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GS I · Prelims + Mains

Modern India

Colonial expansion, social change and the freedom struggle.

5 detailed chapters

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  1. 08Company rule and colonial economic changeModern India · GS I · 7 min read
  2. 09Reform, resistance and the revolt of 1857Modern India · GS I · 7 min read
  3. 10Nationalism: early Congress, Swadeshi and Home RuleModern India · GS I · 7 min read
  4. 11Gandhian mass movements and diverse participationModern India · GS I · 7 min read
  5. 12Constitutional developments and transfer of powerModern India · GS I · 7 min read
THE SUBJECT AT A GLANCE

The illustrated revision collection.

From commercial power to revenue control ↗Why a trigger becomes a wider uprising ↗How political methods broadened, 1885–1916 ↗Mass mobilisation: distinguish the campaigns ↗Representation → responsibility → sovereignty ↗

Keep these distinctions clear

MovementStarting yearKey distinction
Non-Cooperation1920Withdrawal in 1922 after Chauri Chaura
Civil Disobedience1930Salt campaign and deliberate law-breaking
Quit India1942Wartime demand for British withdrawal