þrinting bressa lot of books began to be available.
1. Historians have tried to divide history into ancient, medieval and modern periods.
2. Aurangzeb
is regarded as the last great Mughal ruler.
3.
century is regarded as a developed period in the history of India.
4. Saadat Khan Burhan-ul-Mulk virtually made
independent.
5. Because of the invention of the
Answer the following questions.
1. What is the importance of dates? Explain.
2. How far has the periodisation of Indian history by James Mill created a problem for the historians
Discuss.
3. Why were the British interested in preserving official documents?
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4. Evaluate the importance of printed books as a source of history of Modern India.
5. How do the newspapers, magazines, and pamphlets, etc. help the historians in getting the ot
side of the picture as offered by official documents and police records?
6. How have historical buildings and paintings proved useful as a source of history (i.e., the his
of Modern India)?
7. The modern period (1750-1947) when Indians came in contact with western culture, his
philosophy and scientific developments, had a profound effect on them. They were inspired by
high ideals of liberty, equality, and fraternity. Side-by-side this period also saw erosion of tradit
values cherished by Indians since ages. Describe the changes in values due to European influ
and imperialism
[Value Based Que
Answers
Answer:
1.Moving away from British classification, historians have usually divided Indian history into 'ancient', 'medieval' and 'modern'. ... It is a periodisation that is borrowed from the West where the modern period was associated with the growth of all the forces of modernity – science, reason, democracy, liberty and equality.
2.Aurangzeb is known for being the emperor of India from 1658 to 1707. He was the last of the great Mughal emperors. Under him the Mughal Empire reached its greatest extent, although his policies helped lead to its dissolution.
3.18th century
18th century is regarded as developed period in the history of India.
4.Some of the Nawabs of the Awadh were discussed below: Saadat Khan Burhan-ul-Mulk (AD 1722-1739): He founded Awadh as a autonomous state in AD 1722. He was appointed as governor by Mughal Emperor Muhammad Shah and played very important role in the imperial affairs during the Nadir Shah invasion.
5.a)Dates are important, as they note when certain events happened. This is very important because history is recorded chronologically. It helps to know that one event happened before another event so that one can examine the relationship between events. Dates also serve to mark periods in history.
b)The problem with the periodisation of Indian History that James Mill offers is that he divided the Indian history into three periods – Hindu, Muslim and British. However, the periodisation of Indian History on the basis of religion is not feasible for many reasons.
6.Historical buildings and paintings are important sources of history as they give important and detailed information pertaining to a particular period. ... Inscriptions or the written records engraved on stones, pillars,clay or copper tablets, caves and walls of the buildings provide detailed information.
7.Though the Indian society is pluralistic but it is united at the time of any foreign
threat. In India the person from any religion can become Prime Minister and President. At the
time of any natural calamity the people of India help each other. The people enjoys their
human right freely. This is only possible because of our Great Constitution. Otherwise in our
neighbouring countries we see that Prime-Ministers, Presidents are imprisoned, governments
are over thrown by militaries and political powers are captured by anti-social elements. In
India, due to Constitution we as Indians remain united, follow patriotism and maintain
national unity and integration Hence, Indian constitution as a Unifying factor in Indian
Society must be studied properly.
We have the history available about the Constitutional developments in India, e.g. Morley
Minto Reforms, 1909, Montegue Chelmsford reforms 1919 Indian independence Act, 1935,
etc. In1946, then came the Cabinet Mission Plan which provided for the formation of
Constituent Assembly to prepare a Constitution for India. The member for the Constituent
Assembly were elected from the Provincial Legislative Assemblies. These members were
selected from three groups i.e. i) General ii) Muslims and iii) Sikhs.They were selected by the
proportionate representation. There was also the representation given to the Minority and
Depressed Classes communities like SCs (Scheduled Castes), Parsees, Indian Christians,
Anglo-Indians tribals and even women too. The members were the persons with talent and
ability.
On 11th December 1946 Dr.Rajendra Prasad was elected as the permanent President of
Constitutional Committee or Constitutional Assembly. Constituent Assembly passed certain
rules about the formation of the Drafting of the Constitution. Therefore, to prepare the draft
Constitution 'Drafting Committee' was formulated and on August 29, 1947 Dr. B. R.
Ambemdkar, a legal luminary and a Constitutional Expert was appointed as its Chairman.
Dr.B.R.Ambedkar put all his energy and efforts to prepare the constitution. The draft was
completed on 26th January 1949. This draft was kept for discussion and suggestions. From
26thJanuary 1950 the Constitution came into force.