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Spectrum (Modern History)

Spectrum Modern History: Per-Chapter Digest Index (CAPF)

Index to the original chapter-by-chapter Spectrum modern-history digests for CAPF, covering the European advent through Independence and Partition, with dates, sessions and personalities

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Advent of the Europeans (Spectrum Digest, Ch 1)

Original CAPF digest of the European arrival in India: Portuguese, Dutch, English, French and Danish trading companies, and the Carnatic Wars that decided supremacy

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British Expansion and Consolidation (Spectrum Digest, Ch 2)

Original CAPF digest of British conquest: Plassey and Buxar, Subsidiary Alliance and Doctrine of Lapse, the Mysore, Maratha, Sikh wars, and the annexations to 1856

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Civil Disobedience Movement (Spectrum Digest, Ch 11)

Original CAPF digest of the Civil Disobedience Movement (1930 to 1934): the Simon Commission, Purna Swaraj, the Dandi Salt March, the Round Table Conferences, the Poona Pact and the GoI Act 1935

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Economic Impact of British Rule (Spectrum Digest, Ch 3)

Original CAPF digest of the economic impact of colonial rule: the drain of wealth, land-revenue systems, deindustrialisation, commercialisation of agriculture and famines

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Foundation of the Indian National Congress (Spectrum Digest, Ch 6)

Original CAPF digest of the rise of organised nationalism and the founding of the Indian National Congress in 1885, with the predecessor associations and early sessions

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Governors-General and Viceroys (Spectrum Digest, Ch 14)

Original CAPF reference digest of the Governors-General of Bengal and India and the Viceroys, with the key act, reform or event associated with each

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Moderates and Extremists (Spectrum Digest, Ch 7)

Original CAPF digest of the Moderate phase (1885 to 1905) and the rise of the Extremists, the Surat Split of 1907, revolutionary nationalism and the Morley-Minto Reforms

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Non-Cooperation and Khilafat Movement (Spectrum Digest, Ch 10)

Original CAPF digest of the Non-Cooperation Movement and Khilafat (1920 to 1922): programme, mass participation, Chauri Chaura, withdrawal and the Swaraj Party

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Partition of Bengal and the Swadeshi Movement (Spectrum Digest, Ch 8)

Original CAPF digest of the 1905 Partition of Bengal, the Swadeshi and Boycott movement, its methods and legacy, and the lead-up to the First World War period

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Socio-Religious Reform Movements (Spectrum Digest, Ch 5)

Original CAPF digest of nineteenth-century socio-religious reform: Brahmo, Arya and Prarthana Samaj, Ramakrishna Mission, Aligarh, and reform among all communities

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The Gandhian Era Begins (Spectrum Digest, Ch 9)

Original CAPF digest of Gandhi's entry into Indian politics: South Africa, Champaran, Ahmedabad, Kheda, the Rowlatt Act, the Jallianwala Bagh massacre and the Home Rule Leagues

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The Quit India Movement (Spectrum Digest, Ch 12)

Original CAPF digest of the Second World War years and the Quit India Movement (1942): the August Offer, Cripps Mission, Do or Die, suppression and the Indian National Army

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The Revolt of 1857 (Spectrum Digest, Ch 4)

Original CAPF digest of the Revolt of 1857: causes and triggers, centres and leaders, suppression, and the constitutional consequences including the Government of India Act 1858

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Towards Independence and Partition (Spectrum Digest, Ch 13)

Original CAPF digest of 1945 to 1947: the RIN Mutiny, Cabinet Mission Plan, Direct Action Day, the Mountbatten Plan, the Indian Independence Act 1947 and the Radcliffe Line

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