British Expansion
With the emergence of capitalism and imperialism in Europe, many Europeans arrived in the Indian sub-continent for trade.
Later, when their ambitions grew, they tried to establish colonies in India.
The European powers included the Portuguese, the Dutch (Netherland), the French, the Danes, and the English.
The British became successful in the power.
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Changes Introduced by The British
Once the British gained power, She introduced many changes in the Economic, Political, and Social spheres.
Under the Economic arena, aspirants need to study the British policies towards agriculture and industry.
Under the Polity angle, students should learn various Acts passed by the Englishwhich lead to the constitutional development like the Regu.
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How to Learn Modern Indian History from Clearias?
ClearIAS publishes online notes on various subjects which can be accessed from our free study materialslink in the Menu.
Once you come across any note about modern Indian History on the ClearIAS website, associate that with the 6-part structure of Indian History as formulated in this post.
This will help you learn in an organised way.
This will als.
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India in 1750
Almost the whole of India was centrally administered under the great Mughal rulein the early 1700s.
Aurangzeb, who is widely considered as the last effective ruler of the Mughal Empire ruled over almost the entire Indian subcontinent for a period of 49 years, until 1707.
With the death of Aurangzeb, the power shifted to the hands of Later Mughals (.
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Modern Indian History: Understand The Major Events
The first step in mastering modern Indian history is to properly understand the structure.
The key is to learn history like a story – stressing important events in the timeline.
For this, I have developed a 6-parts framework that is roughly based on the timeline of Indian History.
Once the chronology of the major events is studied, learning history.
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Popular Uprisings and Revolts Against The British
Many of the policies and changes introduced by the British were unfavourable to most of the Indians.
This resulted in a lot of local uprisings and revolts against the English rule and policies like the Sanyasi-Fakir Rebellion, Khond Uprisings, Santhal Rebellion, Bhil Uprisings, Mappila Uprisings etc.
A major revolt against the English East India Co.
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Socio-Religious Movements
The policies of the British like Engish Education resulted in an awakening in east, west, north and south India.
This resulted in reform movements – mostly on the religious lines (Muslim reform movements, Sikh reform movements, Parsi reform movements, Hindu reform movements).
While some of the reform movements were against the policies of the Briti.
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The Emergence of Indian Nationalism and India’s Struggle For Independence
Different political associations started to form in Bengal, Bombay and Madras.
However, the Indian National Congress (INC) formed in 1885 turned the foundational stone of organised nationalism in India.
Crores of people who were oppressed under the foreign British rule started to unite and demanded their rights and representation.
The early phase o.
