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Modern Indian History
Company administration and colonial economy
Press regulation, Vernacular Press Act and the Ilbert Bill
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Modern Indian History

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Modern Indian History

European arrival and Company expansion
Company administration and colonial economy
Resistance before 1857 and the Revolt of 1857
Socio-religious reform and caste movements
Early nationalism and the Congress
Swadeshi, Extremists and Home Rule 1905-1918
The Gandhian phase 1915-1939
Revolutionary, left, peasant and labour movements
Constitutional and administrative development 1858-1947
Communalism and Partition
Towards freedom 1939-1947
Princely states and their integration
Post-independence consolidation and reorganisation

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Hicky’s Gazette and the early colonial press
Censorship of the press under Wellesley
The 1823 press licensing restrictions
Metcalfe’s liberalisation of press regulation
Press licensing during the 1857 crisis

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