ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY OF INDIA full notes

 

ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY OF INDIA

Module-I

 

1.      Question: Environmental History – Meaning – Scope – Importance -  - Read

2.      Question: Sources of Environmental History and its Historiography –  - Read

3.      Question: The History of Ecology and Environment in Colonial India. -   - Read                        

 

 

Module-II

 

4.      Question: Colonialism and Exploitation of Natural Resources –Read

5.      Question: Forests & Forest Policies, their Impact on Forest Communities-Read

6.      Question: Tribal Resistance North India -Read                         

7.      Question: Tribal Resistance Western India-Read

8.      Question: Tribal Resistance South India-Read

 

Module-III

 

9.     Question: Colonial Policies on Land Alienation   - Read

10.  Question: Irrigation during colonial period.-Read

11.  Question: Water-logging Diseases.-Read

12.  Question: Mining & Minerals – Commercialization of Natural Resources – Displacement - Resistance – North India.-Read

  13.Question: Mining & Minerals – Commercialization of Natural Resources –  Displacement - Resistance – Punjab -Read

    14.Question: Mining & Minerals – Commercialization of Natural Resources –South India - Read 

Module-IV

 

15.Question: Emergence of Environmental Movements.-Read

16.Ideological dimensions and strategies regarding environmental safety - Read

17.Question: Chipko movement. -Read

18.Question: Silent Valley Movement-Read. 

19.Question: Role of Women in Indian Environmental Movements.-Read

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Historical Foundations in Colonial Period-Read

 

Post-Independence Pioneering Efforts-Read

 

Chipko and Women's Leadership-Read

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Narmada Bachao Andolan and Medha Patkar-Read

 

Silent Valley and Literary Activism-Read

 

Appiko and Southern Mobilization-Read

 

Eco-Feminism and Vandana Shiva-Read

 

Urban and Industrial Campaigns-Read

 

Contemporary Roles and Climate Activism-Read                         

 

Challenges and Empowerment-Read

 

Global Influence and Future Directions-

Environmentalists of India - Read

Ramachandra Guha | Madhav Gadgil | K. Sivaramakrishnan | Richard Grove | Irfan Habib | Sumit Guha | Michael H. Fisher | Romila Thapar | Mahesh Rangarajan | Arun Bandopadhyay |  Biswamoy Pati |  Alluri Sitarama Raju | Gunda Dhur | Lal Karendra Singh | Birsa Munda | Laxman Naik | Veer Surendra Sai | Jatra Bhagat | K. Hanumanthu | Raja Vijay Singh | Madhab Singh | Raja Mohan Singh | Lachman Singh | Ratan Naik | Dora Bisoyee |  Chakara Bisoyee | Dietrich Brandis | S. K. Gurtu | Imran Al | Prem Chowdhry | John Lawrence

Chandi Prasad Bhatt                         

Sunderlal Bahuguna

Gaura Devi

Bachni Devi

Sudesha Devi

Sarala Behn                         

Sugathakumari

M. K. Prasad

Salim Ali

MS Swaminathan

Romulus Whitaker

V. M. Gopinath                         

Medha Patkar

Baba Amte

Shantaben Yadav

Panduranga Hegde

S.H. Suresh

Anand Kumar                         

Vandana Shiva

Maneka Gandhi

Arundhati Roy