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    This document outlines different approaches to writing the history of modern India. It discusses early historical practices based on religious texts and royal lineages. It then covers the British construction of India which periodized its history and viewed Britain's role as civilizing. Indian nationalist historians redefined history, focusing on antiquity, medieval periods, and the quest for nationhood. Marxist-nationalist historians emphasized the economic foundations of colonialism and role of workers' movements. The Cambridge school studied elite competition and local politics. New social history examined continuity and change as well as class formations. Subaltern history provided a perspective from below and questioned notions of hegemony.

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    This document outlines different approaches to writing the history of modern India. It discusses early historical practices based on religious texts and royal lineages. It then covers the British construction of India which periodized its history and viewed Britain's role as civilizing. Indian nationalist historians redefined history, focusing on antiquity, medieval periods, and the quest for nationhood. Marxist-nationalist historians emphasized the economic foundations of colonialism and role of workers' movements. The Cambridge school studied elite competition and local politics. New social history examined continuity and change as well as class formations. Subaltern history provided a perspective from below and questioned notions of hegemony.

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    Modern Indian History Themes and Approaches

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    This document outlines different approaches to writing the history of modern India. It discusses early historical practices based on religious texts and royal lineages. It then covers the British construction of India which periodized its history and viewed Britain's role as civilizing. Indian nationalist historians redefined history, focusing on antiquity, medieval periods, and the quest for nationhood. Marxist-nationalist historians emphasized the economic foundations of colonialism and role of workers' movements. The Cambridge school studied elite competition and local politics. New social history examined continuity and change as well as class formations. Subaltern history provided a perspective from below and questioned notions of hegemony.

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    Themes in Modern Indian History

    An introduction to Historical Approaches

    Early Historical Practices


    High Textual Cultural Traditions: Legends, Puranas, Epics Lineages of Monarchs: Vamsabalis Court Chronicles and Hagiographies Muslim Court Chronicles Renderings of Divines Tales Caste Records and Family Narratives

    British Historical Construction of India


    British History Writing of India India Imagined as modular well defined Territories with natural frontier and clearly defined history British Imperial Civilizing Mission and the Idea of India Periodization of Indian History

    Indian Nationalist Historians and Redefining of Indian History


    Classical Antiquity Medieval Darkness/ Imperial Glory Colonial Modernity as Problematic Liberator Quest for Nationhood Resistance and Collaboration Elite Historiography

    Marxist-Nationalist Historiography of India


    New Meaning of Nationhood Materialist Interpretation of Indian History Economic Foundation of Colonialism Social Background of Nationalist Movements in India Role of Workers and Peasant Movements in Indian History

    Cambridge School of History


    Ideology or Self Interests Elite Competition Patron Client Relationship and Politics of Locality Province and Nation Factional Disputes Role of Interest Groups

    New Social History


    Continuity and Change Role of Information Patterns of Class formations and Industrialization New Historical Perspectives

    Subaltern History
    Rebellion against Elitist Bias History from below Understanding of Subaltern Mentality and Peasants as Historical Actors Questioning Prepolitical Notion of Hegemony and Domination Europe as the site of production of Historical Knowledge

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