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Chapter 7 Weavers, Iron Smelters and Factory Owners
Indian Textiles and the World Market
Patola
Words tell us histories
Facts-
Bandanna design
Jamdani weave
Indian textiles in European markets
Spinning Jenny –
Major centres of weaving in the late 18th century (1500-1750)
About weavers-
The decline of Indian textiles
Sholapur in western India and Madura in South India-
Aurang –
A Persian term for a warehouse – a place where goods are collected before being sold; also refers to a workshop
Cotton mills come up
Smelting – The process of obtaining a metal from rock (or soil) by heating it to a very high temperature, or of melting objects made from metal in order to use the metal to make something new
The sword of Tipu Sultan and Wootz steel
Tipu’s sword (20th century)
Abandoned furnaces in villages
Bellows–
Iron and steel factories come up in India
Chapter 8 Civilising the “Native”, Educating the Nation
How the British saw Education
The tradition of Orientalism
Orientalists –
Macaulay emphasised the need to teach the English language.
Education for commerce
The demand for moral education
New routines, new rules
The Agenda for a National Education
Example- Mahatma Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore
“English education has enslaved us”
Mahatma Gandhi wanted an education that could help Indians recover their sense of dignity and self-respect.
Tagore’s “abode of peace”
Differences between Gandhi ji and Tagore
Education as a civilising mission
Chapter 9 Women, Caste and Reform
Working Towards Change
Changing the lives of widows
Girls begin going to school
Women write about women
Law against child marriage
Caste and Social Reform
Demands for equality and justice
Gulamgiri
Jyotirao Phule
Who could enter temples?
The Non-Brahman movement
Organising for reform
The Brahmo Samaj
Derozio and Young Bengal
The Ramakrishna Mission and Vivekananda
The Prarthana Samaj
The Veda Samaj
The Aligarh Movement
The Singh Sabha Movement
Chapter 10 The Changing World of Visual Arts
Colonial rule introduced several new art forms, styles, materials and techniques which were creatively adapted by Indian artists for local patrons and markets, in both elite and popular circles.
New Forms of Imperial Art
Looking for the picturesque
Portraits of auhority
Condition of Court Artists
Perspective –
The New Popular Indian Art
New buildings and new styles
Central Post Office, Calcutta, built in the1860s
The Search for a National Art
The art of Raja Ravi Varma
A different vision of national art
Chapter 11 The Making of National Movement: 1870s-1947
The Emergence of Nationalism
A nation in the making
“Freedom is our birthright”
Lala Lajpat Rai
The Growth of Mass Nationalism
The advent of Mahatma Gandhi
The Rowlatt Satyagraha
Khilafat agitation and the Non- Cooperation Movement
People’s initiatives
The people’s Mahatma
The happenings of 1922-1929
Chitta Ranjan Das
Demonstrators oppose the Simon Commission
The March to Dandi
Sarojini Naidu
Women in the freedom struggle: Ambabai from Karnataka
Quit India and Later
Subhas Chandra Bose
Towards Independence and Partition
Maulana Azad
Chakravarti Rajagopalachari
A veteran nationalist and leader of the Salt Satyagraha in the south, C. Rajagopalachari, popularly known as Rajaji, served as member of the Interim Government of 1946 and as free India’s first Indian Governor-General.
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Mohammad Ali Jinnah
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
Chapter 12 India After Independence
Gandhiji’s Assassination-
A Constitution is Written
The Constitution providing three lists of subjects:
How were States to be Formed?
Indian States in 1975
Planning for Development
Second Five Year Plan- 1956
The search for an independent foreign policy
Extra Information for Mains specifically-
Early years of industrialisation in Japan
“Grave errors of the East”
What Happened to the Local Schools?
The report of William Adam
Hook swinging festival
Nationalism in Africa: The case of Ghana
The Nation, Sixty Years On
What happened in Sri Lanka
Important Terminologies- Scroll painting- Painting on a long roll of paper that could be rolled up Mahants – Religious functionaries of Sikh gurdwaras Illegal eviction – Forcible and unlawful throwing out of tenants from the land they rent Picket – People protesting outside a building or shop to prevent others from entering Knighthood – An honour granted by the British Crown for exceptional personal achievement or public service Franchise – The right to vote
Important Terminologies-
Scroll painting-
Painting on a long roll of paper that could be rolled up
Mahants –
Religious functionaries of Sikh gurdwaras
Illegal eviction –
Forcible and unlawful throwing out of tenants from the land they rent
Picket –
People protesting outside a building or shop to prevent others from entering
Knighthood –
An honour granted by the British Crown for exceptional personal achievement or public service
Franchise –
The right to vote
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