Modern India, 1857-1964 Course Code: EHI-01 (2022-23)

Assignment
TMA
Modern India, 1857-1964
Course Code: EHI-01
Assignment Code : AST/TMA/2022-23
Total Marks: 100
Note: All questions are compulsory. Marks are indicated against each question.
Section 1: Answer each question in about 500 words each.
1. What do you understand by the term ‘de-industrialisation’? What was its impact on
the Indian Economy? 20
OR
Describe the various types of land settlements in colonial India.
2. Write a note on the social reform movements in nineteenth-century India. 20
OR
Describe the different stages of the Civil Disobedience Movement.
Section 2: Answer in about 250 words each.
3. Explain the causes of the Revolt of 1857. 12
OR
Discuss the non-Brahman movements in western and southern India.
4. Write a note on the Swadeshi Movement in Bengal. 12
OR
In what ways was the Khilafat movement associated with the Non-cooperation
movement?
5. Explain the reasons behind the partition of India. 12
OR
Discuss the role of the Indian state in promoting industrialisation after 1947.
6. What were the Cripps Proposals? Why did the Congress reject them? 12
5
OR
Discuss the details of the Montagu-Chelmsford reforms.
Section 3: Answer in about 100 words each. 6+6
7. Write short notes on any two of the following:
a) Azad Hind Fauj (Indian National Army)
b) Rowlatt Act
c) Telengana movement
d) Non-Aligned Movement