8 th History NCERT (1 st part) Chapter 1 : In 1817 James Mill, a Scottish economist and philosopher published a massive 3 volume work i.e. The History of British India. He divided Indian History into 3 parts; Hindu, Muslim and British. He felt that only British rule could civilise India and before British came to India it was ruled by Hindu & Muslim despots and India couldn’t progress without British help. Colonisation : When the subjugation of a country by another leads to economic, social, cultural and political changes, it is referred as colonisation. From the end of 19 th century along with surveys, census began to be conducted every 10 yrs. Chapter 2 : From Trade to territory (The Company establishes power) Aurangzeb’s death in 1707 resulted in breakup of Mughal Empire into many regional kingdoms emerged under Subadars who were previously under Mughal Empire. By 2 nd half of 18 th century i.e. after 1750s British emerged on the political hori...
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