CBSE Class 8 Social Science, Chapter 4: The Colonial Era in India

Topics in this chapter, with textbook pages

• Introductionpages 83–84
• The Age of Colonialismpages 84–87
• Europeans in Indiapage 87
• The Portuguese: commerce and atrocitiespages 87–89
• The Dutch: commerce and competitionpages 89–90
• The French: colonial ambitionspages 90–91
• Enter the Britishpage 91
• From traders to rulerspage 92
• The strategy of ‘divide and rule’pages 92–94
• From Paradise to Hell?page 95
• Devastating faminespages 95–97
• The drain of India’s wealthpages 97–99
• Changing Landscapespage 99
• Decline of India’s indigenous industriespage 100
• Dismantling traditional governance structurespages 100–101
• Transforming Indian education: creating ‘brown Englishmen’pages 101–103
• Reshaping economic structures to serve imperial needspages 103–104
• Early Resistance Movements: Challenging Colonial Authoritypages 104–105
• The ‘Sannyasi-Fakir rebellion’pages 105–106
• Tribal uprisingspages 106–107
• Peasant uprisings against economic exploitationpages 107–108
• The Great Rebellion of 1857pages 108–110
• The Legacy of European Colonialism in Indiapage 110
• Two heroinespages 111–115