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HIST279: Resistance and the End of Empire in India, 1885-1947

This course considers the means by which British rule in India was challenged from the end of the nineteenth century. By what means was Indian independence seized or granted in 1947? Who questioned the British right to rule questioned and by what means? We will consider cultures of resistance in India as they formed after the creation of the Indian National Congress in 1885. How were religious, ethnic, social, gender and sexual identities expressed within and outside of the Congress? One focus of the course will be the rise to authority of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. We will consider the relationship between his political biography and his philosophy of resistance. Another key theme will be the emergence of religious politics in India during this period and the increasing pace of communal conflict, in particular that which was expressed as Hindu-Muslim antagonism. What was the role of the colonial state in firing communal anxiety? Did Gandhi’s political ideas allay or encourage the conflation of political action and religious identity? This course considers questions of race, nationality, politics and ethnic violence.

For further information on HIST279 visit the Lancaster University Online Courses Handbook.

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