Modern history

Concepts to cover

1. Natal Indian Congress 1894, Phoenix settlement, Tolstoy Farm, passive resistance against registration and poll tax, Hind Swaraj 1909
2. Champaran: tinkathia indigo system, Rajkumar Shukla, Rajendra Prasad, inquiry committee; peasant unrest joined to the national movement
3. Kheda revenue remission satyagraha with Vallabhbhai Patel; Ahmedabad mill strike with Anasuya Sarabhai, first hunger strike, 35 percent award
4. Gandhi's campaign that helped end indentured emigration (1917 ban, 1920 abolition); he supported recruitment at Chelmsford's Delhi War Conference 1918
5. Satyagraha, ahimsa, trusteeship, constructive programme; Hind Swaraj, autobiography, Songs from Prison (translation of Indian religious lyrics)
6. Gandhi on swaraj and the state: individuality, duties, village panchayats and non-hierarchical village republics
7. Gandhi and Nehru: ideological differences, shared national goals and leadership succession