• Expansion of the British East India Company: [[BEIC Before 1858/2.1 Planning Battle of Plassey|2.1 Planning Battle of Plassey]] (1757); ==Anglo-Maratha Wars==; [[BEIC Before 1858/3 Anglo-Mysore Wars|3 Anglo-Mysore Wars]]: [[BEIC Before 1858/1 Mughals and BEIC|1 Mughals and BEIC]],

  • [[themes/economic|economic]], social and [[themes/culture and religion|culture and religion]] effects of the British colonial system in India; role of the British East India Company (1773–1857); impact of the policies of [[BEIC Before 1858/Governor-Generals/7 Bentinck|7 Bentinck]] and [[BEIC Before 1858/Governor-Generals/8 Dalhousie|8 Dalhousie]]

  • [[BEIC Before 1858/9 Indian Uprising 1857/cause of Sepoy Rebellion|cause]] of the Great Revolt (Indian Mutiny) of 1857; political, social and economic [[BEIC Before 1858/9 Indian Uprising 1857/consequence|consequence]] of the Great Revolt

  • Key developments 1858–1914: [[BEIC Before 1858/10 Government of India Act 1858|10 Government of India Act 1858]]; the [[India Independent Movement/3 Bengal Partition, Sima Deputation, 1909 Act|3 Bengal Partition, Sima Deputation, 1909 Act]] (1905); Indian Councils Act 1909 (Morley–Minto reforms) ([[India Independent Movement/4.2 Home Rule|4.2 Home Rule]]); outbreak of the ==[[India Independent Movement/(Not finished) 4.1 WWI|(Not finished) 4.1 WWI]]==; social and economic impact of the British Raj: [[India Independent Movement/5 Rowllets Act and Amritsar Massacre|5 Rowllets Act and Amritsar Massacre]], [[India Independent Movement/6 Montagu- Chelmsford Proposal 1919|6 Montagu- Chelmsford Proposal 1919]]

  • Development and significance of constitutional groups; growth of national consciousness; ==Indian National Congress (1885)== and the ==All-India Muslim League (1906)==

  • Afghanistan: Russo-British rivalry; “The Great Game”; North-West frontier; First, Second and Third Anglo-Afghan Wars; policies of the Afghan monarchy; resistance to British influence

  • Burma: King Mindon; King Thibaw; reasons for loss of independence; First, Second and Third Anglo- Burmese Wars; economic, social and cultural effects of the British colonial system in Burma; rise of resistance and nationalism