This is the Hindi version of History of India 1707-1857 publishedby us.
It is an essential textbook for undergraduate students of Indian history. The period 1707 -1857 was full of dramatic events which has profound consequences for the history of the India. This period marks the fall of great Mughal empire and advent of British rule in India, and also the Revolt of 1857. This book is perhaps the only textbook available on this specific period.
This book covers following main themes:
- The disintegration of the Mughal Empire, the emergence of the successor states, and the establishment of the East India Company’s dominance in the subcontinent.
- The process that aided consolidation of the British Raj, its methods of governance and bliss of its economic set up.
- Social and intellectual construct which developed during this period, laying the ground for colonial dominance as well as resistance to it.
- A comprehensive overview of developments in the fields of culture, art, literature, music and ideas during the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
- Resistance to the colonial enterprise, culminating in the rebellion of 1857.
The other features are:
- Each chapter is accompanied by maps
- and up-to-date bibliography
- glossary of terms used in the book