The modern period

The modern period Question /Answer

Modern Indian History. History of India can be dated as far as 5300 years ago. Modern Indian History is considered the history 1850 onwards. A major part of Modern Indian History was occupied by the British Rule in India.





      QUESTION:What is the period of modern history?

Modern history is the history of the world beginning after the Middle Ages. Generally the term "modern history" refers to the history of the world since the advent of the Age of Reason and the Age of Enlightenment in the 17th and 18th centuries and the beginning of the Industrial Revolution.

QUESTION: When did the modern period begin?

    The modern era includes the early period, called the early modern period, which        lasted from c. 1500 to around c. 1800 (most often 1815).

Question: Name the events for which specific dates can be determined.

Answer: The year a king was crowned, the year he married, the year he had a child, the year he fought a particular battle, the year he died, etc.

Question: What was an important aspect of the histories written by the British historians in India?

Answer: The rule of each Governor-General was an important aspect.

Question: Who was James Mill?

Answer: He was a Scottish economist and political philosopher and is known for his book “A History of British India”.

Question: What was Mill’s opinion about the Asian societies?

Answer: In Mill’s opinion all Asian societies were at a lower level of civilisation than Europe.

Question: What evil practices, according to James Mill, dominated the Indian social life before the British came to India?

Answer: According to James Mill, the evil practices that dominated to the Indian social life were religious intolerance, caste taboos and superstitious practices.

Question: How did paintings project Governor-General?

Answer: Paintings projected Governor-Generals as powerful figures.

Question: Why do many historians refer to modem period as colonial?

Answer: It is because, under British rule people did not have equality, freedom or liberty — the symbols of modernity.

Question: Mention one important source used by historians in writing about the last 230 years of Indian history.

Answer: The official records of the British administration.

Question: What is done under census?

Answer: It records the number of people living all the provinces of India and gathers information on castes, religions and occupation.

Question: What do official records not tell?

Answer: Official records do not tell what other people in the country felt, and what lay behind their actions.

Question: Why do we try and divide history into different periods?

Answer: We do so in order to capture the characteristics of a time, its central features as they appear to us.

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