B.A.

SEMESTER I

HISTORY PAPER - II

MIDDLE AGES IN EUROPE UPTO THIRTY YEARS WAR

UNIT I

1. Aftermath of decline of Roman Civilization

2. Byzantine rule

3. Decline of Middle Ages

4. Geographical Discoveries –Causes

UNIT II

1. Geographical Discoveries

2. Renaissance in Italy

3. Renaissance in other European countries

4. Scientific Developments

UNIT III

1. Reformation in Germany

2. Reformation in other European countries

3. Counter Reformation

4. Society in Europe

UNIT IV

1. Hapsburg Dynasty

2. Tudor Dynasty

3. Valois and Bourbon Dynasty

4. Thirty Years War

 B.A. SEMESTER II

HISTORY PAPER - II

HISTORY OF EUROPE 1600-1789

UNIT I

1. Stuart Dynasty –James I

2. Charles I

3. Charles II

4. James II and Glorious Revolution.

UNIT II

1. Bourbon Dynasty—Louis XIV

2. Age of Enlightenment

3. Enlightenment Despots

4. Commercial Development

UNIT III

1. Rise of Russia—Peter I

2. Successors of Peter I upto Catherine II

3. Catherine the Great

4. Rise of Prussia

UNIT IV

1. Society of America prior to Revolt

2. American Revolt

3. France after Louis XIV (Louis XV and Louis XVI)

4. Causes of French Revolution

 B.A. SEMESTER III

HISTORY PAPER -II

HISTORY OF EUROPE (1789-1848)

Unit I

1. Causes of French Revolution1789—social, political, economic, war of American Independence,

Role of Philosophers

2. Works of National Assembly and Legislative Body

3. First Republic 1792-1799, Domestic Policy

4. First Republic 1792-1799, Foreign Policy

Unit II

1. Rise of Napoleon

2. Napoleon as the First Consul

3. Continental System

4. Fall of Napoleon

Unit III

1. Vienna Congress

2. Concert of Europe

3. Metternich System

4. War of Greek Independence

Unit IV

1. The Revolution of 1830 and the Great Reform Act 1832

2. Louise Philippe and Revolution of 1848

3. Effect of the Revolution of 1848 in the various countries of Europe

4. Karl Marx: His works and historical import

 B.A. SEMESTER IV

HISTORY PAPER - II

HISTORY OF EUROPE (1848-1918)

Unit I

1. Napoleon III -Domestic & Foreign Policy

2. Crimean War

3. Czar Alexander II

4. Unification of Italy

Unit II

1. Unification of Germany

2. Bismarck and the growth of the German empire (1871-1890)

3. Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878)

4. Kaiser William II

Unit III

1. Anglo-French Relations since 1871 and the formation of the Triple Entente

2. The growth of Socialism in Russia and the Russian Revolution of 1905

3. Young Turk Revolution

4. Balkan Wars 1912-1913

Unit IV

1. World War I : Beginning and events up to 1916

2. US entry in World War I

3. Russian Revolution 1917

4. Events of World War I, 1917-1918

B.A. SEMESTER I
 ASIAN CULTURE PAPER - I

SOUTH ASIA (1800-1870)

UNIT I

1. Social and Cultural Condition of India

2. Anglo-Maratha struggle for Supremacy: Anglo Maratha Wars,Causes of Maratha defeat

3. Changes in agrarian Structure in India

4. Popular Revolts—Kol, Santhal, Bhil, Khasi, Cutch Rebellion, Salt Revolution of Surat and Sepoy
Mutiny-1824,1844, 1849

UNIT II

1. The Great Mutiny of 1857—Causes

2. Major Centres of Revolt

3. Aftermath of the Great Revolt : Changes in British Policy and Administration

4. Development of Education in India till Wood’s Despatch

UNIT III

1. Indian Renaissance

2. Socio-Religious Reform Movements

3. Aligarh Movement ,Parsi, Radhaswami Satsang ,Chief Khalsa Dewan

4. Impact of Socio-Religious Reform Movements

UNIT IV

1. Anglo-Afghan Relations and First Anglo-Afghan War

2. First Anglo-Nepal War

3. Anglo-Bhutan Relation and Duar War

4. British Rule in Ceylon

B.A. SEMESTER I
 ASIAN CULTURE PAPER - II

EAST ASIA DURING 1800-1870

UNIT I

1. Social, Economic, Cultural and Political condition of China during 1800

2. Rebellion of Turkestan 1826

3. Canton Trade

4. First Opium War

UNIT II

1. Second Opium War

2. Taiping Rebellion

3. Self Strengthening Movement

4. Foreign Relations

UNIT III

1. Pre-Restoration Social and Economic system in Japan

2. Pre-Restoration Cultural and Political condition

3. Japan during Tokugawa Shogunate

Unit IV

1. Japan and its early Foreign Relations

2. Arrival of Commodore Perry

3. End of seclusion—Fall of Tokugawa Shoguns

B.A. SEMESTER II
 ASIAN CULTURE PAPER - I

SOUTH ASIA (1870-1919)

UNIT I

1. Growth of Indian Nationalism

2. Founding of Indian National Congress

3. It’s Early Phase : Objectives , methods and programme of moderates

4. Dadabhai Naroji, Surendranath Bannerjee, W.C. Bannerjee, Gopal Krishna Gokhale,Pandit

Madan Mohan Malviya etc.

UNIT II

1. India under Lord Lytton

2. Reforms of Lord Ripon

3. Curzon and Partition of Bengal, Boycott and Swadeshi Movement

4. Rise of Extremism in Indian National Congress : Causes ,Objectives and Methods—Bal Gangadhar
Tilak, Lala Lajpat Rai, Bipin Chandra Pal, Aurobindo Ghosh, Annie Beasant

UNIT III

1. Rise of Revolutionary Nationalism

2. Chapekar Brothers, Shyamji Krishna Verma, Madan Lal Dhingra, V.D. Savarkar, Lala Hardayal,
Prafulla Chaki, Khudiram Bose, Ghosh Brothers etc.

3. Act of 1909 and 1919

4. Development of Education from Hunter Commission to 1919.

UNIT IV

1. Emergence of Gandhi : Champaran, Ahmedabad and Kheda

2. Satyagrah and Agitation against Rowlatt Bill

3. Anglo—Afghan Relations and Second Anglo—Afghan War

4. British in Ceylon and the Rise of Nationalism in Ceylon

B.A. SEMESTER II
 ASIAN CULTURE PAPER - II

EAST ASIA DURING 1870-1919

UNIT I

1. Foreign Occupation of Chinese territories

2. Expansion of Imperialism –‘Partition of China’

3. The Reform Movement

4. The Boxer Uprising

UNIT II

1. Intellectual, Social, and Economic changes during the late Ching Rule

2. Reasons of the decline of Manchu Dynasty

3. Reform and Revolution—The Rise of the Republic

4. China and World War I

UNIT III

1. The Meiji Restoration and Reforms

2. The crisis of 1873

3. Constitutional Movement

4. Japanese Constitution of 1889

UNIT IV

1. Modernisation of Japan

2. Growth of Japanese Imperialism—Sino-Japanese War

3. Russo-Japanese War

4. Japan and World War I

B.A. SEMESTER III

 ASIAN CULTURE PAPER - I

WEST ASIA DURING 1800-1870

Unit I

1. Expansion of Ottoman Empire

2. Socio, Cultural and Economic conditions

3. Decline of Ottoman Empire

4. Mustafa III and Selim III

Unit II

1. Mehmud II

2. Tanzimat Reforms

3. Western Interests in Ottoman Empire

4. Greek War of Independence

Unit III

1. Egypt before the rise of Mehmet Ali

2. Mehmet Ali (Reforms and Foreign Policy)

3. Successors of Mehmet Ali

4. Western Interest in Egypt

Unit IV

1. Persia –Political and Intellectual Awakening

2. Persia –Religious Awakening (Babism and Bahaism)

3. Arab – Religious Awakening (Wahabbi Movement)

4. Judaism

B.A. SEMESTER III

 ASIAN CULTURE PAPER - II

SOUT –EAST ASIA DURING 1800-1870

Unit I (BURMA)

1. Anglo-Burma War 1824

2. Anglo-Burma War 1852

3. British Rule in Lower Burma

4. The Reign of Mindon-Min

Unit II (SIAM)

1. Siam-King Rama I and Rama II

2. European Powers and Siam –Crawford Mission

3. Reign of Rama III and the missionary impact on Siam

4. King Mongkut and modernization of Siam

Unit III (INDONESIA,MALAYA-JAVA)

1. Dutch occupation of Indonesia and British occupied Indonesia

2. Culture System and Ethical Policy

3. British Expansion in Java (Raffles, Daendels, Founding of Singapore)

4. Dutch rule in Java and Cultivation System

Unit IV (VIETNAM-INDO-CHINA, PHILIPPINES)

1. Reign of Gia Long and Minh-Mang in Vietnam, Relations of Missionaries with Minh-Mang

2. The Tourane-Saigon Expedition, Expansion of French Holdings

3. Philippines under Spanish rule

4. Development of Nationalist Resistance in Philippines

B.A. SEMESTER IV
 ASIAN CULTURE PAPER - I

WEST ASIA DURING 1870-1919

Unit I

1. Dethronement of Abdul Aziz

2. Abdul Hamid II

3. Pan-Islamism

4. Young-Turk Movement

Unit II

1. British occupation of Egypt

2. Egyptian nationalism

3. Lord Cromer—Reforms

4. Successors of Lord Cromer (Growth of Egyptian Nationalism)

Unit III

1. Awakening in Persia and reign of Shah Nasir-ru-ddin

2. Persia-Revolution of 1906 and Partition of 1907

3. Arab Nationalism and First World War

4. Zionism and Balfour Declaration

Unit IV

1. Eastern Question—Balkan Nationalism

2. Russo-Turkish War and Berlin Congress

3. Italy –Turkish War and Balkan Wars

4. Secret Treaties and First World War

B.A. SEMESTER IV
 ASIAN CULTURE PAPER - II

SOUTH –EAST ASIA DURING 1870-1919

UNIT I (Burma)

1. British absorption of Burma

2. Annexation of Upper Burma

3. The New British Administrative system in Burma

4. Emergence of the Burmese nationalism and World War I

UNIT II (Siam)

1. Reign of Chulalongkorn

2. Prince Damrong and the Reforming Program

3. Economic Development of Siam

4. Siam and World War I

UNIT III (Indonesia , Malaya –Java)

1. British intervention in Malaya after 1874

2. Resident system and the Federated Malaya State

3. The Nationalist Movements in Indonesia

4. Sarekat Islam

UNIT IV (Vietnam-Indo-China, Philippines)

1. French—Acquisition of Annam, Tongking, Laos

2. French administration of Indo-China and World War I

3. Philippine Nationalism (Jose Rizal, Aguinaldo etc., Katipunan)

4. US intervention and rule in Philippines, World War I and Philippines

M.A. SEMESTER I
 COMPOSITE HISTORY

PAPER - III ( HISTORY OF EUROPE - RENAISSANCE TO 1789)

UNIT I

1. Renaissance

2. Reformation

3. Counter .Reformation

4. Effects of the Religious Upheaval

UNIT II

1. Revolt of Netherlands

2. Richelieu

3. Thirty Years War

4. Aftermath of Thirty Years War

UNIT III

1. Age of Louis XIV

2. Conflict between the king and the parliament and growth of Parliamentary democracy in England

3. Industrial Revolution in England and Europe

4. Effects of Industrial Revolution

UNIT IV

1. Age of Enlightenment

2. George III and Revolt of American Colonies

3. Achievements of American Revolution

4. France of the Old Regime

M.A. SEMESTER II
 COMPOSITE HISTORY

PAPER - III (HISTORY OF EUROPE - 1789-1870)

UNIT I

1. Europe on the eve of the French Revolution

2. The French Revolution

3. Napoleonic Era

4. Achievement of the French Revolution

UNIT II

1. Age of Congresses

2. Eastern Question: The Greek War of Independence

3. The Revolution of 1830 in France

4. Parliamentary Reform in Britain

UNIT III

1. The Spirit of 1848: Revolution of 1848 in France

The Revolutions in Austria, Italy and Prussia

2. Pre-Marxian Socialism

3. Marxian Socialism

4. The Crimean War

UNIT IV

1. The Second Empire in France: Preparation and Consolidation

2. Foreign Policy of Napoleon III

3. Unification of Italy

4. Unification of Germany

M.A. SEMESTER I
 WESTERN HISTORY

PAPER - I (WESTERN WORLD 1450-1648)

UNIT I

1. Decline of the Middle Ages in Europe

2. Geographical Discoveries and commercial Revolution

3. Renaissance in Italy and Europe

4. Scientific Accomplishments

UNIT II

1. Reformation in Germany.

2. Reformation in England and Switzerland

3. Counter Reformation

4. Result of Counter Reformation

UNIT III

1. Hapsburg Emperor Charles V

2. Phillip II of Spain

3. Revolt of Netherlands

UNIT IV

1. Tudor Kings of England ( Henry VII, Henry VIII, Edward VI and Mary Tudor)

2. Elizabeth I of England

3. Valois and Bourbon dynasty in France

4. Thirty Year’s War

M.A. SEMESTER II
 WESTERN HISTORY

PAPER - I (WESTERN WORLD 1789-1919)

UNIT I

1. Europe in 1789

2. The French Revolution

3. Napoleonic Era

4. Achievement of the French Revolution

UNIT II

1. Age of Congresses

2. Eastern Question: The Greek War of Independence

3. The Revolution of 1830 and 1848

4. Crimean War 1856

UNIT III

1. Democratic Reforms in Britain

2. Industrial Revolution

3. Growth of Socialism, Nihilism, Anarchism, Syndicalism, and Imperialism.

4. Unification of Italy and Germany

UNIT IV

1. Bismarck and the Growth of the German Empire

2. Achievements of the Third Republic

3. Russian Revolution 1917

4. The First World War

M.A. SEMESTER II
 WESTERN HISTORY

PAPER – I ( WESTERN WORLD 1919-1945)

UNIT I

1. World War I and After

2. League of Nations

3. Russia between the two World Wars

UNIT II

1. England and France between two world wars

2. Totalitarianism in Italy

3. Totalitarianism in Germany

UNIT III

1.Great Depression and New Deal

2. Spanish Civil War

3. World War II

UNIT IV

1. League of Nations (genesis)

2. Towards decolonisation (upto 1945) and the Commonwealth

3. Origins of Cold War

 M.A. SEMESTER III

WESTERN HISTORY

PAPER - II ( U.S., EUROPE AND LATIN AMERICA 1945-2001)

UNIT I

1. Post World War II Era

2. Cold War

3. Extension of Cold War

UNIT II

1. Russian Satellite states and the U.S.A

2. Eisenhower administration

3. Containment

UNIT III

1. Domestic Affairs (1961-1981)

2. Domestic Affairs (1981-2001)

3. Latin America and U.S.A. since 1962

UNIT IV

1. U.S. and East Europe

2. U.S.- U.S.S.R. Disarmament Summits

3. U.S.- Russian relations (1991-2001)

 M.A. SEMESTER III

WESTERN HISTORY

PAPER - III ( WESTERN HISTORICAL THOUGHT UPTO 18TH CENTURY)

UNIT I

Definition, Subject matter and Scope, Relation with other subjects, Pre History , myth, theocratic

history

UNIT II

Herodotus, Thucydides

Greco - Roman Historians

UNIT III

Christian Historiography

Renaissance Historians

Descartes and Descartian Historiography

UNIT IV

Anti Descartian Historiography— Vico, Locke, Berkeley, Hume

Gibbon, Montesquieu, Voltaire, Rousseau, Turgot,

Condorcet.

M.A. SEMESTER III

 WESTERN HISTORY

PAPER - II (U.S., ASIA AND AFRICA (1945-2001)

UNIT I

1. U.S.A. and China. U.S.A. and China

2. U.S.A. and Taiwan
3. U.S.A. and Tibet

UNIT II

1. U.S. and South East Asia

2. U.S. and the Koreas

3. U.S. and Central Asia since 1991

UNIT III

1. U.S., Middle East and Egypt

2. U.S.A. and Israel

3. U.S. and Iraq (1980-2001)

UNIT IV

1. U.S. and South Asia

2. U.S. and Africa

3. Emergence of Unipolarism (1991-2001)

 M.A. SEMESTER IV

WESTERN HISTORY

PAPER - III (WESTERN HISTORICAL THOUGHT 19 TH CENTURY AND AFTER)

UNIT I

Herder, Kant, Hegel, Schelling, Ranke and Karl Marx

UNIT II

Buckle, Carlyle, Ravaisson, Lachelier, Bergson, Toynbee,

Spengler, Croce

UNIT III

Annales School, Structuralism, Postmodernism, Subaltern

Studies, Oral Studies

UNIT IV

Objectivity in History, Bias in History, Causation in History,

Historical Inevitability, Heuristics, Hermeneutics