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B.A. HISTORICAL STUDIES

SCHEME OF EXAMINATION
FRIST YEAR
Paper Subject Duration Max.
Hours Marks
Core Courses - Main Subjects
I Main Currents in Indian
History upto A.D. 1757 3 100
II History of Tamil Nadu
upto A.D. 2000 3 100
Core Course - Allied Subject
I Indian Economy - Problems
and Policies 3 100
SECOND YEAR
Core Courses - Main Subjects
III Main Currents in Indian History
from A.D. 1757 3 100
IV History of East Asia A.D. 1839
to A.D. 2000 3 100
Core Course - Allied Subject
II Outlines of Political Theory 3 100
THIRD YEAR
Core Courses - Main Subjects
V Social and Economic History
of India in the 19th and
20th Centuries 3 100
VI History of Modern Europe
A.D. 1453 to A.D. 1914 3 100
VII An outline History of England
A.D. 1603 to A.D. 2000 3 100
VIII India and Her Neighbours
and History of South East
Asia A.D. 1900 to A.D. 2000 3 100
IX Application Oriented Subject
Tourism - Principles and
Practices and Archives Keeping 3 100
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INSTITUTE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
B.A. DEGREE COURSE IN
HISTORICAL STUDIES

SYLLABUS
FIRST YEAR

PAPER I - MAIN CURRENTS IN INDIAN HISTORY

UPTO A.D.1757
Unit - I

Background and Sources - Indus Culture - Vedic Age.

Unit - II

Buddhism and Jainism - Sixth Century B.C. - Rise of

Magadha - Greek Influence - The Mauryas.

Unit - III

Satavahanas - Kushanas - Guptas - Administration and

Culture.

Unit - IV

Harshavardhana - Chalukyas - Rajput Age.

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Unit - V

Arab Conquest of Sind - Mahmud of Ghazni - Muhammed

of Ghor.
Unit - VI
Delhi Sultanate - Slave Dynasty - Khiljis.
Unit - VII
Tughlaqs - Sayyids and Lodis - Administration of Delhi
Sultanate - Islamic Culture.
Unit - VIII
Bhamini Kingdom - Vijayanagar Empire - Bakthi
Movement.
Unit - IX
Outline of the political history of the Mughals -
Administration and Culture.
Unit - X
Marathas and Sikhs - The Coming of Europeans - Battle
of Plassey.
BOOKS FOR REFERENCE
1. A.L. Basham - The Wonder that was India.
2. Bharathiya Vidhya
Bhavan - The History and Culture of the
Indian People Vol. I, II & III.
3. R.C. Majumdar - The Ancient India.
4. K.A. Nilakanta Sastri- The Age of Nandas and
Mauryaus.
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5. Romila Thapar - Ancient India.
6. L.P. Sharma - History of Ancient India.
7. L.P. Sharma - History of Medieval India.
8. A.L. Srivastava - History of Medieval India.
9. A.B. Pandey - Early Medieval India.
10. Ishwari Prasad - Medieval India.
11. A.C. Banerjee - New History of Medieval India.
12. A.B. Pandey - Later Medieval India.
13. A.L. Srivastava - History of Delhi Sultanate.
14. S.R. Sharma - Mughal Empire.
15. A.B.M. Habibullah - The Foundation of Muslim Rule
in India.
16. J.N. Sarkar - Shivaji and His times.
17. R.S. Tripathi - Rise and Fall of the Mughal
Empire.
18. R.C. Majumdar - The Mughal Empire.

PAPER II - HISTORY OF TAMILNADU

UPTO A.D. 2000
Unit - I
Geography of Tamil Country - Sources - Sangam Age :
Political, Social, Economic and Religious Conditions.
Unit - II
Khalabhras - Pallavas - Bhakthi Movement - Art and
Architecture.
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Unit - III
Cholas - Rajaraja I - Rajendra I - Chola - Chalukya
relations - Local Administration - Saivism - Literature - Art
and Architecture.
Unit - IV
Second Pandya Empire - Maravarman Sundara
Pandyan - Malik Kafur’s Invasion - Marcopolo’s Account -
Art and Architecture - Sultanate of Madurai.
Unit - V
Tamilagam under Vijayanagar - Its Impact on
Tamilagam.
Unit - VI
Tamilagam under Nayaks and Marathas - The
Sethupathis of Ramnad.
Unit - VII
The Carnatic Nawabs - Advent of the Europeans - Anglo
- French rivalry - The Carnatic Wars.
Univ - VIII
Rise of Polygars - Veera Pandiya Kattabomman - The
Maruthu Brothers - South Indian Rebellion of 1801 - Vellore
Mutiny of 1806.
Unit - IX
Tamilnadu under the British - Revenue Settlement - Role
of Tamilnadu in the Freedom Struggle - Justice Party - Self-
Respect Movement and Periyar E.V.R.

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Unit - X
Contemporary Tamilagam - Tamilagam under Congress
rule - D.M.K. - Anti - Hindi Agitations - C.N. Annadurai -
Dravidian Rule : The DMK and AIADMK.
BOOKS FOR REFERENCE
1. N. Subramanian - Sangam Age.
2. R. Gopalan - Pallavas of Kanchi.
3. C. Meenakshi - Administration and Society
under the Pallavas.
4. K.A. Nilakanta Sastri - The Colas.
5. K. Rajayyan - History of Tamilnadu.
6. K.K. Pillai - Social and Cultural History of
the Tamils.
7. Raju Kalidoss - History of the Tamilnadu.
8. N. Subramanian - Social and Culture History of
Tamilnadu (to A.D. 1336).
9. Sadasiva Pandarathar - Chozhar Varalaru.
10. Tamilnadu Arasu
Veliyeedu - Tamilnattu Varalaru - Sanga
Kalam.
11. M. Rasamanickam - Pallavar Varalaru.
12. M. Venkatasamy - Chozhar Varalaru.
13. M. Balasubramaniam - Chozhar Kalatthu Arasiyal -
Panbau Varalaru.
14. K.A. Nilakanta Sastri - History of South India.
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15. J.N. Sarkar - Shivaji and His times.

16. E.F. Irschick - Politics and Social Conflict in
South India.
17. R. Hardgrave - The Dravidian Movement.
18. P. Sprat - D.M.K. in Power.
19. K. Rajayyan - History of Tamilnadu.
20. P. Rajaraman - The Justice Party.
21. R. Thandavan - All India Anna Dravida Munnetra
Kazhagam.
22. R. Thandavan - The Dravidian Movement.
23. R. Thandavan - Dr. J. Jayalalitha -
a Phenomenon.
24. N. Subramanian - Social and Cultural History of
Tamilnadu (A.D. 1336 - 1984).

ALLIED I - INDIAN ECONOMY - PROBLEMS

AND POLICIES

Unit - I
Features of an under - developed economy - Economic
development - Concepts of growth and development -
Indicators in economic development - Capital formation -
Human and physical - Savings and investment pattern during
the plans.
Unit - II
National Income - Methods - Trends - Limitations -
Distribution - Recent trends in national income - Human

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resources - Population growth as Retarding factor -
Population policy.
Unit - III
Agriculture - Contribution to economic development -
Food problem - Methods of solving - Measures to increase
agricultural productivity - Land Reforms - Green Revolution
- Evaluation of agricultural policy during the plan period.
Unit - IV
Industries : Role of industries in Economic development
- Cottage, small scale and large scale - Cotton, Iron & steel,
Jute, Sugar and tea.
Unit - V
Role of technology - Its impact on the level of
employment - Assessment of Industrial policy during the
plan period.
Unit - VI
Labour - Trade unions and Labour unrest - Industrial
relations - Governments Labour policy - Unemployment and
employment Policy - Evaluation of Government Policy.
Unit - VII
Transport - Importance of transport - Road, Railways,
Shipping, Civil Aviation to economic Growth - Evaluation of
Government policy - Transport Co-ordination.
Unit - VIII
Planning - Planning in India - Strategy of Indian planning
- Resources - Financing of plans - Agriculture and Industrial
Development.
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Unit - IX
Poverty in India - Poverty eradication programmes -
Problems and policies.
Unit - X
Regional development disparities - Economic
development and social changes.
STUDY MATERIAL
1. Arthur Lewis : Theory of Economic growth.
2. D. Bright Singh : Economic of Development.
3. P.C. Jain : Indian Economic problems.
4. M.L. Jhingan : Economics of Development and
Planning.
5. S. Sankaran : Indian Economy.
6. Datt and Sundaram : Indian Economy.

SECOND YEAR
PAPER III - MAIN CURRENTS IN INDIAN
HISTORY FROM A.D.1757 TO A.D. 2000

UNIT - I

English Success in Bengal : Robert Clive - The

Company’s Administration: Warren Hastings -Acts of 1773
and 1784 -Cornwallis.

UNIT - II

Wellesly -Lord Hastings -Reforms of Bentinck -Maharaja

Ranjit Singh.
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UNIT - Ill

Reforms of Dalhousie -Revolt of 1857 -Economic Impact

of Company’s rule.

UNIT - IV

India under the Crown : Lytton -Ripon -Curzon -Acts of

1858,1861 and 1892.

UNIT - V

National Awakening : Socio-Religious Reform

Movements -Emergence of Nationalism -Indian National
Congress -Moderates.

UNIT - VI

Rise of Radical and Militant Nationalism -Objectives and

Methods -Birth of Muslim League -Swadesi and Home Rule
Movements -Acts of 1909 and 1919.

UNIT - Vll

Advent of Mahatma Gandhi -Non-Cooperation -Civil

Disobedience Movement- Act of 1935- Muslim League’s
Partition Politics -Quit India Movement - Indian
Independence Act of 1947.

UNIT - VIIl

Nehru Era: The Republican Constitution -Integration of

lndian States -Five Year Plans -Nehru’s Foreign Policy -
Indo-Pak War of 1965 -Indira Gandhi- Green Revolution -
Foreign Policy -Emergency.

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UNIT - IX

Janata Rule -Rajiv’s New Education Policy and

Panchayat Raj -Mandal Commission- Globalisation -Mosque
-Mandir Conflict -Cross Border Terrorism.

UNIT - X

Socio-Cultural Developments in India between 1905 and

2000 -Depressed Class Movement -Social Legislations -
Depressed Class Movements -B.R Ambedkar- Growth of
Science and Technology.

BOOKS FOR REFERENCE

1. P.N. Chopra and - Main Currents in Indian

R.C. Majumdar, History

2. B.L. Grover and S. Grover - A New Look on Modern

Indian History

3. Majumdar and Others - An Advanced History of

India Part III Modern
India.
4. Hari Rao and Hanumanthan - History of India (Vol.II)
5. R. Sathianathier and - A Text Book of Indian
Vasudeva Rao History (Vol III)
6. D. Sadasivam - Indian History (Vol III) in
Tamil.
7. R.C. Agarwal - Constitutional History of
India and National
Movement.

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8. Bipan Chandra - Modern India (NCERT
Publications).

9. R.C. Majurndar and Others - An Advanced History of

India, Part III Modern
India.

10. K.B. Keshwani - History of Modern India

(1800 - 1984)

11. B.L. Grover - Modern India

12. P.N. Chopra and Others - A Social Cultural and

Economic History of
India (Vol. III)

13. P. Rajaraman - The Justice Party.

PAPER IV - HISTORY OF EAST ASIA

A.D.1839 - A.D. 2000

UNIT - I

Advent of Europeans -Impact on China and Japan.

UNIT - II

China - Opium Wars 1839-1860 -Taiping Rebellion -

Open Door Policy -I Sino-Japanese War -Boxer Rebellion.

UNIT - III

China - The Revolution of 1911- Dr. Sun Yat Sen -Yuan

Shi Kai - China in the First World War and its Impact - May
Fourth Movement.

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UNIT- IV

Japan- Shogunate -Meiji Restoration 1868 and Reforms.

UNIT - V

Japan- Anglo-Japanese Alliance 1902 -Russo -

Japanese War - Japan in I World War -21 Demands -Japan
and Treaty of Versailles.

UNIT - VI

China- The rise of Kuomintang party- Chiang-Kai-Shek

-The Nationalist Government -Second Sino-Japanese War.

UNIT - VII

China -Emergence of Communism -Civil War -Mao-

Tse- Tung -People’s Republic of China -Political, Social,
Economic Developments and Cultural Revolution.

UNIT - VIII

China- Foreign Policy of China -U.S.A and U.S.S.R -

Post-Mao Period upto 1989- Modernization.

UNIT - IX

Japan- Washington Conference -Manchurian Crisis -

Japan in the Second World War -Allied Occupation.

UNIT - X

Japan -New Constitution of Japan -Reconstruction of

Japan after World War II -Technological Developments -
Post- War Politics in Japan.

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BOOKS FOR REFERENCE
1. Clyde and Beers - The Far East.
2. David H. James - The Rise and Fall of the
Japanese Empire.
3. H.R. Fifield - The Diplomacy of South East
Asia.
4. B. Harrison - South East Asia.
5. D.G.E. Hall - History of South East Asia.
6. G.W. Keeton - China, the Far East and the
Future.
7. Latimore - The History of China.
8. Michael and Taylor - The Far East in the Modrn Times
9. Okakurakaknji - The Awakening of Japan
10. Thomas E. Ennis - Eastern Asia
11. Vinacke - A History of the Far East in
Modern Times.
12. C. Yanaga - Japan Since Perry.

ALLIED II - OUTLINES OF POLITICAL THEORY

UNIT - I

What is Politics ? Is Politics a science - relationship

between Politics and other social sciences : Politics and
History - Politics and Economics - Politics and Public
Administration - Politics and Ethics. State and Government
- State and Society - State and nation.

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UNIT - II

Origin of state : Social contract theory - Lock - Rousseau

- merits and demerits. Theory of divine right - Theory of
force - Patriarchal - Matriarchal theory - revolutionary theory.

UNIT - III

Theory of sovereignty - definition - Austin’s view -Laski’s

ideas - Can sovereignty be located

UNIT - IV

Nature of Law - sources of law - kinds of law - Law and

morality - liberty - meaning -rights of citizenship. Safeguards
of liberty - law and liberty .

UNIT - V

Types of equality - extent of equality in modem states -

equality and liberty - sphere of state action - recent trends.

UNIT - VI

Individualism - Its meaning and features - J.S.Mill’s

views - socialism - meaning and features - Communism -
meaning and features.

UNIT - VII

Karl Marx’s ideas on Communism - class war - theory

of surplus values - dictatorship of the proletariat - Social
revolution.

UNIT - VIII

Fabian socialism - meaning and features - syndicalism

- meaning and features - Guild socialism - Meaning and
feature.
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UNIT - IX

Fascism - meaning and features - Nazism - Meaning

and features.

UNIT - X

Democracy - and its ideals - meaning - Democracy as

a form of Government - conditions - essentials for success.

BOOKS RECOMMENDED FOR STUDY

1. A. Appadurai : Substance of Politics: Oxford University

Press, India.
2. Amal Ray and Mohit Bhattacharya: Political theory :
Ideas and Institutions.
3. D.D. Raphel, Problems of Political Philosophy. Mac
Millan

THIRD YEAR
PAPER V - SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC HISTORY
OF INDIA IN THE 19TH AND 20TH CENTURIES

UNIT - I
Society and Religion in the early 19th Century - Caste -
Untouchability - Position of Women -Social Conditions -Child
Marriage - Celibacy of Widows - Sati.
UNIT - II
Growth of Western Education between 1800 and 1854-
Woods Despatch to the Hunter Commission - Role of
Missionaries - British Social Policy.

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UNIT - III

Reform Movements : Ram Mohan Roy and Brahmo

Samaj - Prarthana Samaj - Arya Samaj - Ramakrishna
Mission - The Theosophical Society.

UNIT - IV

Other Socio-Religious Reform Movements : Namdhari

Movements (1841) - Aligarh (1875) and Ahamadiya
Movement (1889-90) - Satya Shodhak Samaj (1873)
Jyothiba Phule - Deccan Education Society (1884) -
Aravippuram SNDP Movement (1888) - Veerasalingam.

UNIT - V

Non-Brahmin Movement - Self Respect Movement and

Periyar E. V. Ramasamy - Depressed Class Movement and
B.R Ambedkar - Harijan Sevak Sangh - Progress of Women
and Social Legislation : Sati, Widow Remarriage, Temple
entry, abolition of Untouchability.

UNIT - VI

Introduction - Economic condition of India at the

beginning of the 19th century - Trade under British Rule -
Land tenure and Revenue settlement in India.

UNIT - VII

Agriculture-Policy and Development -Commercialisation

of Agriculture during the 19th and 20th centuries - Famine
and Famine Administration - Peasants condition.

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UNIT - VIII

Rise of Modern Industries - Policy and Development -

Small Scale Industries - Large Scale Industries - Labour
problem - Labour Legislation.

UNIT - IX

Transport and Communication - Policy and

Development - Modernisation and Development.

UNIT : X

Trade and Commerce - Internal Trade, External

Trade - Trade Organisations.

BOOKS FOR REFERENCE

I. Annie Besant - The Birth of New India.
2. C.Y. Chintamani - Indian Social Reform,
3. P.N. Chopra and Others - A Social, Cultural and
Economic History of India
(VoI. Ill)
4. K.K. Datta - A Social History of Modern
India.
5. S. Nurullah and - A History of Education in
J.P. Naik India.
6. M.N. Srinivas - Social Change in Modern
India.
7. S.S.M. Desai - Economic History of India.
8. S.P. Nanda - Economic and Social History
of Modern India.

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9. Rothermund - Economic History of India.

10. Tirthankar Roy - Economic History of India -
1857- 1947.
11. G. Kaushal - Economic History of India.
12. G.B. Jathar & S.G. Beri - Indian Economics - Vol II.
13. B.L. Grover & S. Grover - Modern Indian History.

PAPER VI - HISTORY OF MODERN EUROPE,

A.D.1453 - A.D.1914

UNIT - I

Renaissance in Italy, England, Spain and France -

Reformation in Germany, England, France and Switzerland
- Counter Reformation.

UNIT - II

Discovery of New routes and New lands -Inventions.

UNIT - III

Rise of Nation States - Nationalism -Thirty Years War.

UNIT - IV

Benevolent Despots, Louis XIV of France - Fredick II

of Prussia - Joseph II of Austria - Peter the Great of Russia
- Catherine of Russia.

UNIT - V

Louis XV - Louis XVI - Ancient Regime and Outbreak of

French Revolution.
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UNIT - VI

French Revolution - Causes, Course and Results -

Napoleon I -Domestic and Foreign Policy.

UNIT - VI

Vienna Congress, Metternich - Holy Alliance - Concert

of Europe

UNIT - VII

Revolutions of 1830 and 1848 - Domestic and Foreign

Policy.

UNIT - IX

Unification of Italy - Unification of Germany - Bismarck

as Chancellor.

UNIT - X

Causes for the Outbreak of First World War - System

of Secret Alliances - Balkan Crisis - Sarajevo incident.

BOOKS FOR REFERENCE

1. H.A.L. Fisher - History of Europe.

2. C.H. Hayes - Modern Europe to 1870.

3. Schevill, Ferdinand - A History of Europe from the

Reformation to the present
day 1951.

4. Ragbir Dayal - History of Europe since 1789.

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5. Majumdar - History of Europe since 1789.

6. C.D.M. Ketelby - A History of Modern Times

7. A.J. Grant & Temperly - Europe in the 19th and 20th

Centuries
8. C.D. Hazen - Modern Europe.

PAPER VII - AN OUTLINE HISTORY OF

ENGLAND A.D. 1603 TO A.D 2000

UNIT - I

James I and his relations with Parliament - Charles I -

Long Parliament - Policy of early Stuarts - Civil War.

UNIT - II

Commonwealth and the Protectorate, Cromwell -

Foreign Policy - Constitutional experiments - The
Restoration.

UNIT - III

Later Stuarts - Charles II - Foreign and Domestic policy

- Origin of the Party system in Britain - James II - Glorious
Revolution - William III and Mary - Queen Anne.

UNIT - IV

The Hanoverian Period - George I & II - Cabinet System

under the first two Georges - George III - War of
Independence -

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UNIT - V

Revolutionary Era 1783 - 1837 - French Revolution -

Industrial and Agrarian Revolution - Humanitarian Movements
- George IV and William IV - Reform Act, 1832.

UNIT - VI

The Victorian Era 1837-1901- Second Reform Act 1867-

Gladstone - British Imperialism - Reform Act, 1884 - 85 -
Victorian England - Edward VIII.

UNIT - VII

George V- Parliament Act, 1911 - First World War -

Commonwealth - Irish Free State - Edward VIII.

UNIT - VIII

George VI - England between two World Wars - Winston

Churchill.

UNIT - IX

Relations with the Dominion - Break up of the Empire -

Lord Atlee.

UNIT - X

Queen Elizabeth II - Domestic and Foreign Policy - Lord

Mountbatten - Margaret Thatcher, John Major and Tony Blair.

BOOKS FOR REFERENCE

1 Carter & Mears - Histoty of Britain.
2. L.C.B. Seaman - A New History of England (410-
1975)

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3. R.J. White - A Short Histoty of England.

4. Jasper Ridley - The History of England.
5. David Thomas - England in the 20th Century
6. T.O. Lloyd - The Short Oxford History of
Modern World - The London
British Empire 1558 - 1983.
7. David Childs - Britain since 1945
8. R.K. Webb - Modern England 18th century to
the Present.
9. E.L. Woodward - A History of England
10. Ramsay Muir - British History - A survey of the
History of all the British People,
1950.
11. Ramsay Muir - History of England.

PAPER VIII - INDIA AND HER NEIGHBOURS

AND HISTORY OF SOUTH - EAST ASIA,
A.D. 1900 - 2000

UNIT - I

India and Pakistan - Areas of Conflict - Kashmir and

Border issues - Afghan Crisis - Its impact on Indo-Pak
Relations.
UNIT - II
India and China - Strains and the process of
Normalization - Tibetan issues - India and Nepal - Economic
Cooperation.

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UNIT - III

India and Bangladesh - Areas of Cooperation and Crisis

- India and Bhutan - Insurgency in the North Eastern States
- India and Burma - Historical Ties.

UNIT - IV

Indo - Sri Lanka Relations - Ethnic problem in Sri Lanka-

Peace Process - India and Maldives - Political and Cultural ties.

UNIT - V

Regional Organizations - India’s role in the NAM -

SAARC and its Activities - Its Future - Nuclearization of
South Asia -Its impact.

UNIT - VI

Impact of Colonialism - British Burma since 1900 - Anti

Fascist People’s Freedom League - General Aungsen -
Burma after Independence.

UNIT - VII

Indo-China - French Imperialism - Nationalism in Indo-

China - Geneva Conference - Laos - Cambodia - Vietnam -
Indo-China after II World War,

UNIT - VIII

Indonesia - The Dutch New Course and Nationalism in

Indonesia (1900-42) - Indonesia after Independence -
Bandung Conference - Sukarno - National Unity.

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UNIT - IX

Siam - Siam in Transition - Pibun - Siam and Second

World War - Siam after the Second World War

UNIT - X

Nationalism in Malaysia - Nationalism in Singapore -

Malaysia after Independence - Singapore after
Independence - SEATO.

BOOKS FOR REFERENCE

I. Bipan Chandra and - India After Independence.

Others

2. B.R (ed). Nanda - Indian Foreign Policy : The

Nehru Years.
3. K. Sisir Gupta - Kashmir : A Study in India-
Pakistan Relations.
4. Ramesh Thakur - The Politics and
Economics of lndia’s
Foreign Policy.
5. V.P. Dutt - India’s Foreign Policy in
Changing World.
6. B.H. Farmer - An Introduction to South
Asia.
7. Deb Arinda. - Bhutan and India: A Study
in Frontier Political
Relations.

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8. Shelter V. Kodikara (ed). - Dilemmas of Indo-Sri
Lanka Relations.

9. Phadis Urmila and Others - Maldives : Winds of

Change in the Atoll State.

10. Paul, Bixter - South East Asia.

11. H.R. Cheesernan - Bibliography of Malaya

12. Christian J. Leroy - Modern Burma - A Survey

of Political and Economic
Development

13. H.R. Fifield - The Diplomacy of South -

East Asia.

14. B. Harrison - South East Asia, A Short

History.

15. D.G.E. Hall - History of South East Asia.

16. W. Hunderson - South East Asia -

Problems of U.S. Policy.

17. Lasker, Bruno - Peoples of South East

Asia.

18. Purcell - South and East Asia since

1860 AD.

19. Vinacke - A History of Far East in

Modern Times

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PAPER IX - APPLICATION ORIENTED SUBJECT -

TOURISM - PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES AND
ARCHIVES MAKING
UNIT - I

Definition and Fundamentals of Tourism - Concept of

Domestic and International Tourism - Components of
Tourism.

UNIT - II

Tourism through the Ages - Classification of Tourism -

Economic, Social, Cultural and Environmental impact.

UNIT - III

Tourist Resources in India I - Types of resources - Land

forms, - Art and Architecture, Monuments, Sculptures - Fairs
and Festivals.

UNIT - IV

Tourist Resources in India II - Religious Resources -

Places of Pilgrimage - Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Jain,
Buddhist, Sikhs Shrines - Temples - Places of Tourist interest
in Tamilnadu.

UNIT - V

Tourism Administration of India - Ministry of Tourism -

Aims, Objectives - Functions - State Tourism Departments
- Public Sector Agencies - ITDC, TTDC, Private Travel
Agencies - Future Prospects of Tourism.

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UNIT - VI

History of Archives - Archives keeping in Europe -

Archives keeping in India - Importance of Archives

UNIT - VII

Creation of Archives - Materials used for the creation

of Archives - Packing Materials and Seals - Establishment
of Registry - Filing system of Records.

UNIT - VIII

Preservation of Archive Materials - Methods of

Preservation - Laminations - Reprography - Automation -
Retrieval Tools.

UNIT - IX

Administration, Functions - Uses of Archives - Rules

and Regulations

UNIT - X

National Archives of lndia -Tamilnadu Archives - Private

Archives - Archival Organisations.

BOOKS FOR REFERENCE

1. A.K. Bhatia - Tourism Development, Principles

and Practices.

2. Ratandeep Singh - Dynamics of Modern Tourism.

3. R.K. Sinha - Growth and Development of

Modern Tourism.

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4. Lajpathi Rai - Development of Tourism in India.

5. Douglas Foster - Travel and Tourism Management

6. A.J. Burbant and - Tourism, Past, Present and

S. Medik Future

7. Lavkush Mishra - Religious Tourism in India

8. S. Gill. Pushpinder - Tourism, Economic and Social

Development.

9. Harinaryana - Science of Archives Keeping.

10. B. Baliga - Guide to the records preserved

in the Madras Record Office

11. P. Sarvesvaran - Archives Keeping.

12. M. Sundara Raj - A Manual of Archives system and

the World of Archives.

13. Sailen Ghose - Archives in India.

14. Jenbinson Hilary - A Manual of Archives

Administration.

15. T.T. Thyagarajan - Archives Keeping.

16. T.R. Sehellenberg - Management of Archives.

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