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A History of British India

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12 hours 19 minutes
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Explore the storied era of British-ruled India, the dissolution of Britain's empire, and the forging of independent India and Pakistan.

Syllabus

01: Introduction to India
02: The Mughal Empire in 18th-Century India
03: Indian and British Economic Interests
04: British Expansion in India (1757-1820)
05: Knowing the Country: British Orientalism
06: Race, Gender, and Culture (1750-1850)
07: The Age of Reform (1830-1850)
08: The Great Uprising (1857-1858)
09: Economics and Society under the Raj
10: Caste and Tribal Identity under Colonialism
11: The Nationalization of Hinduism (1870-1900)
12: Indian Muslim Identity and Colonial Rule
13: The Late-19th-Century British Raj
14: Princely States and Royalist Relationships
15: Indian Nationalism and the Freedom Struggle
16: The Great War and Its Impact on India
17: Gandhi's Moral-Political Philosophy
18: The Noncooperation Movement
19: Indian Muslim Politics between the Wars
20: The Civil Disobedience Campaign
21: Britain and Its Empire in the 1940s
22: The Raj on Its Knees (1945-1947)
23: A Split India: Negotiating Independence
24: Reflections on Postcolonial India
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Taught by

Hayden J. Bellenoit

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