Random Notes on Modern Indian History

Contents: Preface. 1. The Eighteenth Century in Indian History. 2. The administrative structure and the economic fabric. 3. The expanding British Indian Empire. 4. The Administrative levers of the empire. 5. The economic stress and strains. 6. The social and cultural fabric. 7. Rebellion and resistance. 8. Main currents in history 1857-1919. 9. The economic developments: 1857-1919. 10. The cultural fabric: 1857-1919. 11. Rise of nationalism. 12. The nationalist upsurge. 13. Towards freedom. 14. New directions in history: environmental history. Bibliography. Question Bank.

"The aim of this book is simple. It is written as an introductory text for a wider reading community. The author has in his mind the needs of those general readers, school and university students and competitive examinees, who have only a hazy notion of Indian history."