{"id":26545,"date":"2024-02-09T12:39:59","date_gmt":"2024-02-09T12:39:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edukemy.com\/blog\/?p=26545"},"modified":"2024-02-20T07:32:28","modified_gmt":"2024-02-20T07:32:28","slug":"upsc-modern-history-complete-notes-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edukemy.com\/blog\/upsc-modern-history-complete-notes-2\/","title":{"rendered":"UPSC Modern History Notes"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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UPSC Modern History Notes serve as an indispensable resource for aspirants preparing for the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) examinations, particularly the Civil Services Examination. Modern history, spanning from the mid-18th century to the present day, is a crucial component of the UPSC syllabus, examining the socio-political, economic, and cultural transformations that have shaped the contemporary world. These comprehensive notes offer a systematic and insightful overview of key historical events, personalities, and movements, enabling aspirants to develop a nuanced understanding of the forces that have shaped the modern era. Aspirants can leverage these notes to grasp the intricacies of colonialism, nationalism, industrialization, and global conflicts, thus equipping themselves with the historical acumen necessary to navigate the challenges posed by the UPSC examination.<\/p>\n

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Topic<\/strong><\/td>\nSub – Topic<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Advent of the Europeans in India<\/a><\/td>\nPortuguese<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nDutch<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nEnglish<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nDanes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nFrench<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nWhy the English Succeeded against Other European Powers<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
India on the Eve of the British Conquest<\/td>\nChallenges before the Mughals – External & Internal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nCauses of Decline of the Mughal Empire<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nRise of Regional States<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nSocio-Economic Conditions – Agriculture, Society & Culture, Education & Trade<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Expansion and Consolidation of British Power in India<\/td>\nCauses of British Success in India<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nBritish Conquest of Bengal<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nCarnatic Wars<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nAnglo-Mysore Wars<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nAnglo-Maratha Wars<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nConquest of Sindh<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nConquest of Punjab<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Extension of British Paramountcy Through Administrative Policy<\/td>\nThe Policy of Ring-Fence<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nSubsidiary Alliance<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nDoctrine of Lapse<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Relations of British India with Neighbouring Countries<\/td>\nAnglo-Burmese Relations<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nAnglo-Tibetan Relations<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nAnglo-Afghan Relations <\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nJohn Lawrence and the Policy of Masterly Inactivity<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nLytton and the Policy of Proud Reserve <\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nBritish India and the North-West Frontier<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
People\u2019s Resistance Against British Before 1857<\/a><\/td>\nCivil Uprisings<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nPeasant Movements<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nTribal Revolts<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nSepoy Mutinies<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nWeaknesses of People\u2019s Uprisings<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Revolt of 1857<\/a><\/td>\nThe 1857 Revolt: the Major Causes<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nBeginning and Spread of the Revolt<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nSuppression of the Revolt<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nWhy the Revolt Failed<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nHindu-Muslim Unity Factor<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nNature of the Revolt<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nConsequences of the Revolt<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nSignificance of the Revolt<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Socio-Religious Reform Movements<\/td>\nFactors Giving Rise to Desire for Reform<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nImpact of British Rule<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nSocial and Ideological Bases of Reform<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nSocio-Cultural Reform Movements and their Leaders<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nSignificance of Reform Movements<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Beginning of Modern Nationalism in India<\/td>\nFactors in the Growth of Modern Nationalism<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nPolitical, Administrative and Economic Unification of the Country<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nWestern Thought and Education<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nRole of Press and Literature<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nRise of Middle-Class Intelligentsia<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nPolitical Associations Before the Indian National Congress<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Indian National Congress<\/a><\/td>\nFoundation of Indian National Congress<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nSafety Valve<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nAims and Objectives of the Congress<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Moderate Phase<\/td>\nEra of Modernates (1885-1905)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
National Movement (1905-1918)<\/td>\nEra of Militant Nationalism (1905-1909)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nThe Swadeshi and Boycott Movement<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nThe Movement under Extremist Leadership<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nAnnulment of Partition<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nEvaluation of the Swadeshi Movement<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nSurat Split<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nMorley-Minto Reforms\u20141909 & its Evaluation<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
First Phase of Revolutionary Activities (1907-1917)<\/td>\nReasons for the Revolutionary Activities<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nRevolutionary Activities in India<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nRevolutionary Activities Abroad<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nFirst World War and Nationalist Response<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nHome Rule League Movement<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nLucknow Session of the Indian National Congress (1916)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nMontagu\u2019s Statement of August 1917 & Indian Objections<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nGandhi\u2019s Experience in South Africa<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mass Nationalism Begins (1919-1939)<\/td>\nEmergence of Gandhi<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nReasons for Nationalist Resurgence <\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nImpact of the Russian Revolution <\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nMontagu-Chelmsford Reforms and Government of India Act, 1919<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nChamparan Satyagraha (1917)\u2014First Civil Disobedience<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nAhmedabad Mill Strike (1918)\u2014First Hunger Strike <\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nKheda Satyagraha (1918)\u2014First Non-Cooperation<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nRowlatt Act & Satyagraha<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nJallianwala Bagh Massacre<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nHunter Committee<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Non-Cooperation Movement and Khilafat Aandolan<\/td>\nNon-Cooperation Movement<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nKhilafat Aandolan<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nWhy Gandhi Withdrew the Movement<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nEvaluation of Khilafat Non-Cooperation Movement<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Emergence of Swarajists, Socialist Ideas, Revolutionary Activities and Other New Forces<\/td>\nSwarajists and No-Changers<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nSocialistic Ideas, Youth Power, Trade Unionism <\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nRevolutionary Activity During the 1920s<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nMajor Influences in Different Parts of India <\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Simon Commission and the Nehru Report<\/td>\nIndian Statutory Commission – Simon Commission<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nNehru Report<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Civil Disobedience Movement and Round Table Conferences<\/td>\nRun-up to the Civil Disobedience Movement<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nPolitical Activity during 1929 <\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nIrwin\u2019s Declaration <\/a><\/td><\/tr>
 <\/td>\nDelhi Manifesto<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nLahore Congress and Purna Swaraj<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nSalt Satyagraha<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nGandhi\u2019s Eleven Demands<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nGandhi-Irwin Pact<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nEvaluation of Civil Disobedience Movement<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nKarachi Congress Session\u20141931<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nThe Round Table Conferences<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nSecond Phase of CDM <\/a><\/td><\/tr>
 <\/td>\nCommunal Award and Poona Pact<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nGandhi\u2019s Harijan Campaign<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nSimilarities between Gandhi and Ambedkar <\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Debates on the Future Strategy after Civil Disobedience Movement<\/td>\nNehru\u2019s Vision – Struggle-Victory<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nGandhi’s Vision – StruggleTruce-Struggle Strategy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nNehru\u2019s Opposition to STS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Government of India Act, 1935<\/td>\nFeatures and Evaluations<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nCongress Manifesto for Elections and Performance<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nCongress Rule in Provinces and its Evaluation<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Towards Freedom and Partition 1939-1947<\/td>\nNationalist Response in the Wake of World War II<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nHaripura and Tripuri Sessions<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nGandhi and Bose: Ideological Differences<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Second World War and Nationalistic Response<\/td>\nCongress Offer to Viceroy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nGovernment Attitude and Congress Ministries\u2019 Resignation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nAugust Offer – Responses and Evaluation<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nIndividual Satyagrahas<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nCripps Mission – Why it was sent?<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nMain Proposals<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nWhy Cripps Mission Failed<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Quit India Movement, Demand for Pakistan, and the INA<\/td>\nQuit India Resolution<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nSpread of the Movement, Extent of Mass Participation and Government Repression<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nFamine of 1943<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nRajagopalachari Formula<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nDesai-Liaqat Pact<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nWavell Plan<\/a> – Muslim League and Congress Stand<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nIndian National Army<\/a> and Bose<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Post-War National Scenario<\/td>\nCongress Election Campaign and INA Trials<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nINA Agitation<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nThree Upsurges\u2014Winter of 1945-46<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nElection Results – Performance of League and Congress<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nShimla Confernece-1945<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nCabinet Mission Plan\u2014Main Points<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nCommunal Holocaust and the Interim Government<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Independence with Partition<\/td>\nAttlee\u2019s Statement<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nMountbatten as the Viceroy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nMountbatten Plan<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nIndian Independence Act<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nInevitability of Partition – Why Congress Accepted Partition<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
India Under British Rule – Governance and Other Aspects<\/td>\nConstitutional Development between 1773 and 1935<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nEvolution of Civil Services in India<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nDevelopment of Judiciary in British India<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nBritish Social and Cultural Policy in India<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nBritish Policy Towards Princely States<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nBritish Foreign Policy in India<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nDevelopment of Indian Press<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nDevelopment of Education<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nPeasant Movements 1857-1947<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nWorkers Movement in India<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nWomen\u2019s Movement in India<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Economic Impact of British Rule in India<\/td>\nDeindustrialisation – Ruin of Artisans and Handicraftsmen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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