# Indian National Movement

- Institution: IIT Madras
- Department: Humanities and Social Sciences
- Teacher: Prof. Santhosh Abraham
- Level: Undergraduate
- Language: English
- Subjects: Society and politics
- Source: [NPTEL](https://nptel.ac.in/courses/109106735)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-SA](https://nptel.ac.in/faq) (Non-commercial use only.)
- Syllabus: [at the source](https://nptel.ac.in/courses/109106735)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

This course examines the historical events that aimed to free the Indian subcontinent from British colonial control, particularly from the mid-nineteenth century to 1947. This course will start with a discussion on the emergence of the British Raj in India and the early Indian responses in the form of civil, peasant and tribal resistances and uprisings against colonialism. The major strength of the course is the examination of economic criticisms of British rule, the birth of Indian nationalism, and the active phase of the Indian national movement till independence.

After the course, the students will get familiarised with modern India's socio-economic and political history. Students will be exposed to various colonial ideologies and reforms introduced during the British colonial period and the Indian responses. More importantly, the students will also appreciate the significance of resistance and national struggle for freedom.

Intended audience: Undergraduates and Graduates from Humanities and Social Science DepartmentsElective for Undergraduates and Graduates from BTech and MSc courses

## Lectures

1. [Emergence of British Rule in India and the Early Orientalist Policies](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106735/83c642098c86) (YouTube)
2. [Land Revenue Plans and Legal Changes](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106735/4a1730f6218c) (YouTube)
3. [Educational Reforms, Criticisms and Ideological Justification of Colonial Rule](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106735/08e0366fb686) (YouTube)
4. [Social Reform Movements in 19th-Century British India - Part 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106735/9780d251edcc) (YouTube)
5. [Social Reform Movements in 19th-Century British India - Part 2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106735/22963d181856) (YouTube)
6. [Religious Reform Movements in 19th-Century British India](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106735/875a673c6fa0) (YouTube)
7. [Anti-Colonial Resistance in India / Civil and Tribal Uprisings](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106735/b4a7943cddb4) (YouTube)
8. [Anti-Colonial Resistance in India / British Indian Army and 1857 Revolt / Causes - Part 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106735/ba266f7441be) (YouTube)
9. [Anti-Colonial Resistance in India / British Indian Army and 1857 Revolt / Causes - Part 2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106735/87441d1ea7d8) (YouTube)
10. [1857 Revolt: Military Causes, Course and the Reasons for its Failure](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106735/576dacfe814a) (YouTube)
11. [1857 Revolt : Scholarly Interpretations](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106735/27fea9cf636a) (YouTube)
12. [Anti-Colonial Resistance in India / Peasant Uprisings](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106735/a08a454421e1) (YouTube)
13. [Economic Impacts in British India: Decline of Traditional Industries](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106735/1a4d9a7898d6) (YouTube)
14. [Economic Impacts in British India: Deindustrialisation, Agriculture Decline & Famines](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106735/ca615bd5121d) (YouTube)
15. [Nationalist Critiques of Colonialism: Economists in British India](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106735/e3a75a9a8ed1) (YouTube)
16. [Public Criticisms against the British State: Growth of Press in India](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106735/936f318ee278) (YouTube)
17. [Middle Class Responses in British India](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106735/550ad7887ba8) (YouTube)
18. [Rise of Indian Nationalism: History and Types_Part - 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106735/d41ac8a561c9) (YouTube)
19. [Rise of Indian Nationalism: History and Types_Part - 2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106735/a0f2ba166c4d) (YouTube)
20. [Theories of the Origin of Indian National Movement](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106735/f629c27793d8) (YouTube)
21. [The First National Organisation and Early Nationalism](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106735/af67b56700e0) (YouTube)
22. [The Rise of the Extremists and Swadeshi Movement_Part - 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106735/d115b7edc504) (YouTube)
23. [The Rise of the Extremists and Swadeshi Movement_Part - 2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106735/9bd3198c0c03) (YouTube)
24. [Early Nationalist Phase: Revolutionary Secret Societies](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106735/fde9aa3a2c57) (YouTube)
25. [Early Nationalist Phase: The Establishment of All India Muslim League](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106735/af43de49482d) (YouTube)
26. [Early Nationalist Phase: Hindu Mahasabha](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106735/1247ba7a00f7) (YouTube)
27. [Early Nationalist Phase: Council Reforms: Indian Councils Acts of 1861, 1892 & 1909](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106735/1e535727c928) (YouTube)
28. [Early Nationalist Phase : Post 1909 Indian Nationalist Developments](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106735/8051aa80fdd1) (YouTube)
29. [Gandhian Era of Indian Nationalism: Gandhi Before Mahatma](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106735/10fd6ffb0c1e) (YouTube)
30. [Early Satyagrahas of Gandhi (1915-1919)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106735/ca474bf5b934) (YouTube)
31. [Early Nationalist Phase: Home Rule Movement in India](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106735/f7b2332a06dd) (YouTube)
32. [Council Reforms: Indian Councils Act of 1919 : Part 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106735/ba0391723af8) (YouTube)
33. [Council Reforms: Indian Councils Act of 1919 : Part 2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106735/d3512da2e83e) (YouTube)
34. [Gandhian Era: The Khilafat Movement](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106735/a996f9c4c3d7) (YouTube)
35. [Gandhian Era: Malabar Rebellion of 1921](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106735/60dfdaec670f) (YouTube)
36. [Gandhian Era: The Non-cooperation Movement](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106735/4bff3bab3593) (YouTube)
37. [Gandhian Era: Non-cooperation Constructive Programmes](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106735/38c2a90f72f3) (YouTube)
38. [Peasant Movements and Nationalism in the 1920s](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106735/945e5fdebe9a) (YouTube)
39. [The Struggles for Gurdwara Reforms](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106735/b38551c9351f) (YouTube)
40. [Post Non-Co-operation Active Politics: Arrival of Simon Commission and Reactions](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106735/6a95bb2563dc) (YouTube)
41. [Post Non-Co-operation Active Politics: Nehru Report and Jinnah's 14 Points](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106735/dc8f19c7544f) (YouTube)
42. [The Return of Gandhi to Active Politics](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106735/19860c7c6293) (YouTube)
43. [Post Non-Co-operation Active Politics: Revolutionary Terrorism](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106735/409505002a65) (YouTube)
44. [Emergence of Socialist Ideas and Communists and Working Class](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106735/e2281a6060ce) (YouTube)
45. [Gandhi's 11 Points of Demand and the Idea of Civil Disobedience](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106735/f97b0602ca6a) (YouTube)
46. [Dandi March and Civil Disobedience Movement](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106735/be91c4ed82c6) (YouTube)
47. [1930-34: Gandhi -Irwin Pact and Round Table Conferences](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106735/15969a80655c) (YouTube)
48. [1930-34: Communal Award and Poona Pact](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106735/55abf83c6bb9) (YouTube)
49. [Depressed Classes and the Rise of Ambedkar : Part 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106735/218f44789948) (YouTube)
50. [Depressed Classes and the Rise of Ambedkar : Part 2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106735/fded655d09b8) (YouTube)
51. [Gandhi's Harijan Campaigns and Reactions in India](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106735/d66543fae426) (YouTube)
52. [1934: Indian National Congress and Return to Council Politics](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106735/6c5312a7c9fa) (YouTube)
53. [Gandhian Struggle Vs Nehruvian Struggle](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106735/45f039dbb897) (YouTube)
54. [The Government of India Act of 1935](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106735/6799b05d1de2) (YouTube)
55. [1937 Elections to Provincial Legislatures](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106735/33445915510e) (YouTube)
56. [Indian National Congress and the Provincial Legislatures 1937-1939](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106735/ead7aac5aff5) (YouTube)
57. [Indian Nationalism during the late 1930s: From Liberal to Extreme Communalism](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106735/e73bf0cba6db) (YouTube)
58. [Freedom Movements in Princely India](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106735/de5541682796) (YouTube)
59. [The Kisan Sabha and Peasant Movements](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106735/08112190db61) (YouTube)
60. [Growth of Women's Organisations](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106735/9c5c4c8a03b6) (YouTube)
61. [1939-1945 - Ideological and Leadership Crisis in the INC in 1939](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106735/531049c5c12f) (YouTube)
62. [1939-1945 - World War, New Politics in India and August Offer](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106735/a700ace4875c) (YouTube)
63. [1939-1945 - Cripps Mission in India](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106735/2cf60a07deb8) (YouTube)
64. [Quit India Movement of 1942 : Part-1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106735/bb805d67c6df) (YouTube)
65. [Quit India Movement of 1942 : Part-2- Different Phases](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106735/1612c7162759) (YouTube)
66. [Alternate Road to Freedom: Subas Chandra Bose](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106735/ff22ec7aa493) (YouTube)
67. [Negotiations for Self-Governance: Lord Wavell, Gandhi and Jinnah](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106735/a103dcfef404) (YouTube)
68. [1946 Elections in India](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106735/b1892320787d) (YouTube)
69. [Anti-Imperialist Activities of 1946 : RIN Mutiny](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106735/d0e3b40e2c99) (YouTube)
70. [Peasant Agitations of 1946 : Tebhaga, Telangana & Punnapra-Vayalar Movements](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106735/a702b03348c9) (YouTube)
71. [Cabinet Mission to India and the Interim Government in India](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106735/c3512b861ac7) (YouTube)
72. [Transfer of Power, Mountbatten Plan, Freedom and Partition in India](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106735/2180a21a2970) (YouTube)
73. [Post Independence: Partition Migration and Communal Violence](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106735/881306ad0247) (YouTube)
74. [The Accession and the Integration of the Princely States](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106735/ec956cd757b1) (YouTube)
75. [India after Independence: Constitution, Personal Laws, Caste, Centre and State Relations](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106735/27ab01314ac8) (YouTube)
76. [Indian National Movement - Concluding Remarks](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106735/afb30d74382b) (YouTube)