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Semester 1

India in the 18th and 19th Centuries: From Mughal Empire to British Empire (HIST10506)

Subject

History

College

CAHSS

Credits

20

Normal Year Taken

3

Delivery Session Year

2023/2024

Pre-requisites

Visiting students must have completed 3 History courses at grade B or above, and please note that we will only consider courses with a specific focus on History (not including History of Art) towards these pre-requisites. We will only consider University/College level courses. **Please see Additional Restrictions below**

Course Summary

This course introduces students to the history of the Indian subcontinent during its transition from Mughal Empire to British colonial rule. It shows how colonialism changed the patterns of growth and decline of Mughal successor states in favour of its own rise during the early modern period. The course reflects upon how the colonial state was informed by the practices of the pre-colonial state and society.

Course Description

The module aims to provide students with an understanding and critical analysis of changes introduced in the political, social, cultural, and economic realms during eighteenth and nineteenth-century India. Focusing on the shift of political power from Mughal rulers to the British East India Company, the course offers cutting-edge research on the demise of the Mughal Empire, the rise of the successor states, and interventions of the East India Company in the local socio-political structures. It also focuses on the changing nature of local polity and elite groups, religious reform and revivalist movements, shifts in the structure and ideology of the British East India Company, the ideology of orientalism, and resistance to colonial rule.

Assessment Information

Written Exam 0%, Coursework 80%, Practical Exam 20%

Additional Restrictions

Unless you are nominated on a History or HCA exchange agreement, visiting students are only permitted to enrol in two 3rd year History courses each, per semester, before the start of the relevant semester’s welcome period – and spaces on each course are limited so cannot be guaranteed for any student. This includes courses in Economic History and Scottish History. Enrolment in a third course from this group will depend on whether there are still spaces available in the September Welcome Period, and cannot be guaranteed. It is NOT appropriate for students to contact staff within this subject area to ask for an exception to be made; all enquiries to enrol in these courses must be made through the CAHSS Visiting Student Office. This is due to the limited number of spaces available in this very popular subject area.

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