Syllabus
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Course Code: HIS-E-42(i) Course Name: Business History of India 1200-1947 |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | Business in Pre-Colonial India: Caste and Business Communities; Trade and Commerce – Internal and External; Important Trade Centers; Credit and Indigenous Banking System; Potentialities of Capitalist Growth | |
| 2 | Trade and Business under East India Company: European Trading Interests in India upto 1757; East India Company’s Trade during 1757-1883; British Private Trade in India in the Eighteenth Century; Role of European Agency Houses during 1793-1848; Indigenous Bankers during 1800-1850; Origins and Growth of Managing Agency System | |
| 3 | Trade and Business under the Raj: Railways, Roads and Telegraphs –Impact on Business and Trade; British Monetary Policy and Emergence of Modern Banking System – Impact on Business and Trade; European Chambers of Commerce – Its Business Interests in India | |
| 4 | Emergence of Indian Business: Rise of Indian Industrial Houses with particular reference to Tata; Founding of Indian Chamber of Commerce; Conflict between British and Indian Business Interests and its Impact on Indian Politics; National Planning Committee and the ‘Bombay Plan’ | |
