semester

Core Paper, Paper – XVII : Historiography Max. Marks : 100

Internal Assessment: 20External Marks : 80

Time : 3 hrs.Note :- The question paper will consist of ten questions, i.e., two questions from

each unit. The candidate shall attempt five questions in all selecting one question from each unit. All questions of 16 marks each.

Unit – I History : Meaning; Nature and Scope

Unit – II History and Allied Disciplines; Historical Evidence : Its Nature and Transmission

Unit – III Objectivity in History; Causation in History; Collection and Selection of Historical Data

Unit – IV Early Trends of Historiography: Greeco-Roman; Chinese and Ancient Indian

Unit – V Medieval Historiography : Western; Arabic and Persian

Suggested Readings :

1 Ali, B. Sheikh History : Its Theory and Method2 Bajaj, Satish, K. Recent Trends in Historiography3 Bentley, Michael (ed.) Companion to Historiography4 Bloch, Marc The Historian’s Craft5 Buddha Prakah Itihas Darshan (Hindi)6 Carr, E.H. What is History ?7 Collingwood, R.G. The Idea of History8 Elton, G.R. Practice of History9 Gardener, Patrick Theories of History10 Habib, Irfan Interpreting Indian History11 Hale, J.R. Evolution of British Historiography12 Hardy, Peter Historians of Medieval India13 Johnson, Allen Historian and Historical Evidence14 Ladurie, L. R. Territory of the Historian15 Leonard, M.M. The Nature of Historical Inquiry16 Majumdar, R.K. & Srivastava,

A.N.Historiography

17 Marwick, Aurther The Nature of History18 Marwick, Aurther What History Is and Why It is Important ?

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19 Renier, G.T. History : Its Purpose and Method20 Sridharan, E. A Textbook of Historiography21 Thompson, J.W. A History of Historical Writing 500 B.C. to

A.D. 200022 Topolski, Jarzy Methodology of History23 Walsh, W.H. Philosophy of History24 Widgery, G.A. The Meaning of History25 William, S.H. The Modern Historian

Specialization Paper, Paper – XVIII (Option – i), Society in Medieval India, AD 1200-1750

Max. Marks : 100Internal Assessment: 20

External Marks : 80 Time : 3 hrs.

Note :- The question paper will consist of ten questions, i.e., two questions from each unit. The candidate shall attempt five questions in all selecting one question from each unit. All questions of 16 marks each.

Unit – I Continuity and Change in Medieval Indian Society : Composition and Stratification; Urban and Rural Society

Unit – II Caste and Social Mobility, Slavery; Women in Medieval Indian Society

Unit – III Origin and Concepts of Sufism; Chisti, Qadiri, Suhrawardi and Naqashbandi Silsilas

Unit – IV Origin and Concepts of Bhakti Movement : Nath Panthis, Kabir, Nanak, Dadu, Chaitanya, Tulsidas, Raidas and Maharashtra Dharma

Unit – V Elements of Conflicts and Synthesis in Medieval Indian Society : Ruling Groups, State and Orthodoxy; Muslim Revivalist Movement under Sheikh Ahmad Sarhindi; Sectarian Communities


1 Ashraf, K.M. Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan

2 Banga Indu (ed.) The City in Indian History : Urban Demography, Society and Politics

3 Chopra, P.N. Life and Letters under the Mughals.4 Eaton, Richards M. (ed.) India’s Islamic Tradition5 Grewal, J.S. (ed.) The State and Society in Medieval India6 Habib, Irfan (ed.) Medieval India-Research in the History of

India 1200-17507 Habib, Muhammad Politics and Society in Early Medieval

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Period, Vol I & II8 Hasan, S. Nural Religion, State and Society in Medieval

India (ed. Satish Chandra)9 Jackson, Peter The Delhi Sultanate10 Karashima, N. Towards a New Formation : South Indian

Society under Vijayanagar11 Nigam, S.B.P. Nobility under the Sultans of Delhi12 Nizami, K.A. Religion and Politics in the 13th Century13 Richards, J.F. The Mughal Empire14 Rizvi, S.A.A. History of Sufism, Vol. I-II15 Rizvi, S.A.A. Muslim Revivalist Movement in Northern

India in the 16th – 17th Centuries16 Rizvi, S.A.A. Religious and Intellectual History of the

Muslims in Akbar’s Reign17 Satish, Chandra Medieval India : Society, Jagirdari Crisis

and the State18 Stein, Burton New Cambridge History of India :

Vijaynagar19 Stein, Burton Peasant State and Society in Medieval South

India20 Umar, Muhammad Muslim Society in Northern India During

the 18th Century21 Umar, Muhammad Urban Culture in North India During the

18th Century.

Specialization Paper, Paper – XVIII ( Option - ii): Modern India (1858-1947)




Unit – I Colonial State : Authorities at London; British Indian Government; Provincial Structure; Local Self Government and Administration

Unit – II Colonial Control : Police, Law and Justice; Land Revenue Administration; Relations with Princely States; Foreign Relations : Afghanistan, Burma and Tibbat

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Unit – III Decline of the Handicrafts and its Effects; Flow of Foreign Capital and its Effects; Agrarian Relations, Commercialization of Agriculture; Economic Drain

Unit – IV Rise of the Modern Industries: Jute Textile, Cotton Textile, Iron and Steel; Rise of Capitalist Class and Industrial Labour

Unit – V The Utilitarians and Social Change; Nature and Ideas of the Brahmo Samaj, the Arya Samaj, the Ram Krishan Mission and the Aligarh Movement; Growth of the Modern Education; Rise of the Middle Classes


1 Bilgrani, Ashgar H. Afghanistan and British India : A Study in Foreign Relations

2 Bipan, Chandra Essays on Colonialism3 Bipan, Chandra Rise and Growth of Economic Nationalism

in India4 Brown, Judith Modern India : The Origin of the Asian

Democracy5 Datta, K.K. Social History of Modern India6 Desai, A.R. Social Background of Indian Nationalism7 Dodwell, H. (ed) The Cambridge History of India, Vol. - II8 Dutt, R.C. Economic History of India, Vol. I & II9 Fraser, Lovet India under Curzon and After10 Gopal, S. British Policy in India11 Hasan, Zoya Politics and State in India12 Jones, K.W. Socio-Religious Reform Movement in British

India13 Kennedy, G.S. Providence and the Raj14 Kulkarani, V.B. British Dominion in India and After15 Kumar, Dharma (ed.) Cambridge Economic History of India, Vol.-

II16 Kumar, Ravinder Social History of Modern India17 Majumdar, R.C. (ed) British Paramountey and Indian

Renaissance, Vol. IX & X18 Metcalf, T.R. Land, Landlords and the British Raj : North

India in the 19th Century19 Mishra, B.B. The Indian Middle Classes : Their Growth

in Modern Times20 Mishra, B.B. The Administrative History of India 1834-

194721 Nanda, B.R. Essays in Modern India History22 Nauroji, Dada Bhai Poverty and the Un-British Rule in India23 Pavlov, V.I. The Indian Capitalist Class : A Historical

Study24 Roy, Tirthankar The Economic History of Modern India

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25 Sharma, M.P. Local Self - Government in India26 Smith, W.C. Modern Islam in India27 Stein, Burton The Making of the Agrarian Policy in British

India 1770-190028 Stein, Burton Thomas Munro : The Origins of the Colonial

State and his Vision of the Empire29 Stokes, Eric The English Utilitarians and India30 Tomlinson, B.R. Economy of Modern India 1860-1970

Paper – XIX : Political History of Haryana




Unit – I The Concept of Regional History; Haryana Region : Sources for Medieval and Modern History

Unit – II Establishment of the Turkish Hegemony : Local Rsistance and Conciliation; Polity and Administrative Set up under the Sultans

Unit – III Polity and Administrative Set up under the Mughals ; The Imperial Decline and the Rise of Sikhs, Jats, Marathas and George Thomas

Unit – IV Establishment of the British Rule in Haryana; Administration of East India Company : Civil, Judicial and Land Revenue

Unit – V Resistance to the British Rule : The Pre-1857 Risings; The Uprising of 1857 : Nature and Impact; Aftermath of the Revolt : Merger with Punjab and New Administrative Set up


1 Bajaj, Satish K. Recent Trends in Historiography2 Buddha Prakash Glimpses of Haryana3 Buddha Prakash Haryana Through the Ages4 Darling, Malcolm Panjab Peasantry in Prosperity and Debt

5 Griffin, L.H. The Rajas of the Panjab6 Gupta, H.R. Marathas and Panipat7 Jagdish Chandra Freedom Movement in Haryana8 Juneja, M.M. History of Hisar9 Kayo, Sir Johan William Life of Lord Metcalfe, 2 Vols.

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10 Kundu, C.L. and Udai Shankar

Education in Haryana

11 Mittal, S.C Haryana : A Historical Perspective12 Muztar, B.K. Haryana : Political and Cultural13 Naqvi, H.K. Urbanisation and Urban Centre under the

Great Mughals14 Phadke, H.A. Haryana : Ancient and Medieval15 Saini, B.S. Social and Economic History of Panjab16 Sarkar, J.N. Fall of the Mughal Empire17 Satish Chandra The Eighteenth Century in India : It

Economy and the Role of the Marathas, the Jats, the Sikhs and the Afghans

18 Sen, S.N. (ed.) Sources of Indian History19 Sharma, S.R. Haryana Ke Swantantrata Sainani (Hindi)20 Singh, Chetan Region and Empire : Panjab in the 17th

Century21 Singh, Fauja History of Panjab22 Talbot, Ian Punjab and the Raj23 Tanwar, R. The Politics of Sharing Power : The Panjab

Unionist Party24 Yadav, B.N.S. Society and Culture of Northern India in the

12th Century25 Yadav, K.C. Haryana: Studies in History and Culture26 Yadav, K.C. The Revolt of 1857 in Haryana27 Yadav, K.C. Haryana : Itihas Evam Sanskriti (Hindi), 2

Vols.

Paper – XX :Social History of India Max. Marks : 100


Time : 3 hrs.


Unit – I Social History of India : Sources and Approaches ; Indian Social Institutions : Tribe, Caste (as well as Untouchability), Class and Community

Unit – II Medieval Indian Society : Urban and Rural; Social Stratification and Social Mobility; Position of Women

Unit – III Education and Culture in Medieval India : Educational Systems and Institutions; Syncretic Tradition and Cultural Synthesis

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Unit – IV Colonial Intervention and Social Change : British Social Policy and Western Ideas - Evangelicals and Utilitarians ; Growth of Modern Education; Rise of New Social Classes

Unit – V Social Change in Colonial India : Transitions in Caste-ridden Society; Conflict between Tradition and Modernity; Changing Position of Women ; Patterns of Urbanization


1 Ahmad, Aziz Studies in Islamic Culture in the Indian Environemnt

2 Altekar, A.S. Position of Women in Hindu Civilization3 Ambedkar, B.R. The Untouchables4 Ashraf, K.M. Life and Conditions of the People of

Hindustan5 Ballahatchet, K.S. Social Policy and Social Change in Western

India6 Basu, Aparna The Growth of Education and Political

Development 1898-19207 Bayly, Susan Caste, Society and Politics in India from the

Eighteenth Century to the Modern Age8 Datta, K.K. Social History of Modern India9 Desai, A.R. Social Background of Indian Nationalism10 Dube, S.C. Indian Society 11 Dube, S.C. Contemporary India and its Modernization12 Habib, Irfan Interpreting Indian History13 Habib, Mohammad Politics and Society during the Early

Medieval Period14 Hardey, Peter The Muslims of British India15 Jha, D.N. Economy and Society in Early India : Issues

and Paradigms16 Kothari, Rajni (ed.) Caste in Indian Politics17 Krishnamurthi, J. Women in Colonial India 18 Kumar, Ravindra Social History of Modern India19 Majumdar, R.C. British Paramount and Indian Renaissance,

Vol. X20 Majumdar, R.C. The History and Culture of Indian People,

Vol. V & VII21 Mishra, B.B. The Indian Middle Classes : Their Growth

in Modern Times22 Mishra, Girish Economic History of Modern India23 Mujeeb, M. The Indian Muslims24 Nurullah, S. & J.P. Naik History of Education in India 25 O’ Malley, L.S.S. Modern India and the West26 Potts, E. Daniel British Baptist Missionaries in India 1793-

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183727 Rashid, Abdul Society and Culture in Medieval India28 Rizvi, S.A.A. Religious and Intellectual History of the

Muslims in Akbar Reign29 Sarkar, Sumit Writing Social History30 Shah, A.B. & C.R.M.,Rao Tradition and Modernity in India31 Sharma, R.S. Social Changes in Early Medieval India32 Smith, W.C. Modern Islam in India33 Sridharan, E. A Textbook of Historiography34 Srinivas, M.N. Social Change in Modern India35 Srinivas, M.N. Caste in India and Other Essays36 Stokes, Eric The English Utilitarians and India37 Tara Chand Society and State in the Mughal Period38 Tara Chand Influence of Islam on Indian Culture39 Thapar, Romila Ancient Indian Social History40 Vidyarathi, L.P. Tribal Culture of India

Paper No. – XXI:Economic History of India




Unit – I Problems of Indian Economic History; Different Approaches and their Limitations; Sources of Medieval and Modern Indian Economic History

Unit – II Nature and Structure of Medieval Indian Economy : Rural and Urban; Agricultural and Non-Agricultural (Handicraft) Production; Trade and Commerce; Credit and Indigenous Banking System

Unit – III The British East India Company : Its Agrarian Settlements and Land Revenue; Commercialization of Agriculture; Indian Manufactures for External Market.

Unit – IV Mercantilism and the Company Trade from 1757 to 1813; Industrial Capitalism and Lessaiz Faire: Artisans and Handicrafts Industry in Transition; Means of Transport : Roads and Railways

Unit – V British and Indigenous Capital Investment; Rise of Modern Industries i.e. Cotton, Jute, Iron and Steel Industries; Drain of Wealth; Impact of Colonization on Indian Economy

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1 Bhatia, B.M. Famines in India2 Bipan Chandra The Rise and Growth of Economic

Nationalism in India3 Brahmanand (ed.) Famines in Colonial India4 Dutt, R.C. Economic History of India, 2 Vols.5 Frykenberg, R.E. Land Control and Social Structure in India6 Guha, R. A Rule of Property for Bengal : Essays in

the Idea of Permanent Settlement7 Habib, Irfan Essays in Indian History : Towards a

Marxist Perception.8 Habib, Irfan The Agrarian System of Mughal India 1556-

17079 Hasan, Nurul Thought on Agrarian Relations in Mughal

India10 Ludden, David An Agrarian History of South Asia11 Mishra, Girish Economic History of India 12 Mittal, S.C. Bharat Ka Saamajik aur Aarthik Itihas

(1758-1947)13 Morris D., Morris Toru

Matsui, Bipan Chandra and T. Raychaudhuri

The Indian Economy in the Nineteenth Century

14 Mukherjee, Mridula Colonializing Agriculture : The Myth of Punjab Exceptionalism.

15 Mukherjee, Mridula Peasants in India’s Non-Violent Revolution16 Mukherjee, Nilmani Ryotwari System in Madras 1792-182717 Raychaudhuri, Tapan and

Irfan HabibThe Cambridge Economic History of India, Vol. I

18 Richards, J.F. The Imperial Monetary System of Mughal India

19 Stein, Burton The Making of Agrarian Policy in British India, 1770-1900

Paper No. – XXII: State in IndiaMax. Marks : 100


Time : 3 hrs.


Unit – I Nature and Functions of the State under the Delhi Sultanate; Theory of Kingship : Balban, Ala-ud-din-Khalji and the Afghans; The Iqta System

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Unit – II The Mughal State : Nature, Theory of Kingship; Ulema and the State; Mansabdari Ssystem

Unit – III The Nature of Regional States : Vijayanagar, the Marathas; Mysore and the Sikhs

Unit – IV The British East India Company State : Colonial Authorities; Iron and Steel Frameworks of the State, Land and the State

Unit – V The British Raj : Home Government; British Indian Government; Agencies of Colonial Control; Constitutional Measures


1 Alam, Muzaffar Crisis of Empire in Mughal North India2 Alam, Muzaffar and Sanjay

Subrahmanyam (ed)The Mughal State

3 Ali, M. Athar Apparatus of the Mughal Empire4 Bipan Chandra Essays on Colonialism5 Bipan Chandra Indian National Movement : The Long-Term

Dynamics6 Bridge, Carle Holding India to the Empire7 Brown. J.M. Modern India : The Origins of An Asian

Democracy8 Colley, Linda Britons : Forging the Nation9 Gallaghar, J. , G. Johnson and

Anil Seal (eds.)Locality, Province and Nationalism : Essays on Indian Politics 1870-1940

10 Jackson, Peter The Delhi Sultanate11 Joshi, Shashi and Bhagwan

JoshiStruggle for Hegemony in India, Vol. I, II, III

12 Kennedy, G.S. Providence and the Raj13 Kulke, H.P. Rothermund State in India : 1000-175014 Kurein, Mathew (ed.) India: State and Society15 Nande, B.R. Essays in Modern Indian History16 Nigam, S.B.P Nobility under the Sultans of Delhi17 Nizami, K.A. Some Aspects of Religion and Politics in

Indian During 13th Century18 Richards, J.F. The Mughal Empire19 Satish Chandra Historiography, Religion and State in

Medieval India20 Stein, Burton Thomas Munro : The Origins of the Colonial

State and His Vision of Empire21 Stein, Burton Vijayanagar22 Stokes, Eric The English Utilitarians and India23 Streusand, D.E. Formation of the Mughal Empire24 Tripathi, R.P. Some Aspects of Muslim Administration in

India

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Paper – XXIII : History of Science and Technology in India Max. Marks : 100


Time : 3 hrs.


Unit – I Sources of the History of Science and Technology in India; Major Developments in Science and Technology in India till 12th Century; Concept of Rationality and Scientific Ideas in Muslim Thought with special reference to the Contribution of Fathullah Shirazi

Unit – II New Developments in Technology in Medieval India – Persian Wheel, Gun Powder, Textiles, Bridge Building etc; Developments in Medical Knowledge and Interaction between Unani and Ayurveda; Astronomy in the Arabic Science and its Impact on India with special reference to Swai Jaisingh

Unit – III State of Science and Technology in India on the eve of Advent of the British; East India Company and Scientific Explorations – Surveyors, Botanists and Doctors under the East India Company’s Services; New Developments in Technologies – Railways, Telegraphs and Modern Machines

Unit – IV Growth of Scientific and Technical Education under the British Rule – Founding of Engineering and Medical Colleges and Institutes; Teaching of Science in Universities; Founding of National Scientific Institutions – Survey of India, Geological Survey of India and Agricultural Experimental Farms

Unit – V Indian Response to the New Scientific Knowledge – Interactions and Predicaments; Science and Indian Nationalism – Emergence of ‘National Science’ and its relations vis-à-vis ‘Colonial Science’; Contributions of Mahendra Lal Sarkar, P.C. Ray and J.C.Bose


1 Alavi, M.A. & Rahman, A., Fathullah Shirazi : A Sixteenth Century Indian Scientist

2 Baber, Zaheer The Science of Empire : Scientific Knowledge, Civilization and Colonial Rule in India

3 Bag, A.K. (ed.) Technology in Ancient India4 Bose, D.M. et. al A Concise History of Science in India5 Brooke, J.H. Science and Religion : Some Historical

Perspectives

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6 Chattopadhaya, Debiprasad History of Science and Technology in Ancient India

7 Digby, Simon War-Horse and Elephant in the Delhi Sultanate

8 Habib, Irfan (ed.) Akbar and His India9 Hassan, Ahmad Y & Donald

R.HillIslamic Technology: An Illustrated History

10 Hedrick, Daniel R. The Tools of Empire11 Hitti, K. Philips History of Arabs12 Jaggi, O.P. Science and Technology in Medieval India13 Kumar, Deepak Science and the Raj14 Kumar, Deepak Disease and Medicine in India : A Historical

Overview15 Macleod , Roy (ed.) &

Deepak Kumar Technology and the Raj : Western Technology and Technical Transfers to India 1700-1947

16 Qaisar, A.J. The Indian Response to European Technology and Culture

17 Ray, Aniruddha & Bagchi, S.K.

Technology in Ancient and Medieval India

18 Ray, P.C. History of Chemistry in Ancient and Medieval India

19 Sangwan, Satpal Science, Technology and Colonization : An Indian Experience

20 Spangenburg, R. The History of Science : From the Ancient Greeks to the Scientific Revolution 5 Vols.

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M.A. – IVth Semester

Core Paper:Paper – XXIV : Approaches of History Max. Marks : 100


Time : 3 hrs.


Unit – I The Idealistic Approach : W.G.F Hegel; Benedito Croce and R.G. Collingwood

Unit – II The Positivist Approach : Auguste Comte and Leopold von Ranke; The Materialistic Approach : Karl Marx

Unit – III The Annals Tradition and the Idea of Total History; The Post-Modernist Approach

Unit – IV Approaches of Indian History : Early Imperialist Historiography; Cambridge School; Nationalist Historiography

Unit – V Approaches of Indian History : Marxist Historiography; Subaltern School; Historiography on Lower Castes’ Movements


1 Ali, B. Sheikh History : Its Theory and Method2 Bajaj, Satish K. Recent Trends in Historiography3 Barns, H.D. A History of Historical Writing4 Buddha Prakah Itihas Darshan (Hindi)5 Burtens, Hans The Idea of Post Modern : A History6 Carr, E.H. What is History ?7 Clark, Stuart The Annals Historians8 Collingwood, R.G. The Idea of History9 Comte, Auguste Course of Positivist Philosophy10 Croce, Benedito Philosophy of Spirit11 Dray, Arthur On History and Philosophers of History12 Evans, J. Richard In Defence of History13 Foucault, Michael Madness and Civilization: A History of

Insanity in the Age of Reason14 Gooch, G.P. History and Historians in the Nineteenth

Century15 Habib, Irfan Interpreting Indian History

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16 Hughes, Warrington Fifty Key Thinkers on History17 Jenkins, Keith (ed) Post Modern History Reader18 Johnson, Allen Historian and Historical Evidence19 Majumdar, R.K. & Srivastava,

A.N.Historiography

20 Marx, Karl Das Capital21 Marx, Karl The Communist Manifesto22 Philips, C.H. Historians of India, Pakistan and Ceylon23 Russel, Bertrand History of Western Philosophy24 Sen, S.P. Historians of Modern India25 Sridharan, E. A Textbook of Historiography26 Thompson, J.W.& Holm

BernordA History of Historical Writing, Vols. I & II

27 William S.H. Some Twentieth Century Historians28 Zenkins, Keeth Why History : Reflections on the Possible

End of History and Ethics under the Impact of Post-Modernism

Specialization Paper: Paper – XXV (Option – i) Art, Architecture and Culture in Medieval India, AD1200-1750




Unit – I System of Education; Growth of Literature: Persian, Sanskrit and Hindi; Patronage of Learning

Unit – II Food, Dresses and Ornaments; Means of Recreation; Festivals and Fairs

Unit – III Development of Architecture under the Sultans of Delhi : Mamluqs, Khaljis, Tughlaqs and Lodis; Regional Architecture – Vijayanagar and Sharqi

Unit – IV Mughal Architecture : The Early Phase; Development from Akbar to Shahjahan; The Later Stage

Unit – V Visual and Performing Arts : Mughal, Rajput and Kangra Schools of Painting; Dance and Music; Evolution of Composite Culture

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1 Ali, M. Athar Mughal India : Studies in Polity, Ideas, Society and Culture

2 Asher, Catherine B. Architecture of Mughal India.3 Ashraf, K.M. Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan

4 Aziz, Ahmad Studies in Islamic Culture in the Indian Environment

5 Beach, Miloc Mughal and Rajput Paintings

6 Chopra, P.N. Life and Letters under the Mughals.7 Habib, Irfan Medieval India : The Study of A Civilization8 Habib, Irfan Medieval Technology : Exchanges between Indian

and Islamic World9 Havell, E.B Indian Architecture10 Koch, Ebba Mughal Architecture : An Outline of its History and

Development (1528-1858)11 Koch, Ebba Mughal Art and Imperial Ideology12 Malik, Z.U. Reign of Muhammad Shah13 Percy, Brown The Indian Architecture and Painting under the

Mughals14 Qaisar, A.J. Indian Response to European Culture and

Technology15 Rashid, A. Society and Culture in Medieval India16 Siddiqui, I.H. Essays On Intellectual Thought and Culture, Vol. I17 Srivastava, A.L. Medieval Indian Culture18 Stein, Burton New Cambridge History of India : Vijayanagar19 Stein, Burton Peasan,t State and Society in Medieval South India20 Tara, Chand Influence of Islam on Indian Culture21 Umar, Muhammad Muslim Society in Northern India During the 18th

Century22 Umar, Muhammad Urban Culture in North India During the 18th

Century. 23 Verma, S.P. Mughal Painters and Their Works

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Specialization Paper

Paper – XXV ( Option - ii) Indian National Movement (1885-1947)




Unit – I Emergence of the Organized Nationalism; The Moderates : Their Ideology and Politics; Rise of the Extreme Nationalism and its Politics; Partition of Bengal and the Swadeshi Movement

Unit – II Revolutionary Movements; Rise of Communal Politics; First World War and the Home Rule Movement; Emergence of Gandhi and his Ideology

Unit – III Rowlatt Satyagraha, Khilafat and Non-Cooperation Movement; Swaraj Party; Civil-Disobedience Movement; Quit India Movement

Unit – IV Rise of the Left Ideology and Indian Politics; Trade Union Movements; Peasant Movements; Revolutionary Movement; Congress Socialist Party; Subhas Bose and INA

Unit – V Muslim Communal Politics during the 1930s; Cripps Mission and Indian Politics; Gandhi-Jinnah Negotiations and Wavell Plan; Cabinet Mission and Mountbatten Plan : Partition and Independence.


1 Agrow, D. Moderates and Extremist in the Indian National Movement

2 Bahadur, Lal Muslim League3 Bhuyan, Arun The Quit India Movement4 Brown, Judith Gandhi’s Rise to Power: Indian Politics

1915-225 Brown, Judith Gandhi : The Prisoner of Hope6 Bipan Chandra Nationalism and Colonialism in Modern

India7 Bipan Chandra Essays on Colonialism8 Bipan Chandra et al India’s Struggle For Independence9 Desai, A.R. Social Background of Indian Nationalism10 Desai, A.R. Peasant Struggle in India11 Ghosh, P.C. The Indian National Congress

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12 Guha, Ranjit Elementary Aspects of Peasant Insurgency in Colonial India

13 Guha, Ranjit (ed) Subaltern Studies, Vol. I – VI14 Gupta, M.N. History of the Revolutionary Movement in

India15 Hardy, Peter The Muslims of British India16 Hasan, Mushirul India’s Partition : Process, Strategy and

Mobilization17 Hasan, Mushirul Nationalism and Communal Politics in India

1916-192818 Joshi, Shashi and Bhagwan

JoshStruggle for Hegemony in India, 3 Vols.

19 Kumar, Kapil Peasants in Revolt20 Low , D.A. (ed) Indian National Congress : A Centenary

Hindsight21 Low, D.A. (ed) Congress and the Raj : Facets of the Indian

Struggle 1917-194722 Majumdar, R.C. History of the Freedom Movement in India,

3 Vols.23 Mehrotra, S.R. The Emergence of the Indian National

Congress24 Mohan, Kamlesh Militant Nationalism in the Punjab25 Moon, Penderal Divide and Quit26 Moore, R.J. Crisis of Indian Unity27 Nanda, B.R. Gandhi : A Biography28 Nanda, B.R. Gandhi and His Critics29 Page, David Prelude to Partition30 Pannikar, K.N. National and Left Movements in India31 Sarkar, Sumit Modern India32 Shankar, Girija The Socialist Trend in the Indian National

Congress.33 Singh, Amarjit Punjab Divided : Politics of the Muslim

League and Partition 1935-194734 Singh, Anita Inder The Origins of the Partition of India 1936-

194735 Singh, L.P. The Left Wing in India36 Sitaramaya, P. History of the Indian National Congress, 3

Vols.37 Stokes, Eric The English Utilitarians and India38 Tara Chand History of the Freedom Movement in India,

4 Vols,39 Tomlinson, B.R. The Indian National Congress and the Raj :

1929-194240 Vajpeyi, J.N. The Extremist Movement in India.

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Paper – XXVI :History of Haryana Max. Marks : 100


Time : 3 hrs.Note :- The question paper will consist of ten questions, i.e., two questions from

each unit. The candidate shall attempt five questions in all selecting one question from each unit. All questions of 16 marks each.

Unit – I Medieval Haryana : Social Life; Economic Conditions – Agriculture and Land Revenue systems; Industries, Handicrafts and Trade

Unit – II Medieval Haryana : Education and Literature; Arts and Architecture; Urbanisation

Unit – III Colonial Haryana : Development of Modern Eucation; Introduction of Railways and its Impact; Transitions in Economy with special reference to Agrarian Changes; Transitions in Society : Urban and Rural

Unit – IV ‘New Winds’ in Haryana : Socio-Religious Reform Movements – Arya Samaj and Sanatan Dharam Sabha; Growth of National Movement – Phases of Anti-Imperialist Struggle

Unit – V Formation of Unionist Party and the Role of Sir Chhotu Ram; Partition and Haryana; Rehabilitation of the Displaces People; Creation of Haryana State


1 Buddha, Prakash Glimpses of Haryana2 Buddha, Prakash Haryana Through the Ages3 Chhotu Ram Bechara Kisan (Hindi tr. by K.C. Yadav)4 Gopal, Madan Sir Chhotu Ram : A Political Biography5 Griffin, L.H. The Rajas of the Panjab6 Gupta, H.R. The Marathas and Panipat7 Hussain, Azim Fazl-i-Hussain : A Political Biography8 Jagdish Chandra Freedom Movement in Haryana9 Jagdish Chandra Gandhi and Haryana10 Jones, K.W. Arya Dharma : Hindu Consciousness in the

19th Century Punjab11 Jones, K.W. Socio-Religious Reform Movements in

British India12 Juneja, M.M. History of Hisar13 Kayo, Sir Johan William Life of Lord Metcalfe, 2 Vols.14 Kundu, C.L. and Udai Shankar Education in Haryana15 Malcolm, Darling Panjab Peasantry in Prosperity and Debt16 Mittal, S.C Haryana : A Historical Perspective

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17 Muztar, B.K. Haryana : Political and Cultural18 Nanda, J Punjab Uprooted : A Survey of the Punjab

Riots and Rehabilitation Problems19 Naqvi, H.K. Urbanisation and Urban Centre under the

Great Mughals20 Nurullah, S. & J.P.Naik History of Education in India21 Phadke, H.A. Haryana : Ancient and Medieval22 Prem Chaudhury Panjab Politics and the Role of Sir Chhotu

Ram23 Saini, B.S. Social and Economic History of Panjab24 Sarkar, J.N. Fall of the Mughal Empire25 Sharma, S.R. Haryana Ke Swantantrata Sainani (Hindi)26 Shukla, S.P. Indian Freedom Struggle and the Role of

Haryana27 Singh, Chattar Social and Economic Change in Haryana28 Singh, Chetan Region and Empire : Panjab in the 17th

Century29 Singh, Fauja History of Panjab30 Singh, Pardaman, and S.P.

ShuklaFreedom Struggle in Haryana and Indian National Congress (1885-1985)

31 Singh, Ranjit Haryana Ke Arya Samaj Ka Itihas (Hindi)32 Talbot, Ian Punjab and the Raj33 Tanwar, R. The Politics of Sharing Power : The Panjab

Unionist Party34 Tanwar, R. Reporting Partition of Punjab 1947 : Press,

Public and Other Opinions35 Yadav, B.N.S. Society and Culture of Northern India in the

12th Century36 Yadav, K.C. Haryana: Studies in History and Culture37 Yadav, K.C. The Revolt of 1857 in Haryana38 Yadav, K.C. Haryana : Itihas Evam Sanskriti (Hindi), 2

Vols.

Paper – XXVII: Socio-Religious Movements in India Max. Marks : 100


Time : 3 hrs.


Unit – I Advent of Islam in India: Its Impact on Indian Society; Religious Cults in Early Medieval India

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Unit – II Socio-Religious Movements in Medieval India : Bhakti and Sufi – Their Ideology, Nature and Impact

Unit – III Socio-Religious Movements in Modern India : Brahmo Samaj; Arya Samaj, Ramkrishan Mission and Theosophical Society

Unit – IV Socio-Religious Movements in Modern India : Wababi Movement; Aligarh Movement; Singh Sabha and Sanatan Dharam Sabha

Unit – V Caste, Anti-Caste and Tribal Movements : Sri Narayan Dharam Movement; Satyashodhak Samaj; Depressed Class Movements with special reference to the Movement of Dr. B.R.Ambedkar; Tribal Movements


1 Ahmad, Qeyamuddin The Wahabi Movement in India2 Ambedkar, B.R. What Congress and Gandhi have done to the

Untouchables3 Beteitte, Andre Caste, Class and Power4 Bhatnagar, S. (ed.) Indian Studies in Social History5 Chahal, S.K Dalits Patronised : Indian National

Congress and the Untouchables of India 1921-1947

6 Chopra, P.N. Some Aspects of Social Life during the Mughal Age(1526-1707)

7 Datta, K.K. Social History of Modern India8 Deliegue, Robert The Untouchables of India9 Dodwell, H.H. Cambridge History of India, Vol. V10 Gore, M.S. Social Context of An Ideology : Ambedkar’s

Political and Social Thought11 Guha, Ranjit (ed.) Subaltern Studies, Vol. I-VI12 Heimsath, Charles Indian Nationalism and Hindu Social

Reform13 Jain, M.S. The Aligarh Movement14 Jone, K.W. Arya Dharma : Hindu Consciousness in the

19th Century Punjab 15 Jone, K.W. Socio-Religious Reform Movements in

British India17 Joshi, Barbara Untouchable! Voices of the Dalit Liberation

Movement18 Joshi, V.C. (ed.) Rammohan Roy and Process of

Modernisation in India19 Majumdar, B.B History of Indian Social and Political

Ideas : From Rammohan to Dayananda20 Majumdar, R.C. British Paramountcy and Indian

Renaissance, Vol. X21 Majumdar, R.C. The History and Culture of Indian People,

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Vol. V & VII22 Moon, Vasant (ed.) Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar : Writings and

Speeches, Vols. I,II, V & IX 23 Nizami, K.N. Some Aspects of Religion and Politics in the

Thirteenth Century24 Nurullah, S. & J.P. Naik History of Education in India 25 Ojha, P.N. Some Aspects of North Indian Social Life26 Omvedt, Gail Cultural Revolt in a Colonial Society : The

Non-Brahman Movement in Western India27 Omvedt, Gail Dalits and the Democratic Revolution : Dr.

Ambedkar and the Dalit Movement in Colonial India

28 Patil, P.G. (tr.) Collected Works of Mahatma Jyotirao Phooley, Vol. I & II

29 Rashid, Abdul Society and Culture in Medieval India30 Rizvi, S.A.A. History of Sufism in India, Vol. I & II31 Rizvi, S.A.A. Religious and Intellectual History of the

Muslims in Akbar’s Reigon32 Sarkar, Sumit Modern India 1885-194733 Singh, Suresh The Dust Storm and the Hanging Mist34 Smith, W.C. Modern Islam in India35 Strokes, Eric The English Utilitarians and India38 Tara Chand Society and State in the Mughal Period39 Thruston, Edge Tribes and Castes of Southern India40 Wilson, C.H. The Sects of the Hindus

Paper No. – XXVIII: Agrarian History of IndiaMax. Marks : 100


Time : 3 hrs.


Unit – I Historiography on Agrarian History : Interpretations of the Nature, Structure and Agrarian Change in Pre-Colonial and Colonial India

Unit – II Agrarian System in Pre-Colonial Economy: Rural Stratification; Ownership of Land and Agrarian Relations; Agricultural and Horticultural Products; Animal Husbandry

Unit – III Structure of the Pre-Colonial Rural Economy: Debate on ‘Village Self -Sufficiency’ and ‘Village Community’; Commercialization of Crops, Land Settlements

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Unit – IV Agrarian Structure under the British Raj: Land Tenure System and Changes; Change in Land Ownership; Growth of Agricultural Labourers; New Agricultural Technology

Unit – V Changing Forms of Peasantry; Rise of ‘Rich Peasantry’ with particular reference to the Punjab; Growth of the Tenancy System; Land Reforms


1 Amartya, K.Sen Poverty and Famine : An Essay in Entitlement and Deprivation

2 Bhaduri, Amit The Economic Structure of Backward Agriculture

3 Bose, Sujata Peasant, Labour and Colonial Capital : Rural Bengal since 1770

4 Desai, A.R. Peasant Struggle in India5 Desai, M , S.H. Rudolph, and

Ashok RudraAgrarian Power and Agricultural Productivity in South Asia

6 Dharam Kumar Land and Caste in South India7 Guha, Dipankar Rivalry and Brotherhood : Politics in the

Life of Farmers in Northern India8 Guha, Ramchandra The Unquiet Woods : Ecological Changes

and Peasant Resistance in the Himalaya9 Guha, Sunit Growth, Stagnation or Decline: Agricultural

Productivity in British India.10 Habib, Irfan The Agrarian System of Mughal India11 Habib, Irfan Essays in Indian History : Towards a

Marxist Perception12 Hardiman, David Feeding the Baniya : Peasants and Usurers

in Western India13 Hardiman, David (ed.) Peasant Resistance in India14 Kosambi, D.D. Ancient India : A History of Its Culture and

Civilization15 Ludden, David An Agrarian History of South Asia16 Ludden, David Agricultural Production and Indian History17 Mukherjee, Mridula Capitalising the Punjab18 Mukherjee, Mridula Peasants in India’s Non-Violent Revolution19 Prakash, Gyan The World of the Rural Labourer in

Colonial India20 Randhawa, M.S. A History of Agriculture in India, 4 Volumes21 Robb, Peter Meanings of Agriculture : Essays in South

Asian History and Economic22 Sahu, B.P. Land System and Rural Society in Early

India23 Sharma, R.S. Perspectives in Social and Economic

History of India

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24 Singh, Jasbir An Agricultural Atlas of India25 Sirajul, Islam Rent and Raiyat : Society and Economy of

Eastern Bengal (1859 to 1928)26 Stein, Burton The Making of Agrarian Policy in British

India27 Strokes, Eric The Peasant and the Raj : Studies in

Agrarian Society and Peasant Rebellion in Colonial India

Paper – XXIX : Contemporary Indian History (1947-1964) Max. Marks : 100


Time : 3 hrs.


Unit – I Independence and Partition; Rehabilitation of the Displaced People; Making of the Indian Constitution and its Characteristics; The Problem of Kashmir

Unit – II Integration of Princely States ; Linguistic Reorganisation of States; Economic Planning

Unit – III Social Legislation : Hindu Code Bill its Corollary Acts; Law for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes; Socio-Economic Change : Caste, Community and Class

Unit – IV Foreign Policy : India and the Non-Aligned Movement; Indo-Pak Relations; Sino-Indian Relations; India’s Relations with U.S.A. and U.S.S.R.

Unit – V Growth of National Political Parties; Politics at the National Level; Centre-State Relations; Democratic Decentralization


1 Balbushevik, A. & Dyakov, A.M.

A Contemporary History of India

2 Basu, D.D. Shorter Constitution of India3 Bettleheim, Charles India Independent4 Bose, Sumandra The Kashmir Problem5 Brass, Paul R. The Politics of India since Independence6 Bipan Chandra et al. Swatantrottar Bharat (Hindi)7 Das, Manmath Nath Partition and Independence of India : Inside

Story of the Mountbatton Days8 Desai, A.R. India’s Path of Development9 Engineer, A.A. Communal Roots in Post-Independent India

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10 Gaur, Madan India : 40 Years after Independence11 Hodson, H.N. The Great Divide12 Jaisingh, Hari India and Non-Aligned World : Search for A

New Order13 Kothari, Rajni Democratic Policy and Socialist Change in

India 14 Kothari, Rajni Caste in Indian Politics 15 Mathew, H. India : State and Society16 Menon, V.P. Foreign Policy of India17 Menon, V.P. Transfer of Power in India18 Misra, A.B, Foreign Polity of India19 Morris Jones, W.H. Government and Politics in India20 Mukhopadhyay, A.P. (ed.) Society and Politics in Contemporary India21 Nanda, J. Punjab Uprooted : A Survey of the Punjab

Riots and the Rehablitation Problems22 Nehru, Jawaharlal India’s Foreign Policy23 Pande, B.N. A Centenary History of the Indian National

Congress, Vol. IV24 Phillips, C.H. (ed.) The Partition of India : Policies and

Perspectives 1935-194725 Rana, A.P. Imperatves of Non-Alignment26 Rao, U. Bhaskar The Story of Rehabilitation27 Santhanam, K. Union-State Relations in India28 Satyamurti, T.V. India Since Independence29 Srinivas, M.N. Caste in India and Other Essays30 Srinivas, M.N. Social Change in India31 Tandon, B.B. & Tandon, K.K. Indian Economy32 Willet, Peter The Non-Aligned Movement : Origins of the

Third World Alliance33 Yadav, Rajbir Bharat Ki Videsh Niti (Hindi)

Paper – XXX : Business History of India Max. Marks : 100


Time : 3 hrs.


Unit – I Business in Pre-Colonial India : Caste and Business Communities; Trade – Internal and External; Credit and Indigenous Banking; Potentialities of Capitalist Growth

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Unit – II Indian Trade and East India Company : Company’s Trading Interests in India upto 1757; British Private Trade in India in Eighteenth Century; East India Company’s Trade 1757-1883

Unit – III Business, Credit and Agency Houses : European Agency Houses 1793-1848; Indigenous Bankers 1800-1850; Origin and Growth of Managing Agencies

Unit – IV Expansion of Trade and Business : Railways and Telegraphs – Their Impact on Business and Trade; Emergence of Modern Banking System and its Impact on Business and Trade; European Chambers of Commerce –Their Business Interests in India

Unit – V Emergence of New Merchant Communities : Indigenous Bankers 1850-1947; Rise of Indian Industrial Houses with particular reference to Tata; Founding of Indian Chambers of Commerce; Conflict between British and Indian Business Interests and Its Impact on Indian Politics


1 Bagchi, A.K. The Political Economy of the Under-Development

2 Bagchi, A.K. The Presidency Banks and the Indian Economy 1876-1914

3 Banerjee, T.D. Internal Market of India 1834-19004 Buchanan, D.H. The Development of Capitalist Enterprise in

India5 Chatterji, Basudeb Trade, Tariffs and Empire6 Chaudhuri, K.N. The Economic Development of India under

the East India Company 7 Culloch, Mac Early English Tracts on Commerce8 Doraiswami, S.V Indian Finance, Currency and Banking9 Dutt, R.C. The Economic History of India, Vol. I-II10 Jain, L.C. Indigenous Banking in India11 Kumar, Dharma (ed) The Cambridge Economic History of India,

Vol. II12 Mukherjee, R.K. The Economic History of India 1600-180013 Muranjan, S.K. Modern Banking in India14 Ray, Rajat (ed.) Entrepreneurship and Industry in India

1800-184715 Raychaudhury, Tapan & Irfan

Habib (ed.)The Cambridge Economic History of India Vol. I

16 Roy, Tirthankar The Economic History of India 1857-194717 Rungta, R.S. The Rise of Business Corporation in India

1851-190018 Sanyal, R.N. Development of Indian Railways19 Tomlinson, B.T. The Political Economy of the Raj 1914-1947

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