SCHEME OF EXAMINATIONS AND COURSES OF READING
M.A. (FINAL) HISTORY (SEMESTER SYSTEM)
Note :- M.A.(Final) History Course shall consist of two Semesters. In all there shall be 2 Core Papers, 4 Specialization Papers and 10 Optional Papers in the course. Candidate shall take 5 papers in each Semester.
I M.A. (IIIrd Semester) :
There shall be 1 core paper, 2 specialization papers and 5 optional papers. The candidate shall take 1 out of the 2 specialization papers and any 3 optional papers out of the given list of 5 optional papers.
II M.A. (IVth Semester) :
There shall be 1 core paper, 2 specialization papers and 5 optional papers. The candidate shall take 1 out of the 2 specialization papers and any 3 optional papers out of the given list of 5 optional papers.
III In case of the specialization papers, the candidate opting for a particular specialization in M.A. (Ist & IInd Semesters) shall take the same specialization in M.A. (IIIrd and IVth Semesters). The choice of the specialization as well as optional papers in M.A. Course shall be determined on the basis of merit. However, the Department shall decide the number of optional papers to be offered in the Department in a particular year.
LIST OF PAPERS
M.A. (IIIrd Semester) :
I Core Papers :
Paper XVII - Historiography
II Specialization Papers :
Paper XVIII (Option i) - Society in Medieval India, AD 1200-1750
Paper XVIII (Option ii) - Modern India (1858-1947)
III Optional Papers :
Paper XIX - Political History of Haryana
Paper XX - Social History of India
Paper XXI - Economic History of India
Paper XXII - State in India
Paper XXIII - History of Science and Technology in India
M.A. (IVth Semester) :
I Core Papers :
Paper XXIV - Approaches of History
II Specialization Papers :
Paper XXV (Option i) - Art, Architecture and Culture in Medieval India, AD1200-1750
Paper XXV (Option ii) - Indian National Movement (1885-1947)
III Optional Papers :
Paper XXVI - History of Haryana
Paper XXVII - Socio-Religious Movements in India
Paper XXVIII - Agrarian History of India
Paper XXIX - Contemporary Indian History (1947-1964)
Paper XXX - Business History of India
M.A. – IIIrd Semester
Core Paper
Paper – XVII : Historiography
Max. Marks : 100
Time : 3 hours
Note :- The question paper will consist of ten questions, i.e., two questions from each unit. The candidate shall attempt five questions in all selecting one question from each unit.
Unit – I
History : Meaning; Nature and Scope
Unit – II
History and Allied Disciplines; Historical Evidence : Its Nature and Transmission
Unit – III
Objectivity in History; Causation in History; Collection and Selection of Historical Data
Unit – IV
Early Trends of Historiography: Greeco-Roman; Chinese and Ancient Indian
Unit – V
Medieval Historiography : Western; Arabic and Persian
Suggested Readings :
1
|
Ali, B. Sheikh
|
|
History : Its Theory and Method
|
2
|
Bajaj, Satish, K.
|
|
Recent Trends in Historiography
|
3
|
Bentley, Michael (ed.)
|
|
Companion to Historiography
|
4
|
Bloch, Marc
|
|
The Historian’s Craft
|
5
|
Buddha Prakah
|
|
Itihas Darshan (Hindi)
|
6
|
Carr, E.H.
|
|
What is History ?
|
7
|
Collingwood, R.G.
|
|
The Idea of History
|
8
|
Elton, G.R.
|
|
Practice of History
|
9
|
Gardener, Patrick
|
|
Theories of History
|
10
|
Habib, Irfan
|
|
Interpreting Indian History
|
11
|
Hale, J.R.
|
|
Evolution of British Historiography
|
12
|
Hardy, Peter
|
|
Historians of Medieval India
|
13
|
Johnson, Allen
|
|
Historian and Historical Evidence
|
14
|
Ladurie, L. R.
|
|
Territory of the Historian
|
15
|
Leonard, M.M.
|
|
The Nature of Historical Inquiry
|
16
|
Majumdar, R.K. & Srivastava, A.N.
|
|
Historiography
|
17
|
Marwick, Aurther
|
|
The Nature of History
|
18
|
Marwick, Aurther
|
|
What History Is and Why It is Important ?
|
19
|
Renier, G.T.
|
|
History : Its Purpose and Method
|
20
|
Sridharan, E.
|
|
A Textbook of Historiography
|
21
|
Thompson, J.W.
|
|
A History of Historical Writing 500 B.C. to A.D. 2000
|
22
|
Topolski, Jarzy
|
|
Methodology of History
|
23
|
Walsh, W.H.
|
|
Philosophy of History
|
24
|
Widgery, G.A.
|
|
The Meaning of History
|
25
|
William, S.H.
|
|
The Modern Historian
|
Specialization Paper
Paper – XVIII (Option – i)
Society in Medieval India, AD 1200-1750
Max. Marks : 100
Time : 3 hours
Note :- The question paper will consist of ten questions, i.e., two questions from each unit. The candidate shall attempt five questions in all selecting one question from each unit.
Unit – I
Continuity and Change in Medieval Indian Society : Composition and Stratification; Urban and Rural Society
Unit – II
Caste and Social Mobility, Slavery; Women in Medieval Indian Society
Unit – III
Origin and Concepts of Sufism; Chisti, Qadiri, Suhrawardi and Naqashbandi Silsilas
Unit – IV
Origin and Concepts of Bhakti Movement : Nath Panthis, Kabir, Nanak, Dadu, Chaitanya, Tulsidas, Raidas and Maharashtra Dharma
Unit – V
Elements of Conflicts and Synthesis in Medieval Indian Society : Ruling Groups, State and Orthodoxy; Muslim Revivalist Movement under Sheikh Ahmad Sarhindi; Sectarian Communities
Suggested Readings :
1
|
Ashraf, K.M.
|
|
Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan
|
2
|
Banga Indu (ed.)
|
|
The City in Indian History : Urban Demography, Society and Politics
|
3
|
Chopra, P.N.
|
|
Life and Letters under the Mughals.
|
4
|
Eaton, Richards M. (ed.)
|
|
India’s Islamic Tradition
|
5
|
Grewal, J.S. (ed.)
|
|
The State and Society in Medieval India
|
6
|
Habib, Irfan (ed.)
|
|
Medieval India-Research in the History of India 1200-1750
|
7
|
Habib, Muhammad
|
|
Politics and Society in Early Medieval Period, Vol I & II
|
8
|
Hasan, S. Nural
|
|
Religion, State and Society in Medieval India (ed. Satish Chandra)
|
9
|
Jackson, Peter
|
|
The Delhi Sultanate
|
10
|
Karashima, N.
|
|
Towards a New Formation : South Indian Society under Vijayanagar
|
11
|
Nigam, S.B.P.
|
|
Nobility under the Sultans of Delhi
|
12
|
Nizami, K.A.
|
|
Religion and Politics in the 13th Century
|
13
|
Richards, J.F.
|
|
The Mughal Empire
|
14
|
Rizvi, S.A.A.
|
|
History of Sufism, Vol. I-II
|
15
|
Rizvi, S.A.A.
|
|
Muslim Revivalist Movement in Northern India in the 16th – 17th Centuries
|
16
|
Rizvi, S.A.A.
|
|
Religious and Intellectual History of the Muslims in Akbar’s Reign
|
17
|
Satish, Chandra
|
|
Medieval India : Society, Jagirdari Crisis and the State
|
18
|
Stein, Burton
|
|
New Cambridge History of India : Vijaynagar
|
19
|
Stein, Burton
|
|
Peasant State and Society in Medieval South India
|
20
|
Umar, Muhammad
|
|
Muslim Society in Northern India During the 18th Century
|
21
|
Umar, Muhammad
|
|
Urban Culture in North India During the 18th Century.
|
Specialization Paper
Paper – XVIII ( Option - ii)
Modern India (1858-1947)
Max. Marks : 100
Time : 3 hours
Note :- The question paper will consist of ten questions, i.e., two questions from each unit. The candidate shall attempt five questions in all selecting one question from each unit.
Unit – I
Colonial State : Authorities at London; British Indian Government; Provincial Structure; Local Self Government and Administration
Unit – II
Colonial Control : Police, Law and Justice; Land Revenue Administration; Relations with Princely States; Foreign Relations : Afghanistan, Burma and Tibbat
Unit – III
Decline of the Handicrafts and its Effects; Flow of Foreign Capital and its Effects; Agrarian Relations, Commercialization of Agriculture; Economic Drain
Unit – IV
Rise of the Modern Industries: Jute Textile, Cotton Textile, Iron and Steel; Rise of Capitalist Class and Industrial Labour
Unit – V
The Utilitarians and Social Change; Nature and Ideas of the Brahmo Samaj, the Arya Samaj, the Ram Krishan Mission and the Aligarh Movement; Growth of the Modern Education; Rise of the Middle Classes
Suggested Readings :
1
|
Bilgrani, Ashgar H.
|
|
Afghanistan and British India : A Study in Foreign Relations
|
2
|
Bipan, Chandra
|
|
Essays on Colonialism
|
3
|
Bipan, Chandra
|
|
Rise and Growth of Economic Nationalism in India
|
4
|
Brown, Judith
|
|
Modern India : The Origin of the Asian Democracy
|
5
|
Datta, K.K.
|
|
Social History of Modern India
|
6
|
Desai, A.R.
|
|
Social Background of Indian Nationalism
|
7
|
Dodwell, H. (ed)
|
|
The Cambridge History of India, Vol. - II
|
8
|
Dutt, R.C.
|
|
Economic History of India, Vol. I & II
|
9
|
Fraser, Lovet
|
|
India under Curzon and After
|
10
|
Gopal, S.
|
|
British Policy in India
|
11
|
Hasan, Zoya
|
|
Politics and State in India
|
12
|
Jones, K.W.
|
|
Socio-Religious Reform Movement in British India
|
13
|
Kennedy, G.S.
|
|
Providence and the Raj
|
14
|
Kulkarani, V.B.
|
|
British Dominion in India and After
|
15
|
Kumar, Dharma (ed.)
|
|
Cambridge Economic History of India, Vol.-II
|
16
|
Kumar, Ravinder
|
|
Social History of Modern India
|
17
|
Majumdar, R.C. (ed)
|
|
British Paramountey and Indian Renaissance, Vol. IX & X
|
18
|
Metcalf, T.R.
|
|
Land, Landlords and the British Raj : North India in the 19th Century
|
19
|
Mishra, B.B.
|
|
The Indian Middle Classes : Their Growth in Modern Times
|
20
|
Mishra, B.B.
|
|
The Administrative History of India 1834-1947
|
21
|
Nanda, B.R.
|
|
Essays in Modern India History
|
22
|
Nauroji, Dada Bhai
|
|
Poverty and the Un-British Rule in India
|
23
|
Pavlov, V.I.
|
|
The Indian Capitalist Class : A Historical Study
|
24
|
Roy, Tirthankar
|
|
The Economic History of Modern India
|
25
|
Sharma, M.P.
|
|
Local Self - Government in India
|
26
|
Smith, W.C.
|
|
Modern Islam in India
|
27
|
Stein, Burton
|
|
The Making of the Agrarian Policy in British India 1770-1900
|
28
|
Stein, Burton
|
|
Thomas Munro : The Origins of the Colonial State and his Vision of the Empire
|
29
|
Stokes, Eric
|
|
The English Utilitarians and India
|
30
|
Tomlinson, B.R.
|
|
Economy of Modern India 1860-1970
|
Paper – XIX :
Political History of Haryana
Max. Marks : 100
Time : 3 hours
Note :- The question paper will consist of ten questions, i.e., two questions from each unit. The candidate shall attempt five questions in all selecting one question from each unit.
Unit – I
The Concept of Regional History; Haryana Region : Sources for Medieval and Modern History
Unit – II
Establishment of the Turkish Hegemony : Local Rsistance and Conciliation; Polity and Administrative Set up under the Sultans
Unit – III
Polity and Administrative Set up under the Mughals ; The Imperial Decline and the Rise of Sikhs, Jats, Marathas and George Thomas
Unit – IV
Establishment of the British Rule in Haryana; Administration of East India Company : Civil, Judicial and Land Revenue
Unit – V
Resistance to the British Rule : The Pre-1857 Risings; The Uprising of 1857 : Nature and Impact; Aftermath of the Revolt : Merger with Punjab and New Administrative Set up
Suggested Readings :
1
|
Bajaj, Satish K.
|
|
Recent Trends in Historiography
|
2
|
Buddha Prakash
|
|
Glimpses of Haryana
|
3
|
Buddha Prakash
|
|
Haryana Through the Ages
|
4
|
Darling, Malcolm
|
|
Panjab Peasantry in Prosperity and Debt
|
5
|
Griffin, L.H.
|
|
The Rajas of the Panjab
|
6
|
Gupta, H.R.
|
|
Marathas and Panipat
|
7
|
Jagdish Chandra
|
|
Freedom Movement in Haryana
|
8
|
Juneja, M.M.
|
|
History of Hisar
|
9
|
Kayo, Sir Johan William
|
|
Life of Lord Metcalfe, 2 Vols.
|
10
|
Kundu, C.L. and Udai Shankar
|
|
Education in Haryana
|
11
|
Mittal, S.C
|
|
Haryana : A Historical Perspective
|
12
|
Muztar, B.K.
|
|
Haryana : Political and Cultural
|
13
|
Naqvi, H.K.
|
|
Urbanisation and Urban Centre under the Great Mughals
|
14
|
Phadke, H.A.
|
|
Haryana : Ancient and Medieval
|
15
|
Saini, B.S.
|
|
Social and Economic History of Panjab
|
16
|
Sarkar, J.N.
|
|
Fall of the Mughal Empire
|
17
|
Satish Chandra
|
|
The Eighteenth Century in India : It Economy and the Role of the Marathas, the Jats, the Sikhs and the Afghans
|
18
|
Sen, S.N. (ed.)
|
|
Sources of Indian History
|
19
|
Sharma, S.R.
|
|
Haryana Ke Swantantrata Sainani (Hindi)
|
20
|
Singh, Chetan
|
|
Region and Empire : Panjab in the 17th Century
|
21
|
Singh, Fauja
|
|
History of Panjab
|
22
|
Talbot, Ian
|
|
Punjab and the Raj
|
23
|
Tanwar, R.
|
|
The Politics of Sharing Power : The Panjab Unionist Party
|
24
|
Yadav, B.N.S.
|
|
Society and Culture of Northern India in the 12th Century
|
25
|
Yadav, K.C.
|
|
Haryana: Studies in History and Culture
|
26
|
Yadav, K.C.
|
|
The Revolt of 1857 in Haryana
|
27
|
Yadav, K.C.
|
|
Haryana : Itihas Evam Sanskriti (Hindi), 2 Vols.
|
Paper – XX :
Social History of India
Max. Marks : 100
Time : 3 hours
Note :- The question paper will consist of ten questions, i.e., two questions from each unit. The candidate shall attempt five questions in all selecting one question from each unit.
Unit – I
Social History of India : Sources and Approaches ; Indian Social Institutions : Tribe, Caste (as well as Untouchability), Class and Community
Unit – II
Medieval Indian Society : Urban and Rural; Social Stratification and Social Mobility; Position of Women
Unit – III
Education and Culture in Medieval India : Educational Systems and Institutions; Syncretic Tradition and Cultural Synthesis
Unit – IV
Colonial Intervention and Social Change : British Social Policy and Western Ideas - Evangelicals and Utilitarians ; Growth of Modern Education; Rise of New Social Classes
Unit – V
Social Change in Colonial India : Transitions in Caste-ridden Society; Conflict between Tradition and Modernity; Changing Position of Women ; Patterns of Urbanization
Suggested Readings :
1
|
Ahmad, Aziz
|
|
Studies in Islamic Culture in the Indian Environemnt
|
2
|
Altekar, A.S.
|
|
Position of Women in Hindu Civilization
|
3
|
Ambedkar, B.R.
|
|
The Untouchables
|
4
|
Ashraf, K.M.
|
|
Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan
|
5
|
Ballahatchet, K.S.
|
|
Social Policy and Social Change in Western India
|
6
|
Basu, Aparna
|
|
The Growth of Education and Political Development 1898-1920
|
7
|
Bayly, Susan
|
|
Caste, Society and Politics in India from the Eighteenth Century to the Modern Age
|
8
|
Datta, K.K.
|
|
Social History of Modern India
|
9
|
Desai, A.R.
|
|
Social Background of Indian Nationalism
|
10
|
Dube, S.C.
|
|
Indian Society
|
11
|
Dube, S.C.
|
|
Contemporary India and its Modernization
|
12
|
Habib, Irfan
|
|
Interpreting Indian History
|
13
|
Habib, Mohammad
|
|
Politics and Society during the Early Medieval Period
|
14
|
Hardey, Peter
|
|
The Muslims of British India
|
15
|
Jha, D.N.
|
|
Economy and Society in Early India : Issues and Paradigms
|
16
|
Kothari, Rajni (ed.)
|
|
Caste in Indian Politics
|
17
|
Krishnamurthi, J.
|
|
Women in Colonial India
|
18
|
Kumar, Ravindra
|
|
Social History of Modern India
|
19
|
Majumdar, R.C.
|
|
British Paramount and Indian Renaissance, Vol. X
|
20
|
Majumdar, R.C.
|
|
The History and Culture of Indian People, Vol. V & VII
|
21
|
Mishra, B.B.
|
|
The Indian Middle Classes : Their Growth in Modern Times
|
22
|
Mishra, Girish
|
|
Economic History of Modern India
|
23
|
Mujeeb, M.
|
|
The Indian Muslims
|
24
|
Nurullah, S. & J.P. Naik
|
|
History of Education in India
|
25
|
O’ Malley, L.S.S.
|
|
Modern India and the West
|
26
|
Potts, E. Daniel
|
|
British Baptist Missionaries in India 1793-1837
|
27
|
Rashid, Abdul
|
|
Society and Culture in Medieval India
|
28
|
Rizvi, S.A.A.
|
|
Religious and Intellectual History of the Muslims in Akbar Reign
|
29
|
Sarkar, Sumit
|
|
Writing Social History
|
30
|
Shah, A.B. & C.R.M.,Rao
|
|
Tradition and Modernity in India
|
31
|
Sharma, R.S.
|
|
Social Changes in Early Medieval India
|
32
|
Smith, W.C.
|
|
Modern Islam in India
|
33
|
Sridharan, E.
|
|
A Textbook of Historiography
|
34
|
Srinivas, M.N.
|
|
Social Change in Modern India
|
35
|
Srinivas, M.N.
|
|
Caste in India and Other Essays
|
36
|
Stokes, Eric
|
|
The English Utilitarians and India
|
37
|
Tara Chand
|
|
Society and State in the Mughal Period
|
38
|
Tara Chand
|
|
Influence of Islam on Indian Culture
|
39
|
Thapar, Romila
|
|
Ancient Indian Social History
|
40
|
Vidyarathi, L.P.
|
|
Tribal Culture of India
|
Paper No. - XXI
Economic History of India
Max. Marks : 100
Time : 3 hours
Note :- The question paper will consist of ten questions, i.e., two questions from each unit. The candidate shall attempt five questions in all selecting one question from each unit.
Unit – I
Problems of Indian Economic History; Different Approaches and their Limitations; Sources of Medieval and Modern Indian Economic History
Unit – II
Nature and Structure of Medieval Indian Economy : Rural and Urban; Agricultural and Non-Agricultural (Handicraft) Production; Trade and Commerce; Credit and Indigenous Banking System
Unit – III
The British East India Company : Its Agrarian Settlements and Land Revenue; Commercialization of Agriculture; Indian Manufactures for External Market.
Unit – IV
Mercantilism and the Company Trade from 1757 to 1813; Industrial Capitalism and Lessaiz Faire: Artisans and Handicrafts Industry in Transition; Means of Transport : Roads and Railways
Unit – V
British and Indigenous Capital Investment; Rise of Modern Industries i.e. Cotton, Jute, Iron and Steel Industries; Drain of Wealth; Impact of Colonization on Indian Economy
Suggested Readings :
1
|
Bhatia, B.M.
|
|
Famines in India
|
2
|
Bipan Chandra
|
|
The Rise and Growth of Economic Nationalism in India
|
3
|
Brahmanand (ed.)
|
|
Famines in Colonial India
|
4
|
Dutt, R.C.
|
|
Economic History of India, 2 Vols.
|
5
|
Frykenberg, R.E.
|
|
Land Control and Social Structure in India
|
6
|
Guha, R.
|
|
A Rule of Property for Bengal : Essays in the Idea of Permanent Settlement
|
7
|
Habib, Irfan
|
|
Essays in Indian History : Towards a Marxist Perception.
|
8
|
Habib, Irfan
|
|
The Agrarian System of Mughal India 1556-1707
|
9
|
Hasan, Nurul
|
|
Thought on Agrarian Relations in Mughal India
|
10
|
Ludden, David
|
|
An Agrarian History of South Asia
|
11
|
Mishra, Girish
|
|
Economic History of India
|
12
|
Mittal, S.C.
|
|
Bharat Ka Saamajik aur Aarthik Itihas (1758-1947)
|
13
|
Morris D., Morris Toru Matsui, Bipan Chandra and T. Raychaudhuri
|
|
The Indian Economy in the Nineteenth Century
|
14
|
Mukherjee, Mridula
|
|
Colonializing Agriculture : The Myth of Punjab Exceptionalism.
|
15
|
Mukherjee, Mridula
|
|
Peasants in India’s Non-Violent Revolution
|
16
|
Mukherjee, Nilmani
|
|
Ryotwari System in Madras 1792-1827
|
17
|
Raychaudhuri, Tapan and Irfan Habib
|
|
The Cambridge Economic History of India, Vol. I
|
18
|
Richards, J.F.
|
|
The Imperial Monetary System of Mughal India
|
19
|
Stein, Burton
|
|
The Making of Agrarian Policy in British India, 1770-1900
|
Share with your friends: |