A History of British India

Explore the storied era of British-ruled India, the dissolution of Britain's empire, and the forging of independent India and Pakistan.

• By This Professor
• 01: Introduction to India
• 02: The Mughal Empire in 18th-Century India
• 03: Indian and British Economic Interests
• 04: British Expansion in India (1757-1820)
• 05: Knowing the Country: British Orientalism
• 06: Race, Gender, and Culture (1750-1850)
• 07: The Age of Reform (1830-1850)
• 08: The Great Uprising (1857-1858)
• 09: Economics and Society under the Raj
• 10: Caste and Tribal Identity under Colonialism
• 11: The Nationalization of Hinduism (1870-1900)
• 12: Indian Muslim Identity and Colonial Rule
• 13: The Late-19th-Century British Raj
• 14: Princely States and Royalist Relationships
• 15: Indian Nationalism and the Freedom Struggle
• 16: The Great War and Its Impact on India
• 17: Gandhi's Moral-Political Philosophy
• 18: The Noncooperation Movement
• 19: Indian Muslim Politics between the Wars
• 20: The Civil Disobedience Campaign
• 21: Britain and Its Empire in the 1940s
• 22: The Raj on Its Knees (1945-1947)
• 23: A Split India: Negotiating Independence
• 24: Reflections on Postcolonial India