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SECTION A (INDIAN HISTORY)

1. Towards Independence and Partition: the Last Phase (1935-1947)- The main objectives and growth of the Kisan Sabha movement, Growth of communalism (Hindu & Muslim) (1930s-1940s), Government of India Act, 1935, National Movement during the Second World War, Subhash Chandra Bose and the INA, Transfer of power (1945-1947)

2. Establishment of Indian democracy (1947 – 1966)- The role of Sardar Patel in the reorganization and integration of princely states, Problems of integrating Junagarh, Hyderabad and Kashmir, First general election (1952): problems of preparation and their solutions, process, result and impact of the elections, The linguistic reorganization of states: Features of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956 with particular reference to Andhra, Bombay and Punjab

3. Development of Indian Democracy (1964 – 1977)- Lal Bahadur Shastri – his contributions as Prime Minister, Importance of the election of 1967, Main Opposition political parties and their ideologies, Naxal Movement, JP Movement (1974-75), Emergency (1975-76)

4. Changing face of the Indian Democracy (1977 – 1986)- The Janata Government (1977 – 1979), Centre-State relations (Punjab, Assam, Nagaland, Mizoram)

6. Movements for Women’s Rights- Towards Equality Report (1974) - aims, significance and recommendations, Developments in the anti-dowry movement and struggle against domestic violence in the 1970s and 1980s, Measures undertaken by the government in response.

SECTION B (WORLD HISTORY)

7. World War II- Factors leading to the War: aggressive foreign policies of Germany, Italy and Japan, Anglo-French appeasement policies, Course of the invasion by the Axis powers in Europe and Asia (1939-1941), Reasons for the defeat of the Axis Powers

8. De-colonisation – in Asia (China) and Africa (Ghana & Kenya)- China, Ghana, Kenya

9. Cold War 1945-91– origin, course, end and impact- Origins of the Cold War, Breakup of the USSR & changes in Eastern Europe – USSR, Germany and Poland

10. Protest Movements- Civil Rights Movement, anti-Apartheid Movement; Feminist Movement, Anti-Apartheid Movement in South Africa (1948-1994), Second Wave Feminist Movement in USA (early 1960s – early 1980’s)

11. Middle East: Israeli-Palestine conflict (1916-1993)- Post War conflict in Palestine after World War I, till the formation of the state of Israel, The Arab-Israeli Wars from 1948 to Camp David Accord (1979), Oslo Peace Accords (1993)