BRABU BA History Part-3 Syllabus (Honors Paper-5,6,7,8)

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Here we are providing you Graduation BA History Honors Paper-5, Honors Paper-6, Honors Paper-7 and Honors Paper-8 Syllabus. These Honors Paper are in the Form of Theory Paper i.e. there is no any Practical Paper present in this Subject.These Papers are used to study in 3rd Year of BA History Honors Subject. Each Honors Papers Conducted total 100 Marks.

BRABU BA History (Honors) Part-3 Syllabus Details-

University Name	Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Bihar University
Notice About	BA History Part-3 Syllabus
Paper Number	Honors Paper-5, Paper-6, Paper-7 and Paper-8
Paper Type	Theory Paper
Academic Year	3rd Year

BRABU BSc History Honors Paper-5 (Theory ) Syllabus

History of India, 1757-1857

1. India in the middle of 18th Century- forces of continuity and change.
2. Final victories of the British in Bengal and the Carnatic.
3. Expansion of the British Empire up to 1857: War and Diplomacy as instruments of expansion- relationship with the Marathas, Mysore, Awadh, Central India, Punjab, Sindh, Burma (First Phase).
4. Growth of administrative apparatus- Warren Hastings, Cornwallis, Bentinck. Dalhousie.
5. Economic Change (1757-1857). (a) Land Revenue Settlement- Permanent settlement, Ryotwari Mahal Wari. (b) Decline of Indian Industries. (c) Commercialization of agriculture.
6. Introduction of English education and the rise of the new intelligentsia with special reference of Raja Rammohan Roy.
7. Indian resistance to British Imperial Rule. (a) Popular resistance. (b) Revolt of 1857, causes and nature.

Recommended Book:-

1. Sekhar Bandyopadhyay
2. B.L. Grover
3. R.L. Shukla

BRABU BA History Honors Paper-6 (Theory) Syllabus

History of India, 1858-1947 (Special Reference To The Freedom Movement)

1. India’s relation with Persia, Afghanistan, Nepal, Tibet, Burma.
2. British policy towards Indian States.
3. Problem of decentralization: Separation of judiciary from executive functions, Indianisation of services.
4. Imperial adjustments: Administration of Ripon, Morley Minto Reforms.
5. Imperial offensives: Lytton and Curzon.
6. Imperial adjustments (next phase)- Montague- Chelmsford Reforms.
7. Indian National Movement upto 1919. (a) Early Political Associations. (b) Indian National Congress.
   (c) The Moderates, the Extremists, the Revolutionaries in India and abroad.
8. Indian National Movement, 1919 to 1939. (a) Emergence of M.K. Gandhi. (b) Khilafat movement. (c) Non-cooperation movement. (d) Swarajists. (e) Civil Disobedience movement. (f) Imperial Response: Suppression- cum- conciliations, the Government of India Act, 1935.
9. India and the Second World War (a) Cripps Mission (b) 1942 Movement. (c) Cabinet Mission.
10. Muslim Politics since 1930 and demand for partition.
11. Independence and Partition.

Recommended Book:-

1. Bipin Chandra
2. R.L. Shukla
3. Sumit Sarkar

BRABU BA History Honors Paper-7 (Theory) Syllabus

Any one of the following:

(a) History of the Far East (China, Japan) [Mid 19th to mid 20th century]

China

1. Opium Wars.
2. Taiping Rebellion.
3. Boxer Movement.
4. The Revolution of 1911.
5. Genesis and Principles of the Kuomintang Party.
6. The career and contribution f Dr. Sun Yat Sen.
7. The career and contribution of Chiang Kai Shek.
8. Raise and Growth of the Communist Movement in China.

Japan

1. Opening of Japan.
2. Meiji Restoration.
3. Modernisation of Japan.
4. Sino- Japanese War of 1894-95 and the Russo- Japanese War of 1904-05.
5. Washington Conference.
6. Japan and Manchuria.
7. Rise and Fall of Japanese Imperialism.

Recommended Book:-

1. K.N.Tiwari (Pratikatamak Tarakshastra)

(b). History of South East Asia (mid-19th to mid-20th century)

(Burma, Malaysia, Thailand, Indo-China, and Indonesia)

1. British Conquest of Burma.
2. History of Burmese national movement.
3. British conquest of Malaya.
4. History of Malayasian national movement.
5. Thiland’s contact with the West; internal administration; revolt of 1932. Thailand and World War II.
6. French imperialism in Indo china.
7. Rise and Growth of national movement in Indo – China.
8. Dutch imperialism in Indonesia.
9. Indonesian national movement.

(c) History of west Asia (Mid 18th to mid 20th Century) (Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebnan,Palestine, Saudi Arabia )

TURKEY

1. Hamidian Despotism.
2. Decline of the Ottoman Empire.
3. Young Turk Movement.
4. Establishment of the Republic.
5. Kemalist Transformation of Turkey.
6. Foreign Policy of Turkey.

IRAN

1. Condition of Iran before the accession of Reza Shah Pahlavi.
2. Domestic Policy of Reza Shah Pahlavi.
3. Foreign Policy of Reza Shah Pahlavi.

IRAQ

1. British Mandate in Iraq.
2. Rise of Nationalism in Iraq.

SYRIA, LEBANAN AND PALESTINE.

1. French mandate in Syria and Lebanan.
2. Palestinian Problem.
3. Creation of the State of the Israel.

SAUDI ARABIA

1. Rise and Growth of Arab Nationalism.
2. Modernization of Saudi Arabia.
3. Achievements of King Ibn Saud.

BRABU BA History Honors Paper-8 (Theory) Syllabus

Choose any one of the following

(A) Rise of the Modern west (15th century to the American Revolution)

(B) History of USA (1776 – 1945)

(C) History of Russia (1855 – 1953)

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Honors Paper: VIII (A)

Rise of the Modern west (15th century to the American Revolution)

• Renaissance; its social roots, city state in Italy , crisis in feudalism, humanism, new learning and artistic standards.
• Early colonial Empires: Motives, voyages, Portuguese and Spanish empires, beginning of the era of colonization.
• Origins of the European States:-

1. France – Louis XI, Francis X, Charles IX, decline of the Third Estate, ascendancy of king in council.
2. Spain – Internal unification, Charles V. Dynastic alliances, territorial unity, revolts of the Knight (1522) and of the peasants (1522).
3. Britain – Tudor despotism, Star chamber, Council, parliament, Trade and rise of professional administration.
4. Russia – Ivan the Great, Ivan the Terrible, Isolation from the west.

• Economic development of the 16th Century.

1. Commercial Revolution.
2. Influx of American Silver and the Price-Revolution.

• European Reformation: Origin, brief course and results, Luther, Calvin and the British compromise, Counter-Reformation. Thirty Years War and the rise of Sweden.
• European crisis in the 17th Century: Economic and political aspects.
• The English Revolution of 1688: Origin, social, economic and political aspects.
• Nature of the British Revolutionary settlement.
• Rise of Modern Science: Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo, Harvey, scientific method and organization, Bacon, Descartes, Newton.
• Mercantilism; major outlines as developed by 1648 and practiced for 150 years in the 17th & 18th centuries.
• Economic developments in the 18th century, commerce, industry and agriculture, background of the Industrial Revolution.
• American Revolution: origin, result and significance.
• Transition from feudalism to capitalism; Problems & theories.

Suggested Readings :-

• Parthsarathi Gupta – Rise of the Modern West
• J.R Hale – Renaissance Europe.
• G. Clark – Early Modern Europe
• M.S. Anderson – 18th Century Europe.
• C.Hill – Reformation to Industrial Revolution.
• A. R Hall – From Galileo to Newton.
• David Ogg – Europe of the Ancient Regime.
• M. Dabb – Studies in the Development of Capatalism.
• R. Haltoned – Transition from Feudalism to Capitalism.
• K.M. Panikar – Western Democracy over Asia.

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Honors Paper: VIII (B)

History of USA (1776 – 1945)

1. War of American Independence.
2. Government and politics under George Washington.
3. Jefforsonian democracy.
4. U. S Foreign Relations, 1800-1829.
5. Jacksonian Democracy.
6. Civil War : factor and impact, with special reference to Abraham Lincoln.
7. Reconstruction after Civil War.
8. Populist movement.
9. Imperialism and Emergence of the USA as a world power.
10. Spanish war : causes and effects.
11. Theodore Roosevelt.
12. President Wilson domestic policy, role in World War: role in Paris peace conference.
13. Isolationism and Internationalism of American, 1918 to 1933.
14. Economic Depression (1920-1933).
15. F.D Roosevelt: New deal and foreign policy.
16. Social and cultural progress in the 20th century.

Suggested Readings: –

1. S.E Morrison & Commager – The growth of American Republics.
2. R.N. Current & other – American History A survey.
3. S.R. Morrison – Oxford History of the United States.
4. J.G Randall and D. Ronald – The civil war and Reconstruction.
5. Pratt – History of the US foreign policy.
6. B.P. Saxena – America ka Itihas (Hindi)
7. P. Mishra., K. Bajpaye and other – Sanyukta Rajya America ka Itihas: Ek Sampurna Adhyanan (Hindi))
8. A.M. Schlesinger (Jr) – The Rise of Modern America 1865-1951.
9. Richard M. Fox – An Introduction to American Civilization.
10. R.P. Kaushik – Significant Themes in American History.
11. Aglen Nevins – A Brief History of the United States.

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Honors Paper: VIII (C)

HISTORY OF RUSSIA, 1855-1953

1. Role of Russia in the Eastern Question, Crimean War, Berlin Congress.
2. Czar Alexander II : Reforms
3. Causes and effects of the Russo-Japanese war, 1904-05.
4. Triple Entente.
5. Russia and the First world war – Causes of Russian debacle.
6. Menshevik Revolution, March 1917.
7. Bolshevik Revolution, October 1917: the initial legislation of the New Regime.
8. The New Economic Policy: Strategies for the restoration of the national economy: foreign Policy.
9. The foundations of planned economy, collectivization of the agriculture, role of the communist party, foreign policy.
10. Soviet Diplomacy prior to and during the second World War: the economy.
11. The Soviet Economy, 1945-53; the restoration of the national economy and the programme of communist construction.
12. Beginning of the cold war : factors and progress till 1953.

BRABU BA History Honors Part-3 Syllabus Marks Distribution:

BA History Paper-5	Full Marks: 100
BA History Paper-6	Full Marks: 100
BA History Paper-7	Full Marks: 100
BA History Paper-8	Full Marks: 100
Exam Time for Honors Exam	3 Hours

NOTE: Marks Distribution may be different for different University. Please keep confirm by checking previous year Question Paper about Exam Pattern.

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