HistorySemester 2

University of Kalyani
Directorate of Open and Distance Learning

SYLLABUS
SEMESTER- II
GEC/CBCS Paper: Society and Culture in India- (Credit-4)
BLOCK 1: Fundamentals of Indian Tradition
Unit-1: Rural communities of Modern India.
Unit-2: Social changes through the ages.
Unit-3: Caste and Social mobility
BLOCK 2: Philosophy and theology in India.
Unit-4: The Upanishads, the sharadarshana( Six School).
Unit-5: Charvaka and Lokayata Darshan, Buddhism, Jainism, Vaishnavism,
Unit-6: The Bhakti and Sufi movement, Sikh Philosophy.
BLOCK 3: Displaying Indian heritage in art and architecture.
Unit-7: Temple, Mosque, Dargah.
Unit-8: Some case studies.
BLOCK 4: Elite culture.
Unit-9: Folk tradition
Unit-10: Their regional variety.
Unit-11: Development of Language and Literature.
BLOCK 5: Education and press in India.
Unit-12: Decline of traditional education and its regional variations.
Unit-13: Spread of western education,its role in socio-religious reforms and growth of
nationalism.
Unit-14: Journey from colonial to post-colonial India.
BLOCK 6: Evolution of different forms of performing art
Unit-15: Music - North and South Indian varieties.
Unit-16: Dance and Drama: North, South and North- Eastern varieties.
COR-206: Colonial India- 19th and 20th century- (Credit-4)
BLOCK 1: Indian experience of colonialism, an overview
Unit-1: Strategies of Colonial rule- growth of a new geo-political and administrative
structure.
Unit-2: From company’s management to the neo darbari mechanism of control.
BLOCK 2: Rural economy and society
Unit-3: Regional variation of agrarian relations, Debate on change and continuity.
Unit-4: Subinfeudation, commercialisation of agriculture and de-industrialization.
Unit-5: Trend in agricultural ecology and output, the stagnation debate and famines.
BLOCK 3: Urban Economy and Society: Expansion and Compression
Unit-6: Urban flow of capital and labour.
Unit-7: Features of new urbanisation- local and regional variations.
BLOCK 4: Trade and Industry
Unit-8: Changes in the commodity composition of trade-increasing monetisation.
Unit-9: The Railways-Rise of modern industry-Structural changes.
Unit-10: New industrial relations- Debate on the comprador status of Indian Capitalists.
BLOCK 5: Protestant India
Unit-11: Tribal and Peasant movements
Unit-12: Colonial policy of pacification and suppression, administrative categorisation of
‘criminal tribes and castes’.
Unit-13: Demographic trends.
BLOCK 6: Colonial intervention and social change
Unit-14: ‘Renaissance’ beyond Bengal and Socio-religious reforms.
Unit-15: Indigenous and Western education.
Unit-16: Rise of the middle class with their press and Literature-tension between tradition
and modernity,
COR-207: National Movement in India- (Credit-4)
BLOCK-1: Background of Indian Nationalism
Unit-1: Social, Economic and Political background of Indian Nationalism
Unit-2: Historiographical Debates.
BLOCK-2: Politics of Associations
Unit-3 : Objectives and Methods.
Unit-4 : The rise of the Indian National Congress, the foundation debate, myth and reality.
Unit-5: Moderate and extremist phases of Congress politics.
BLOCK-3: Different Nationalist Ideas.
Unit-6: Bankimchandra, Vivekananda, Aurobindo, Tilak,Rabindranath.
Unit-7: Spread of radical nationalism through literature and sports, Revolutionary terrorism
and students’ politics.
Unit-8: Rise of M.K.Gandhi and the era of mass politics.
Unit-9: Formation of Congress Left Wing, Socialist ideas of Nehru, Subhas and Bhagat
Singh.
BLOCK-4: Left Movement in India
Unit-10: Workers and Peasants Struggle.
Unit-11: Indian National Army- the Naval Revolt.
BLOCK-5: Marginal voices of India
Unit-12: The question of caste and untouchability- anti-caste movements.
Unit-13: Women participation in caste struggle.
BLOCK-6: Growth of Communal Politics in India
Unit-14: The British Policy of divide and rule.
Unit-15: The Muslim league and Pakistan.
Unit-16: Partition of India and Independence.
COR-208: Life and Thought of Bengal in the 19th century- (Credit-4)
BLOCK 1 : Life and Society in 19th century Bengal
Unit-1: Indigenous set up- nature of changes in the 19th century.
Unit-2: Debate on Bengal Renaissance.
BLOCK 2: Foreign agencies in action
Unit-3: Social and cultural reactions in the indigenous society..
Unit-4: Christian Missionaries and their activities in Bengal.
BLOCK 3: Role of intelligentsia in 19th century Bengal
Unit-5: Political, economic and cultural rationalism-Ideological debates.
Unit-6: Orthodox reactions.
Unit-7: Young Bengal movement.
Unit-8: Revival of Hinduism.
BLOCK 4: Development of Literature
Unit-9: Development of Literature.
Unit-10: Painting in 19th century Bengal.
Unit-11: Performing art in 19th century Bengal.
BLOCK 5: Spread of Western education in Bengal
Unit-12: Initiative of the colonial government.
Unit-13: Private philanthropic enterprises.
Unit-14: Introduction of Western Science.
BLOCK 6: Women in 19th century Bengal
Unit-15: Status and condition of Women.
Unit-16: Development of Women.
SEC: Practice of writing History- (Credit-2)

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