CBSE Class 8 History Syllabus
CBSE Class 8
History Syllabus

Course Structure for Class 8 History

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Chapter Topic(s)
From Trade to Territory: The Company Establishes Power
  • Expansion of the British Raj
  • New Administration Units
  • East India Company Comes East
Introduction: How, When and Where
  • Documentation During the British Raj
  • Historians and the Earlier Colonisation
Ruling the Countryside
  • Crops for Europe
  • From Traders to Diwan
  • Indigo Farming and Protests
Tribals, Dikus and the Vision of a Golden Age
  • Tribal Lives and the Colonial Rule
  • Tribal Groups During the British Era
  • Birsa Munda the Freedom Fighter
When People Rebel: 1857 and After
  • A Mutiny Becomes a Powerful Rebellion
  • Aftermath of the 1857 Revolt
  • Policies and the People
Civilising the “Native”, Educating the Nation
  • Britisher’s View of Indian Education
  • Indian Education Under British Raj
Civilising the “Native”, Educating the Nation
  • The Local Pathshala
Women, Caste and Reform
  • Caste and Social Reform
  • Reformers and Women Welfare
The Making of the National Movement: 1870s - 1947
  • Emergence of Nationalism
  • The Rise of Mass Nationalism
  • The Quit India Movement
  • The March to Dandi

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