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Colonial Ideology of Difference and its impact on India. Historical Explanation of the British Rule and its impact on the governance of India. Origins of Colonial Rule . Expansion of Europe and the Mercantile Empire. Collapse of the Mughal Empire 1526 to 1707 Uneven Process of colonization.
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Colonial Ideology of Difference and its impact on India Historical Explanation of the British Rule and its impact on the governance of India
Origins of Colonial Rule • Expansion of Europe and the Mercantile Empire. • Collapse of the Mughal Empire 1526 to 1707 • Uneven Process of colonization. • The Rebellion of 1857 and the changes in the British Indian Empire. • The new rule of the crown.
Ideology of the Colonial Governance • The idea of Modernization • The notion of civilizing Mission: White man’s burden. • The theme of benevolent despotism and impartial masters. • The search for natural leaders: Princes, landlords and religious figures. • The qualified and restrained democracy.
The dialectics of retreat: Pressure from below and response from above • Indian response to colonial rule. • Peasant resistance. • Organized domain of politics and the demand for constitutional reform. • Gandhian revolution. • Balanced Constitutional Reforms. • Retreat from the provinces to the Center.