Communication Electronics

Unit-1 (10 Lectures, Marks 15)

Electronic communication: Block diagram of an electronic communication system,
electromagnetic spectrum-band designations and applications, need for modulation, concept
of channels and base-band signals. Concept of Noise, Types of Noise, Signal to noise ratio,
Noise Figure, Noise Temperature, Friss formula.

Unit-2 (20 Lectures, Marks 25)

Amplitude Modulation: Amplitude Modulation, modulation index and frequency
spectrum. Generation of AM, Amplitude Demodulation (diode detector), Concept of
Double side band suppressed carrier, Single side band suppressed carrier, other forms of
AM (Pilot Carrier Modulation, Vestigial Side Band modulation, Independent Side Band
Modulation). Block diagram of AM Transmitter and Receiver
Angle modulation: Frequency and Phase modulation, modulation index and frequency
spectrum, equivalence between FM and PM, Generation of FM (direct and indirect
methods), FM detector (PLL). Block diagram of FM Transmitter and Receiver Comparison
between AM, FM and PM.

Unit -3 (15 Lectures Marks 20)

Pulse Analog Modulation: Channel capacity, Sampling theorem, PAM, PDM, PPM
modulation and detection techniques, Multiplexing, TDM and FDM.
Pulse Code Modulation: Need for digital transmission, Quantizing, Uniform and Nonuniform Quantization, Quantization Noise, Companding, Coding, Decoding, Regeneration.

Unit -4 (15 Lectures Marks 20)

Digital Carrier Modulation Techniques: Block diagram of digital transmission and
reception, Information capacity, Bit Rate, Baud Rate and M-ary coding. Amplitude Shift
Keying (ASK), Frequency Shift Keying (FSK), Phase Shift Keying (PSK), Binary Phase
Shift Keying (BPSK) and Quadrature Phase Shift Keying (QPSK)

Suggested Books:

1. Electronic communication systems- Kennedy, 3rd edition, McGraw international
publications
2. Principles of Electronic communication systems – Frenzel, 3rd edition, McGraw Hill
3. Communication Systems, S. Haykin, Wiley India (2006)
4. Advanced electronic communications systems – Tomasi, 6th edition, PHI.
5. Communication Systems, S. Haykin, Wiley India (2006)

Communication Electronics Lab (Hardware and Circuit Simulation Software)
60 Lectures, Marks 40

1. Study of Amplitude Modulation
2. Study of Amplitude Demodulation
3. Study of Frequency Modulation
4. Study of Frequency Demodulation
5. Study of Pulse Amplitude Modulation
6. AM Transmitter/Receiver
7. FM Transmitter/Receiver
8. Study of TDM, FDM
9. Study of Pulse Width Modulation
10. Study of Pulse Position Modulation
11. Study of Pulse Code Modulation
12. Study of Amplitude Shift Keying
13. Study of Phase Shift Keying,
14. Study of Frequency Shift Keying. 

Communication Systems

Unit-1 (16 Lectures, Marks 22)

Noise and Transmission lines: Noise-Introduction, internal and external noises, signal to
noise ratio and noise figure
Amplitude Modulation/demodulation techniques: Block diagram of electronic
communication system. Modulation-need and types of modulation-AM, FM & PM.
Amplitude modulation – representation, modulation index, expression for instantaneous
voltage, power relations, frequency spectrum, DSBFC, DSBSC and SSBSC (mention only).
Limitations of AM.
Demodulation- AM detection: principles of detection, linear diode, principle of working
and waveforms.
Block diagram of AM transmitter and Receiver.

Unit-2 (12 Lectures, Marks 14)

Frequency Modulation/demodulation techniques: Frequency Modulation: definition,
modulation index, FM frequency spectrum diagram, bandwidth requirements, frequency
deviation and carrier swing, FM generator-varactor diode modulator.
FM detector – principle, slope detector-circuit, principle of working and waveforms.
Block diagram of FM transmitter and Receiver. Comparison of AM and FM.

Unit- 3 (16 Lectures, Marks 22)

Digital communication: Introduction to pulse and digital communications, digital radio,
sampling theorem, types- PAM, PWM, PPM, PCM – quantization, advantages and
applications, digital modulations (FSK, PSK, and ASK). Advantage and disadvantages of
digital transmission, characteristics of data transmission circuits – Shannon limit for
information capacity, bandwidth requirements, data transmission speed, noise, cross talk,
echo suppressors, distortion and equalizer, MODEM– modes, classification, interfacing
(RS232). TDMA, FDMA, CDMA concepts, comparison of TDMA and FDMA

Unit- 4 (16 Lectures, Marks 22)

Cellular Communication: Concept of cellular mobile communication – cell and cell
splitting, frequency bands used in cellular communication, absolute RF channel numbers
(ARFCN), frequency reuse, roaming and hand off, authentication of the SIM card of the
subscribers, IMEI number, concept of data encryption, architecture (block diagram) of
cellular mobile communication network, CDMA technology, CDMA overview, simplified
block diagram of cellular phone handset, Comparative study of GSM and CDMA, 2G, 3G
and 4G concepts.
Satellite communication: Introduction, to Orbit, types of orbits, Block diagram of satellite
transponder.

Suggested Books:

1. Electronic Communication, George Kennedy, 3rd edition, TMH.
2. Electronic Communication, Roddy and Coolen, 4th edition, PHI.
3. Electronic Communication systems, Kennedy & Davis, IV edition-TATA McGraw
Hill.
4. Advanced Electronic Communication systems, Wayne Tomasi- 6th edition, Low
priced edition- Pearson education

Communication Systems Lab
60 Lectures , Marks 40

1. Amplitude modulator and Amplitude demodulator
2. Study of FM modulator using IC8038
3. Study of VCO using IC 566
4. Study of Time Division Multiplexing and de multiplexing
5. Study of AM Transmitter/Receiver
6. Study of FM Transmitter/Receiver
7. ASK modulator and demodulator
8. Study of FSK modulation
9. Study of PWM and PPM
10. Study of PAM modulator and demodulator 

Transmission Lines, Antenna and Wave Propagation

Unit-1 (15 Lectures, Marks 20)

Electromagnetic Wave Propagation: Propagation in Good Conductors, Skin Effect,
Reflection of uniform Plane Waves at normal incidence, Plane Wave reflection at Oblique
Incidence, Wave propagation in dispersive media, concept of phase velocity and group
velocity.

Unit-2 (15 Lectures, Marks 20)

Transmission Lines: Typical Transmission lines- Co-axial, Two Wire, Microstrip,
Coplanar and Slot Lines, Transmission Line Parameters, Transmission Line Equations,
Wave propagation in Transmission lines, lowloss, lossless line, Distortionless line, Input
Impedence, Standing Wave Ratio ,Power. and lossy lines, Shorted Line, Open-Circuited
Line, Matched Line, Smith Chart, Transmission Line Applications.

Unit-3 (15 Lectures, Marks 20)

Waveguides and Waveguide Devices: Wave propagation in waveguides, Parallel plate
waveguides, TEM, TM and TE modes, Rectangular waveguides, circular waveguides,
Power transmission and attenuation, Rectangular cavity resonators, directional couplers,
isolator, circulator.

Unit-4 (15 Lectures, Marks 20)

Radiation of electromagnetic waves: Concept of retarded potentials, Antenna Parameters:
Radiation Mechanism, Current Distribution on a Thin Wire Antenna, Radiation Pattern,
Radiation Power Density, Radiation Intensity, Beamwidth, Directivity, Antenna Efficiency,
Gain, Beam Efficiency, Bandwidth, Polarization, Input Impedance Antenna Radiation
Efficiency, Effective Length and Equivalent Areas, Maximum Directivity and Maximum
Effective Area, Friis Transmission Equation and Radar Range Equation
Types of Antenna: Hertzian dipole, Half wave dipole, Quarter-wave dipole, Yagi-Uda,
microstrip, Parabolic antenna, Helical antenna, Antenna array.

Suggested books:

1. M. N. O. Sadiku, Principles of Electromagnetics, Oxford University Press (2001)
2. Karl E. Longren, Sava V. Savov, Randy J. Jost., Fundamentals of Electromagnetics
with MATLAB,PHI
3. W. H. Hayt and J.A. Buck, Engineering Electromagnetics, Tata McGraw Hill (2006)
4. D. C. Cheng, Field and Wave Electromagnetics, Pearson Education (2001)
5. J. A. Edminster, Electromagnetics, Schaum Series, Tata McGraw Hill (2006)
6. N. Narayan Rao, Elements of Engineering Electromagnetics, Pearson Education
(2006)
7. G. S. N. Raju, Antennas and Propagation, Pearson Education (2001)

Transmission Lines, Antenna and Wave Propagation Lab (Scilab/MATLAB/Other
Mathematical Simulation Software)
60 Lectures , Marks 40

1. Program to determine the phasor of forward propagating field
2. Program to determine the instantaneous field of a plane wave
3. Program to find the Phase constant, Phase velocity, Electric Field Intensity and
Intrinsic ratio
4. Program to find skin depth, loss tangent and phase velocity
5. Program to determine the total voltage as a function of time and position in a loss
less transmission line
6. Program to find the characteristic impedance, the phase constant an the phase velocity
7. Program to find the output power and attenuation coefficient
8. Program to find the power dissipated in the lossless transmission line
9. Program to find the total loss in lossy lines
10. Program to find the load impedance of a slotted line
11. Program to find the input impedance for a line terminated with pure capacitive
impedance
12. Program to determine the operating range of frequency for TE10 mode of air filled
rectangular waveguide
13. Program to determine Directivity, Bandwidth, Beamwidth of an antenna
14. Program to determine diameter of parabolic reflector
15. Program to find out minimum distance between primary and secondary antenna 

System Administration and Maintenance

Objective:
The course is designed with an objective to
 To give an overview of operating systems(OS) and how OS works with other hardware
in a computer system
 To provide an overview of the tasks involved in OS installation, configuration and
maintenance.
 To differentiate between different types of OS
 To introduce basic knowledge of shell script

Learning Outcome:
On completion of the course, students will be able to
 Perform installation of DOS, Windows and Linux OS
 Perform basic configuration and maintenance of Windows and Linux OS.
 Write the simple shell scripts

Unit I: Linux/Unix 8L
Basics of operating system, services, Installation and configuration, maintenance, linux/unix
Operating systems, Kernel, API, CLI, GUI, difference between linux/unix and other operating
systems, Features and Architecture, Linux features, advantages, disadvantages

Unit II: Linux/Unix 8L
Windows as operating system, history, versions, PC hardware, BIOS, Devices and drivers, Kernel
Configuration and building, Application installation, configuration and maintenance, Server services
and Client services, Difference between Windows XP/windows7 and windows server 2003/2008

Books Recommended:

1. A Silberschatz, P.B. Galvin, G. Gagne, Operating Systems Concepts, 8th Edition, John
Wiley Publications 2008.
2. A.S. Tanenbaum, Modern Operating Systems, 3rd Edition, Pearson Education 2007.
3. W. Stallings, Operating Systems, Internals & Design Principles, 5th Edition, Prentice
Hall of India. 2008
Computer Lab Based on System Administration and Maintenance:
 Windows, Linux: Desktop tour. Configuring desktop environment and desktop settings.
 Shell script

Power Electronics

Unit- 1 (12 Lectures, Marks 16)

Power Devices: Need for semiconductor power devices, Power diodes, Enhancement of
reverse blocking capacity, Introduction to family of thyristors.
Silicon Controlled Rectifier (SCR): structure, I-V characteristics, Turn-On and Turn-Off
characteristics, ratings, Factors affecting the characteristics/ratings of SCR, Gate-triggering
circuits, Control circuits design and Protection circuits, Snubber circuit.

Unit- 2 (14 Lectures, Marks 20 )

Diac and Triac: Basic structure, working and V-I characteristic of, application of a Diac as
a triggering device for a Triac.
Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistors (IGBT): Basic structure, I-V Characteristics,
switching characteristics, device limitations and safe operating area (SOA) etc.
Application of SCR: SCR as a static switch, phase controlled rectification, single phase
half wave, full wave and bridge rectifiers with inductive & non-inductive loads; AC voltage
control using SCR and Triac as a switch.
Power MOSFETs: operation modes, switching characteristics, power BJT, second
breakdown, saturation and quasi-saturation state.

Unit- 3 (17 Lectures, Marks 22)

Power Inverters: Need for commutating circuits and their various types, d.c. link invertors,
Parallel capacitor commutated invertors with and without reactive feedback and its analysis,
Series Invertor, limitations and its improved versions, bridge invertors.
Choppers: basic chopper circuit, types of choppers(Type A-D), step-down chopper, stepup chopper, operation of d.c. chopper circuits using self commutation (A & B- type
commutating circuit), cathode pulse turn-off chopper(using class D commutation), load
sensitive cathode pulse turn-off chopper (Jones Chopper), Morgan's chopper

Unit- 4 (17 Lectures, Marks 22)

Electromechanical Machines: DC Motors, Basic understanding of field and armature,
Principle of operation, EMF equation, Back EMF, Factors controlling motor speed, Thyristor
based speed control of dc motors, AC motor (Induction Motor only), Rotor and stator, torque &
speed of induction motor, Thyristor control of ac motors(block diagrams only)

Suggested Books:

1. Power Electronics, P.C. Sen, TMH
2. Power Electronics & Controls, S.K. Dutta
3. Power Electronics, M.D. Singh & K.B. Khanchandani, TMH
4. Power Electronics Circuits, Devices and Applications, 3rd Edition, M.H. Rashid,
Pearson Education
5. Power Electronics, Applications and Design, Ned Mohan, Tore.
6. Power Electronics, K. HariBabu, Scitech Publication.
7. Power Electronics, M.S. Jamil Asghar, PHI.
8. A Textbook of Electrical Technology-Vol-II, B.L. Thareja, A.K. Thareja, S.Chand

Power Electronics Lab
60 Lectures, Marks 40

1. Study of I-V characteristics of DIAC
2. Study of I-V characteristics of a TRIAC
3. Study of I-V characteristics of a SCR
4. SCR as a half wave and full wave rectifiers with R and RL loads
5. DC motor control using SCR.
6. DC motor control using TRIAC.
7. AC voltage controller using TRIAC with UJT triggering.
8. Study of parallel and bridge inverter.
9. Design of snubber circuit
10. VI Characteristic of MOSFET and IGBT (Both)
11. Study of chopper circuits 

HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (c.1776-1945)

Objective :
This Course will give
(i) an account of the Colonization and Settlement of America,
(ii) The American War of Independence , the Features of Constitution
(iii) The rule of Federalists and Republicans, Monroe Doctrine, the Civil War,
(iv) Industrialization, Labour Movements, USA in World War I and II.

Unit-1 1.01: The land and Indigenous People: Settlement and
 Colonization by Europeans
1.02: Revolution: Sources of Conflict, Revolutionary
 groups, Ideology: The War of Independence and
 its Historical Interpretations
1.03: Processes and Features of Constitution Making:
 Debates

Unit-2 2.01: Federalists and Republicans, War of 1812
2.02: Monroe Doctrine and Manifest Destiny

Unit-3 3.01: Abolitionism and Sectionalism: Rise of
 Republicanism, Lincoln and the Civil War
3.02: Reconstruction of the South
3.03: Beginnings of Industrialization

Unit-4 4.01: Growth of Capitalism and Big Business
4.02: Labour Movements and Trade Unions
4.03: Agrarian Crises, Populism and Progressivism

Unit-5 5.01: Spanish-American War 1898
5.02: World War I and Fourteen Points of Woodrow
 Wilson, New Deal Reforms
5.03: USA and World War II

ESSENTIAL READINGS
Baruah, Biswajit, History of USA 1776-1945
Bernard Bailyn, The Great Republic.
Bernard Bailyn, The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution.
Richard Hofstadter, The Age of Reform, From Bryan to FDR
Charles Beard, An Economic Interpretation of the American Constitution.
Peter Carroll and David Noble, Free and Unfree: A New History of the United States.
David B. Davis, The Problem of Slavery in the Age of Revolution.
U. Faulkner, American Economic History.
John Hope Franklin, From Slavery to Freedom.
David M. Potter, The Impending Crisis.
W. Pratt, A History of the United States Foreign Policy.
James Randail, The Civil War and Reconstruction.
J. G. Randall and David Donald, The Civil War and Reconstruction.
Federick Jackson Turner, The Frontier in American History.
R.P. Kaushik, Significant Themes in American History.
Richard W. Leopold, The Growth of American Foreign Policy.

Semiconductor Devices

Unit 1
Theory Lectures 60

Semiconductor Basics: Introduction to Semiconductor Materials, Crystal Structure, Planes and Miller
Indices, Energy Band in Solids, Concept of Effective Mass, Density of States, Carrier Concentration at
Normal Equilibrium in Intrinsic Semiconductors, Derivation of Fermi Level for Intrinsic & Extrinsic
Semiconductors, Donors, Acceptors, Dependence of Fermi Level on Temperature and Doping Concentration,
Temperature Dependence of Carrier Concentrations.
Carrier Transport Phenomena: Carrier Drift, Mobility, Resistivity, Hall Effect, Diffusion Process, Einstein
Relation, Current Density Equation, Carrier Injection, Generation And Recombination Processes, Continuity
Equation.

Unit 2 (15 Lectures, Marks : 20)

P-N Junction Diode : Formation of Depletion Layer, Space Charge at a Junction, Derivation of Electrostatic
Potential Difference at Thermal Equilibrium, Depletion Width and Depletion Capacitance of an Abrupt
Junction. Concept of Linearly Graded Junction, Derivation of Diode Equation and I-V Characteristics. Zener
and Avalanche Junction Breakdown Mechanism.
Tunnel diode, varactor diode, solar cell: circuit symbol, characteristics, applications

Unit 3 (15 Lectures, Marks : 20)

Bipolar Junction Transistors (BJT): PNP and NPN Transistors, Basic Transistor Action, Emitter
Efficiency, Base Transport Factor, Current Gain, Energy Band Diagram of Transistor in Thermal Equilibrium,
Quantitative Analysis of Static Characteristics (Minority Carrier Distribution and Terminal Currents), BaseWidth Modulation, Modes of operation, Input and Output Characteristics of CB, CE and CC Configurations.
Metal Semiconductor Junctions: Ohmic and Rectifying Contacts.

Unit 4 (18 Lectures, Marks : 25)

Field Effect Transistors: JFET, Construction, Idea of Channel Formation, Pinch-Off and Saturation Voltage,
Current-Voltage Output Characteristics. MOSFET, types of MOSFETs, Circuit symbols, Working and
Characteristic curves of Depletion type MOSFET (both N channel and P Channel) and Enhancement type
MOSFET (both N channel and P channel). Complimentary MOS (CMOS).
Power Devices: UJT, Basic construction and working, Equivalent circuit, intrinsic Standoff Ratio,
Characteristics and relaxation oscillator-expression. SCR, Construction,Working and Characteristics, Triac,
Diac, IGBT, MESFET, Circuit symbols, Basic constructional features, Operation and Applications.

Suggested Books:

1) S. M. Sze, Semiconductor Devices: Physics and Technology, 2ndEdition, Wiley India edition (2002).
2) Ben G Streetman and S. Banerjee, Solid State Electronic Devices, Pearson Education (2006)
3) Dennis Le Croissette, Transistors, Pearson Education (1989)
4) Jasprit Singh, Semiconductor Devices: Basic Principles, John Wiley and Sons (2001)
5) Kanaan Kano, Semiconductor Devices, Pearson Education (2004)
6) Robert F. Pierret, Semiconductor Device Fundamentals, Pearson Education (2006)

Semiconductor Devices Lab (Hardware and Circuit Simulation Software)

1. Study of the I-V Characteristics of Diode – Ordinary and Zener Diode.
2. Study of the I-V Characteristics of the CE configuration of BJT and obtain ri, ro, β.
3. Study of the I-V Characteristics of the Common Base Configuration of BJT and obtain ri, ro, α.
4. Study of the I-V Characteristics of the Common Collector Configuration of BJT and obtain voltage
gain, ri, ro.
5. Study of the I-V Characteristics of the UJT.
6. Study of the I-V Characteristics of the SCR.
7. Study of the I-V Characteristics of JFET.
8. Study of the I-V Characteristics of MOSFET.
9. Study of Characteristics of Solar Cell
10. Study of Hall Effect. 

Basic Circuit Theory and Network Analysis

Unit- 1 (13 Lectures, Mark: 15)

Basic Circuit Concepts: Voltage and Current Sources, Resistors: Fixed and Variable resistors, Construction
and Characteristics, Color coding of resistors, resistors in series and parallel.
Inductors: Fixed and Variable inductors, Self and mutual inductance, Faraday’s law and Lenz’s law of
electromagnetic induction, Energy stored in an inductor, Inductance in series and parallel, Testing of
resistance and inductance using multimeter.
Capacitors: Principles of capacitance, Parallel plate capacitor, Permittivity, Definition of Dielectric Constant,
Dielectric strength, Energy stored in a capacitor, Air, Paper, Mica, Teflon, Ceramic, Plastic and Electrolytic
capacitor, Construction and application, capacitors in series and parallel, factors governing the value of
capacitors, testing of capacitors using multimeter.

Unit- 2 (13 Lectures, Mark: 15)

Circuit Analysis: Kirchhoff’s Current Law (KCL), Kirchhoff’s Voltage Law (KVL), Node Analysis, Mesh
Analysis, Star-Delta Conversion.
DC Transient Analysis: RC Circuit- Charging and discharging with initial charge, RL Circuit with Initial
Current, Time Constant, RL and RC Circuits With Sources, DC Response of Series RLC Circuits.

Unit-3 (18 Lectures, Mark: 25)

AC Circuit Analysis: Sinusoidal Voltage and Current, Definition of Instantaneous, Peak, Peak to Peak, Root
Mean Square and Average Values. Voltage-Current relationship in Resistor, Inductor and Capacitor, Phasor,
Complex Impedance, Power in AC Circuits: Instantaneous Power, Average Power, Reactive Power, Power
Factor. Sinusoidal Circuit Analysis for RL, RC and RLC Circuits.
Resonance in Series and Parallel RLC Circuits, Frequency Response of Series and Parallel RLC Circuits,
Quality (Q) Factor and Bandwidth. Passive Filters: Low Pass, High Pass, Band Pass and Band Stop.

Unit-4 (16 Lectures, Mark: 25)

Network Theorems: Principal of Duality, Superposition Theorem, Thevenin’s Theorem, Norton’s Theorem,
Reciprocity Theorem, Millman’s Theorem, Maximum Power Transfer Theorem. AC circuit analysis using
Network theorems.
Two Port Networks: Impedance (Z) Parameters, Admittance (Y) Parameters, Transmission (ABCD)
Parameters.

Suggested books:

1. S. A. Nasar, Electric Circuits, Schaum’s outline series, Tata McGraw Hill (2004)
2. Electrical Circuits, M. Nahvi and J. Edminister, Schaum’s Outline Series, Tata McGraw-Hill.(2005)
3. Robert L. Boylestad, Essentials of Circuit Analysis, Pearson Education (2004)
4. W. H. Hayt, J. E. Kemmerly, S. M. Durbin, Engineering Circuit Analysis, Tata McGraw Hill(2005)
5. Alexander and M. Sadiku, Fundamentals of Electric Circuits , McGraw Hill (2008)

Basic Circuit Theory and Network Analysis Lab (Hardware and Circuit Simulation Software)
60 Lectures, Marks 40

1. Familiarization with
a) Resistance in series, parallel and series – Parallel.
b) Capacitors & Inductors in series & Parallel.
c) Multimeter – Checking of components.
d) Voltage sources in series, parallel and series – Parallel
e) Voltage and Current dividers
2. Measurement of Amplitude, Frequency & Phase difference using CRO.
3. Verification of Kirchoff’s Law.
4. Verification of Norton’s theorem.
5. Verification of Thevenin’s Theorem.
6. Verification of Superposition Theorem.
7. Verification of the Maximum Power Transfer Theorem.
8. RC Circuits: Time Constant, Differentiator, Integrator.
9. Designing of a Low Pass RC Filter and study of its Frequency Response.
10. Designing of a High Pass RC Filter and study of its Frequency Response.
11. Study of the Frequency Response of a Series LCR Circuit and determination of its (a) Resonant
Frequency (b) Impedance at Resonance (c) Quality Factor Q (d) Band Width. 

PAPER III HISTORY OF INDIA: 1526 – 1947

Objective:
This paper aims to acquaint the students with the general course of events in the field of
political, social, cultural and economic affairs in India from the foundation of the Mughal
Empire in 1526 till Independence in 1947.

Unit-1 1.01 : Political Conditions in Northern India in the beginning of the 16th centuryThe Afghan Empire and the Mughals- Resistance vs. Struggle for
Hegemony.
1.02 : The Age of the Mughals- Foundation of the Mughal Empire- Humayun
and His struggle- Conflict with Sher Shah
1.03 : Akbar to Aurangzeb- Political Supremacy and
 Administrative Developments

Unit-2 2.01 : The later Mughals and the Decline of the
 Mughal Empire
2.02 : Rise of the Marathas in the Deccan- Sivaji and
 His career
2.03 : Society, Economy, Religion and Culture under
 the Mughals
2.04 : Beginning of the European Settlements in India–the Portuguese –the
Dutch –the French and the English.

Unit-3 3.01 : British Conquests of India –British occupation of Bengal, Anglo-French
rivalry-the Battle of Plassey and its effects
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3.02 : Expansion and consolidation of the British rule in India up to 1857-
Conflict with the Marathas, Mysore, Awadh, Punjab and Sindh.
3.03 : Administrative Developments and Socio-
 Economic Reform up to 1857

Unit-4 4.01 : Revolt of 1857 and its Aftermath
4.02 : Post 1857 Administrative Developments till
 1919
4.03 : Socio-religious reform movements in the post
 1857 period
4.04 : Growth of the Press and Rise of National
 Consciousness
4.05 : Freedom Struggle up to 1919 –Partition of Bengal and the Swadeshi
Movement, Home Rule League, Rise of Muslim Politics

Unit-5 5.01 : Freedom Struggle from 1919 to 1939 - Gandhi in Politics–Khilafat and
Non-Cooperation Movement -Civil Disobedience Movement
5.02 : Government of India Act, 1935.
5.03 : Rise of Communalism, Revolutionary Terrorism, Trade Unionism and
Leftist Politics.
5.04 : Cripps Mission –Quit India Movement-Second
 World War-INA
5.05 : Post-War Development –Cabinet Mission and
 transfer of power

Suggested Readings:
Barua, P.K. and T.A. Hussain : Bharat Buranji
Banerjee, A.C. : History of India
Bose, N.S. : Indian National Movement an outline.
Grover B.L. and S. Grover : A New Look at Modern Indian History.
Goswami, S.D. : Bharat Buranji
Majumdar, R.C. (ed.) : History and Culture of the Indian People,
Spear, Percival : Modern India.

SOCIAL FORMATIONS AND CULTURAL PATTERNS OF THE MEDIEVAL WORLD

Course Objective:
(i) The learners will be acquainted with the Roman Empire and slave society as well as
the cultur and trade.
(ii) Economic development in Europe from 7th to 14th centuries covering production,
technological developments, growth of towns and trade.

Unit-1 Roman Republic
Participate and Empire and Slave society in ancient Rome: Agrarian economy,
Urbanization, Religion, Culture and Trade in Ancient Rome.

Unit-2 Crises of the Roman Empire

Unit-3 Economic developments in Europe from the 7th to the
14th centuries:
Organization of production, towns and trade, technological developments. Crisis of
Feudalism.

Unit-4 Religion and culture in medieval Europe:

Unit-5 Societies in Central Islamic Lands:
[a] The Tribal background, Ummah, Caliphate State; rise of Sultanates
[b] Religious developments: the origins of Shariah, Mihna, Sufism
[c] Urbanization and trade

Recommended Readings:

Perry Anderson, Passages from Antiquity to Feudalism.
Marc Bloch, Feudal Society, 2 Vols.
Cambridge History of Islam, 2 Vols.
Georges Duby, The Early Growth of the European Economy.
Fontana, Economic History of Europe, Vol. I (relevant chapters).
P. K. Hitti, History of the Arabs.
P. Garnsey and Saller, The Roman Empire.
S. Ameer Ali, The Spirit of Islam.
J. Barrowclough, The Medieval Papacy.
Encyclopedia of Islam, Ist ed., 4 vols.
M. G. S. Hodgson, The Venture of Islam