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The Itihāsa Chronicle · Volume III
Modern India
Company Raj, the freedom struggle and a republic reborn
The colonial century and its answer: the East India Company's conquest, the Revolt of 1857, the reformers and nationalists, the Gandhian mass movements, the revolutionaries, and the hard-won Republic.
Open Chapter 181498 – 1950 CE
Contents of the volume
9 chapters18The Advent of the EuropeansCompanies at the Gate1498 – 17572 min19The British Conquest of IndiaFrom Plassey to Paramountcy1757 – 18563 min20Colonial Rule: Economy and AdministrationThe Drain of Wealth1757 – 19472 min21The Revolt of 1857The First War of Independence1857 – 18592 min22The Socio-Religious Reform MovementsThe Indian Renaissance1828 – 19052 min23The Birth of Indian NationalismFrom the Congress to the Partition of Bengal1885 – 19183 min24The Gandhian EraThe Making of a Mass Nation1915 – 19343 min25The Revolutionaries and the INAThe Armed Strand of Freedom1907 – 19453 min26Freedom, Partition and the RepublicThe Road to 1947 and Beyond1935 – 19503 min