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Modern World History: India

Recommended Databases for Imperialism Research

World History: The Modern Era (ABC-CLIO) This link opens in a new window
(1500 CE ~ Present)
World History in Context (Gale) This link opens in a new window
Encyclopedia Britannica This link opens in a new window

Pre-Colonization Reference Resources

Gale World History in Context
Entry "India Prior to Colonization"
Gale World History in Context
Entry on "India During the Mughal and Colonial Periods"
Britannica School
Mughal Dynasty
Ebrary
Ebook "A Concise History of Modern India"
Chapter 1: Sultans, Mughals and Pre-Colonial Society

Primary Sources

Colonization Reference Resources

ABC CLIO Modern World History
Entry for British India
Gale World History in Context
Entry on India During the Mughal and Colonial Periods
Gale Global Issues in Context
Entry on Imperial India
Gale Global Issues in Context
The British East India Company Rules India: 1757–1858
Ebrary
Ebook "A Concise History of Modern India"
Chapter 3: The East India Company Raj

Colonisation Primary Sources

Decolonization Reference Resources

Gale World History in Context
Entry on "Post-Colonial India"
Gale World History in Context
Entry on India from "Europe Since 1914: Encyclopedia of the Age of War and Reconstruction"
Gale Global Issues in Context
Entry: India Gains Independence from Great Britain
Ebrary
Ebook: A Concise History of Modern India
Chapter: Congress Raj: Democracy and Development

Decolonisation Primary Sources