HIST 278 - The Indian Subcontinent: European Imperialism and the Rise of the Succession States, 1498 to the Present

FDR: HU, GE4b
Credits: 3
When Offered: Spring

Rise and fall of the Mughal Empire. The Portuguese, Dutch, French, and English in India. Indian resistance and the domination of the English East India Company’s empire in India. Bengali renaissance, Reform, and the Indian Mutiny. The conservative British Raj. The Indian Congress Party: Tilak, Gokhale, and Gandhi. Congress, the world wars, Jinnah and the Muslim League. Divided independence-Pakistan: creation, dictatorship, division and the Bhuttos. Bangladesh: deprivation, disaster, independence and poverty. India: Nehru; democracy, socialism, and Cold War. Indira and Rajiv Gandhi: dynasty’s destruction. Economic reform. Sri Lanka: European domination, independence, cultural division and disaster. Nepal’s independent dependence.Porter.