James Rennel produced the first map of India in

Some historians have divided Indian history into:

The last Viceroy of India was:

Many historians refer the British period as ___________

History deals with changes that occur over time.

Suggest one of the most important sources used by historians in writing about the last 250 years of Indian history.

Why did manufacturing towns like Dacca decline with the rise of the Presidency cities?

What is Imperialism?

When was Warren Hastings appointed as the Governor General of India?

Where was National Archives in India located and when did it come up?

What do you meant by the 'civilizing mission'?

What is Colonialism?

According to historians what is the meaning of the term 'Colonial'?

Are official records the best sources of information?

What is the problem with the periodisation of Indian history that James Mill offers?

Can you think of examples of surveys in your world today? Think about how toy companies get information about what young people enjoy playing with or how the government finds out about the number of young people in school. What can a historian derive from such surveys?

What was the effect of colonisation on India?

What are the other literary sources, except official records?

Answer the following questions related to picture given below:

(i) What is depicted in this picture?
(ii) Why are old advertisements important to us?
(iii) What does this advertisement suggest?

Historians divided Indian history into ancient, medieval and modern. But this division too has its problems. What are these problems?

Look carefully and write a paragraph explaining how this image projects an imperial perception.

Who is seen in the picture?

Why do we continue to associate History with a string of dates?

Read the source given and answer the questions that follow:
Newspapers provide an account of the movements in different parts of the country. Here is a report of a police strike in 1946. More than 2000 policemen in Delhi refused to take their food on Thursday morning as a protest against their low salaries and the bad quality of food supplied to them from the Police Lines kitchen. As the news spread to the other police stations, the men there also refused to take food. One of the strikers said: "The food supplied to us from the Police Lines kitchen is not fit for human consumption. Even cattle would not eat the chapattis and dal which we have to eat."
(i) Do you remember the source of this literary evidence?
(ii) To which event the above source is related?
(iii) What was the grievance of the policemen?
(iv) What is the importance of these types of literary sources?