Examine the linkages between the 19th century ‘Indian Renaissance’ and the emergence of national identity.

Trace the rise and growth of socio-religious reform movements with special reference to Young Bengal and Brahmo Samaj.

Mahatma Jotirao Phule’s writings and efforts of social reforms touched issues of almost all subaltern classes. Discuss.

Highlight the Central Asian and Greco-Bactrian elements in Gandhara art.

Assess the role of British imperial power in complicating the process of transfer of power during the 1940s.

Many voices had strengthened and enriched the nationalist movement during the Gandhian phase. Elaborate.

The 1857 Uprising was the culmination of the recurrent big and small local rebellions that had occurred in the preceding hundred years of British rule. Elucidate.

Explain how the foundations of the modern world were laid by the American and French revolutions.

What are the challenges to our cultural practices in the name of secularism?