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SREENARAYANAGURU OPEN UNIVERSITY

B.A. ARABIC LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
ANCILLARY COURSE
B21HS21AN
HISTORY OF INDIAN NATIONAL MOVEMENT I
Credits: 6

Course Objectives

1. To make the learner critically analyze the role of European companies in establishing

colonial rule in India.

2. To make the learner aware of the various resistance movements against the British rule

3. To make the learner aware of the causes for the rise of national consciousness in in India

4. To make the learner aware of the different political associations in India which helped in

developing nationalism

5. To make the learner aware of the impact of world war on the national movement in India

Course Outcome:

This course is the first part of the course designed to be introduced to the students of other
disciplines as Ancillary Course. This course covers the history of British Colonialism in India and the
anti-colonial national movement up to the Gandhian Era. The course will help the students to
understand the inner dynamics that led to the making of India as a Nation.

Block 1: Foundation of Colonial Rule in India

Unit 1. Advent of European Trading Companies

Unit 2. English East India Company & Early Settlements

Unit- 3 . British in Bengal

Unit- 4. Battle of Plassey and Buxar

Block 2: Consolidation of British Power

Unit 1. Lord Wellesly and Subsidiary Alliance

Unit 2. Land settlements: Permanent - Ryotwari

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