Semester: VI
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HIS-HC-6016 : HISTORY OF INDIA VIII (c. 1857 - 1950)
Lectures : 5; Tutorial : 1 (per week)
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Readings:
Judith Brown, Gandhi’s rise to Power, 1915-22.
Paul Brass, The Politics of India Since Independence, OUP, 1990.
Bipan Chandra, Nationalism and Colonialism in Modern India, 1979.
Bipan Chandra, Rise and Growth of Economic Nationalism in India.
Mohandas K. Gandhi, An Autobiography or The Story of My
Ranajit Guha, ed., A Subaltern Studies Reader.
Peter Hardy, Muslims of British India.
Mushirul Hasan, ed., India’s Partition, Oxford in India Readings.
D.A. Low, ed., Congress and the Raj.
John R. McLane, Indian Nationalism and the Early Congress.
Jawaharlal Nehru, An Autobiography.
Gyanendra Pandey, The Construction of Communalism in colonial north India.
Sumit Sarkar, Modern India, 1885-1947.
Anil Seal, Emergence of Indian Nationalism.
Ram Lakhan Shukla (ed.), Adhunik Bharat ka Itihas.
Eleanor Zelliot, From Untouchable to Dalit: Essays on the Ambedkar Movement.
Judith Brown, Gandhi: (et al) A Prisoner of Hope.
Bipan Chandra, Communalism in Modern India, 2nd ed., 1987.
Bipan Chandra, K.N. Panikkar, Mridula Mukherjee, Sucheta Mahajan
and Aditya Mukherjee, India’s, Struggles for Independence.
A.R. Desai, Social Background of Indian Nationalism.
A.R. Desai, Peasant Struggles in India.
Francine Frankel, India’s Political Economy, 1947-77.
Ranajit Guha, and G.C. Spivak, eds. Select Subaltern Studies.
Charles Heimsath, Indian Nationalism and Hindu Social Reform.
F. Hutchins, Illusion of Permanence.
F. Hutchins, Spontaneous Revolution.
V.C. Joshi (ed.), Rammohan Roy and the process of Modernization in India.
J.Krishnamurti, Women in Colonial India.
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HIS-HC-6026: HISTORY OF MODERN EUROPE II (c. 1780 -1939)
Lectures : 5; Tutorial : 1 (per week)
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Readings:
C.M. Cipolla: Fontana Economic History of Europe, Volume II the Present (1981).
I : The Industrial Revolution.
J. Evans: The Foundations of a Modern State in 19th Century Europe.
T.S. Hamerow: Restoration, Revolution and Reaction: Economics
and Politics in Germany [1815 - 1871].
E.J. Hobsbawn : The Age of Revolution.
Lynn Hunt: Politics, Culture and Class in the French Revolution.
James Joll, Europe Since 1870.
David Landes: Promctheus Unbound.
George Lefebvre, Coming of the French Revolution.
George Lichtheim: A Short History of Socialism.
Peter Mathias, First Industrial Revolution.
Alec Nove: An Economic History of the USSR.
Andrew Porter, European Imperialism, 18760 -1914 (1994).
Antbony Wood, History of Europe, 1815 û 1960 (1983).
Stuart Woolf: History of Italy, 1700 - 1860.
G. Barraclough, An Introduction to Contemporary History.
Fernand Braudel, History and the Social Science in M. Aymard and
H. Mukhia eds. French Studies in History, Vol. I (1989).
Maurice Dobb: Soviet Economic Development Since 1917.
M. Perrot and G. Duby [eds.]: A History of Women in the West, Volumes 4 and 5.
H.J. Hanham; Nineteenth Century Constitution, 1815 û 1914.
E.J. Hobsbawm, Nations and Nationalism.
Charles and Barbara Jelavich: Establishment of the Balkan National States, 1840 û 1920.
James Joll, Origins of the First World war (1989).
Jaon B. Landes: Women and the Public Sphere in the Age of the French Revolution.
David lowenthal, The Past is a Foreign Country.
Colin Licas: The French Revolution and the Making of Modern Political Culture, Volume 2.
Nicholas Mansergh: The Irish Question, 1840 - 1921.
K.O. Morgan: Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, Volume 3 [1789 -1983].
R.P. Morgan: German Social Democracy and the First International.
N.V. Riasanovsky: A History of Russia.
J.M. Robert, Europe 1880 - 1985.
J.J. Roth (ed.), World War I: A Turning Point in Modern History.
Albert Soboul: History of the French Revolution (in two volumes).
Lawrence Stone, History and the Social Sciences in the Twentieth Century, The Past and the Present (1981).
Dorothy Thompson: Chartists: Popular Politics in the Industrial Revolution.
E.P. Thompson: Making of the English Working Class.
Michel Vovelle, fall of the French Monarchy (1984).
H. Seton Watson: The Russian Empire.
Raymond Williams: Culture and Society.
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Discipline Specific Elective Courses
(4 Courses)
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HIS –HE-5016:History of Assam Up to c. 1228
HIS –HE-5026: History of Assam (c. 1228-1826)
HIS –HE-6016: History of Assam (c. 1826-1947)
HIS –HE-6026: Assam after Independence
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HIS –HE-5016: HISTORY OF ASSAM (UPTO c. 1228)
Lectures : 5; Tutorial : 1 (per week)
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Readings
Baruah, S.L. :A Comprehensive History of Assam,MunshiramMonoharlal Publishers Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi,1985
H. K. Barpujari :The Comprehensive History of Assam Vol. I
K. L. Baruah :Early History of Kamrupa
P. C. Choudhury :The History Civilization of the People of Assam
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HIS –HE-5026 : HISTORY OF ASSAM (c. 1228 –1826)
Lectures : 5; Tutorial : 1 (per week)
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Readings
Barpujari, H.K. :The Comprehensive History of Assam, Vol II and III, Publication Board,
Assam
Baruah, S.L. :A Comprehensive istory of Assam, MunshiramMonoharlalPublishers Pvt. Ltd.,
New Delhi, 1985
Dutta, A.K. :Maniram Dewan and the Contemporary Assamese Society, Jorhat,1991.
Gait E.A. :A History of Assam, 2ndedition, LBS Publication, Guwahati, 1962.
Guha, A. :Medieval and Early Colonial Assam, Calcutta, 1991.
Neog, M., Sankardeva and his Times
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HIS –HE-6016 : HISTORY OF ASSAM (c. 1826 – 1947)
Lectures : 5; Tutorial : 1 (per week)
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Readings:
Barpujari, H. K : (ed) The Comprehensive History of Assam, Vols. IV & V.
Baruah, Swarnalata :A Comprehensive History of Assam,MunshiramMonoharlalPublishers
Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 1985
Goswami, Priyam :From Yandabo to Partition, Orient BlackSwan, 2012.
Barpujari, H. K : (ed) Francis Jenkins Report on the North- East Frontier of India.
––––––––, : (ed) Political History of Assam, Vol. I.
________: Assam in the Days of the Company
Bhuyan, A.C and : (ed) Political History of Assam, Vols. II & III.
De, S.Bhuyan, A.C : (ed) Nationalist Upsurge in Assam.
Dutta, Anuradha :Assam in the Freedom Movement.
Bora .S. :Student Revolution in Assam.
Chakravarti, B. C :British Relations with the Hill Tribes of Assam.
Guha, Amalendu :Planters Raj to Swaraj, Freedom Struggle and ElectoralPolitics in Assam.
Lahiri, R.M :Annexation of Assam
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HIS –HE-6026 : ASSAM SINCE INDEPENDENCE
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Readings (tentative):
Baruah, S.L. :A Comprehensive History of Assam,MunshiramMonoharlal Publishers Pvt.
Ltd., New Delhi,1985
Baruah, S.L. (ed) :Status of Women in Assam with Special Reference to Non-tribal Societies
Deka, Meeta :Women’s Agency and Social Change : Assam and Beyond, Sage Publications, 2013
Goswami, P.C., Economic Development of Assam
Hussain, Monirul, The Assam Movement: Class, Ideology and Identity, 1993
Medhi, S. B :Transport System and Economic Development in Assam, Publication Board,
Assam.
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Generic Elective Courses
(4 Courses)
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HIS –HG-1016: History of India (from Earliest Times up to c. 1206)
HIS –HG-2016: History of India (c.1206 - 1757)
HIS –HG-3016: History of India from (c.1757 - 1947)
HIS –HG-4016: Social and Economic History of Assam
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HIS –HG-1016: HISTORY OF INDIA (FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES UP TO c.
1206)
Lecture : 5; Tutorial : 1 (per week)
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Readings:
Jha, D.N. :Early India, New Delhi, 2006
--------- :Ancient India, Monohar, New Delhi, 2001
Majumdar, R.C. :Ancient India, Banaras, 1952
RomilaThapar :Early India, Vol. I, Penguin, Delhi, 1996
Shastry, K.A. Nilakanta :History of South India
Singh, Upinder :A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India,Pearson, 2009
Habib&Thakur : The Vedic Age (Peoples History of India), Vol. III, Tulika Books, New
Delhi, 2003
Majumdar, Raychoudhary&Dutta :An Advanced History of India (RelevantChapters)
––––––, :India’s Ancient Past, OUP, Delhi 2006
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HIS –HG-2016 : HISTORY OF INDIA (c.1206 to 1757)
Lecture : 5; Tutorial : 1 (per week)
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Text Books:
Chandra, Satish :Medieval India from Sultanat to the Mughals, Vols. I, II
Tripathy, R. P. :Rise and fall of the Mughal Empire
Majumdar, R.C. (ed) :The History and Culture of the Indian People, Vols. VI
Asraf, K.M :Life and Conditions of the People of Hindusthan
Chitnis, K.N. :Socio- Economic History of Medieval India
Habib, Irfan :Agrarian System of Mughal Empire
Habib, M &Nizami :Comprehensive History of India, Vol.V
Mehta, J.L. :Advanced Study in History of Medieval India, Vol. I & II
Nizami, K.A. :Studies in Medieval Indian History and Culture
Rashid, A :Society and Culture in Medieval India
Rizvi, S.A.A. :The Wonder that was India, Part-II
: A History of Sufism in India
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HIS –HG-3016 :HISTORY OF INDIA (c. 1757 to 1947)
Lectures : 5; Tutorial : 1 (per week)
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Readings:
Chandra, B, Mukherjee, M et al :India’s Struggle for Independence, Penguin Books, New Delhi, 2003.
Chandra, B, :History of Modern India ̧ Orient BlackSwan, 2010
Grover B.L and Grover, S :A New Look at Modern Indian History, S. Chand & Company,
New Delhi, 2004.
Sarkar, Sumit :Modern India, Macmillan
Spear, P :History of Modern India, Penguin Books, New Delhi, 1993.
Chandra, B :The Rise and Growth of Economic Nationalism in India, Peoples Publication
House, New Delhi, 1990.
Desai, A. R :Social Background of Indian Nationalism, Popular Publication, New Delhi, 1990.
Fisher, Micheal :The Politics of the British Annexation of India, 1757 – 1857, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 1999.
Gopal, S :The British Policy in India, 1858-1905, McMillan, New Delhi, 1992.
Grewal, J. S :The Sikhs of the Punjab, Cambridge University Press, New Delhi, 1999.
Gordon, Stuart :The Marathas, Cambridge University Press, New Delhi, 1999.
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HIS –HG-4016 : SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC HISTORY OF ASSAM
Lectures : 5; Tutorial : 1 (per week)
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Readings:
Barpujari, H.K.: (ed) :The Comprehensive History of Assam, Vol. I, III, IV & V.
Barua B.K. :A Cultural History of Assam
Baruah, S.L. :A Comprehensive History of Assam,MunshiramMonoharlal Publishers Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi,1985
Gogoi Nath, Jahnabi :Agrarian System of Medieval Assam, New Delhi-2002
Guha, Amalendu :Planters Raj to Swaraj: Freedom Struggle and ElectoralPolitics in Assam 1826-1947
Choudhury, P.C. :History of Civilization of the People of Assam to theTwelfth Century A.D.
Gait, E.A. :A History of Assam.
Guha, Amalendu :Medieval and Early Colonial Assam.
Medhi, S. B :Transport System and Economic Development in Assam, Publication Board, Assam.
Mahanta, P.K., Asomiya Madhyabritya Srenir Itihas Nath, D :Religion and Society in North East India, DVS, Guwahati, 2011
Rhodes, N. and Bose, S.K. :The Coinage of Assam, Vol. I, Pre-Ahom Period, Vol.11, Ahom Period
Saikia, Rajen :Social and Economic History of Assam (1853- 1921).
Sarma, S.N. :Socio Economic and Cultural History of Medieval Assam, Guwahati, 1989
Sharma, Monorama :Social and Economic Change in Assam: Middle Class Hegemony
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Skill Enhancement Elective Courses
(2 Courses)
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HIS –SE-3014: Historical Tourism in North East India
HIS –SE-4014: Oral Culture and Oral History
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HIS –SE-3014: Historical Tourism in North East India
Lecture : 03; Tutorial : 01 (per week)
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Readings :
Bezboruah, M :Tourism in North East India
Bora, S., & Bora, M.C., :The Story of Tourism : An Enchanting Journey through India’s North – East, UBSPD, Delhi, 2004.
: Paryatanar Ruprekha: Uttar Purbanchalar Itihas Aru Sanskritir Patabhumi
Nath, R.M. : The Background of Assamese Culture, Guwahati, 1978
Sarma, P. : Architecture of Assam, Delhi - 1988
Ahmed, Kamaluddin:The Art and Architecture of Assam, Spectrum Publication, Guwahati, 1994.
Bhattacharya, P. :Tourism in Assam, BaniMandir, Guwahati,2004
Neog, M. :Pavitra Asom,LBS, Guwahati
: Asamiya Sanskritir Ruprekha, Guwahati - 1970
Boruah, P. :Chitra-Bichitra Asom, Guwahati,2003
Taher&Ahmed : Geography of North East India, Mani Manik Prakash, Guwahati, 2010.
Gogoi, Atanu :Paryatan Aru Uttar Purbanchal, Bani Mandir, Guwahati, 2006
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HIS –SE-4014: Oral Culture and Oral History
Lecture : 03; Tutorial : 01 (per week)
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Readings:
Thompson, Paul R., Voice of the Past : Oral History, OUP, Great Britain, 1978
Ritchie, Donald A.:Doing Oral History: A Practical Guide, OUP,New York, 2003.
Perks, Robert and Thomson, Alistair (eds.) Oral History Reader, Routledge, 1998.
Valerie Raleigh Yow, Recording Oral History, Altamira Press, USA, 2005.
Vansina, Jan, Oral Tradition. A Study in Historical Methodology (Translated from the French by H. M. Wright). London: Routledge&Kegan Paul. 1965
Vansina, Jan, Oral Tradition as History, Madison: University of Wisconsin Press. 1985
Butalia, Urvashi, The Other Side of Silence: Voices from the Partition of India, Penguin. 2017.
Humphries: The Handbook of Oral History.
H. Roberts. Ed. Doing Feminist Research, Routledge&KeganPaul,London,1981
Das, Veena,(ed.), Mirrors of Violence: Communities, Riots & Survivors in South Asia, Delhi,OUP,1990
Prasad, M. Mahadeva, Ideology of the Hindi Film: A Historical Construction, Delhi, OUP, 1998.
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GU BA 6th Semester History Book
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GU BA 6th Semester History Book
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GU BA 6th Semester History Book
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