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A History of British India

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Overview

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

Topics Covered:
  • By This Professor
  • 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

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