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PADIKAM LEARNING CONTENT PADIKAM History India and the Contemporary World

• II Class 10 Study Notes 5 chapters All five textbook chapters; schools may assess selected portions differently. Padikam explanations are independently written. The NCERT book is used only for chapter order, standard terminology and coverage. PADIKAM | NCERT CLASS 10 1

Contents 01 The Rise of Nationalism in Europe 02 Nationalism in India 03 The Making of a Global World 04 The Age of Industrialisation 05 Print Culture and the Modern World How to use this note Read the quick understanding first, recall the key points aloud, then answer the exam prompts without looking back. Official book source https://ncert.nic.in/textbook.php?jess3=0-5 PADIKAM | NCERT CLASS 10 2

LESSON 1 The Rise of Nationalism in Europe Quick understanding Follow how revolutions, liberalism, culture and state power reshaped Europe into nation-states. Must remember Exam practice The French Revolution transferred sovereignty from Compare the unification of Germany and monarchy to citizens. Italy. Liberal nationalism favoured constitutional Explain how culture helped create government and equal law, though early citizenship nationalism. remained limited. Germany and Italy unified through political leadership, war and diplomacy. Timeline anchor 1789 French Revolution | 1815 Vienna settlement | 1848 liberal revolutions | 1871 German unification One-line recall The French Revolution transferred sovereignty from monarchy to citizens. PADIKAM | NCERT CLASS 10 3

LESSON 2 Nationalism in India Quick understanding Understand how diverse groups entered a shared anti-colonial movement while carrying different local hopes. Must remember Exam practice The First World War intensified hardship and political Why did Gandhi withdraw Non- unrest. Cooperation? Satyagraha joined truth, non-violence and mass Compare the demands of peasants, participation. business groups and industrial workers. Non-Cooperation and Civil Disobedience differed in timing, methods and participation. Timeline anchor 1917 Champaran | 1919 Rowlatt Act and Jallianwala Bagh | 1920 Non-Cooperation | 1930 Dandi March One-line recall The First World War intensified hardship and political unrest. PADIKAM | NCERT CLASS 10 4

LESSON 3 The Making of a Global World Quick understanding Trace long-distance exchange from pre-modern trade to empire, migration, depression and post-war institutions. Must remember Exam practice Trade moved goods, people, ideas, disease and Explain the role of technology in capital. nineteenth-century trade. Nineteenth-century globalisation rested on trade, How did the Depression affect Indian labour migration and capital flows. farmers? The Great Depression showed how linked markets transmit crisis. Timeline anchor Pre-modern Silk Routes | 1846 Corn Laws repealed | 1929 Depression | 1944 Bretton Woods One-line recall Trade moved goods, people, ideas, disease and capital. PADIKAM | NCERT CLASS 10 5

LESSON 4 The Age of Industrialisation Quick understanding Study industrial change as a gradual interaction of factories, hand labour, colonies and markets. Must remember Exam practice Proto-industrial production linked merchants with Why was hand labour still important in rural households before factories expanded. industrial Britain? Machines did not immediately replace skilled hand Explain how Indian producers created production. markets. Colonial policy reshaped Indian textiles, but entrepreneurs and weavers adapted. Timeline anchor 1730s early factories | 1764 Spinning Jenny | 1854 first Bombay cotton mill | early 1900s industrial growth One-line recall Proto-industrial production linked merchants with rural households before factories expanded. PADIKAM | NCERT CLASS 10 6

LESSON 5 Print Culture and the Modern World Quick understanding See print as a technology that enlarged readership, argument, reform and political mobilisation. Must remember Exam practice East Asian print traditions preceded European How did print create a new reading movable-type expansion. public? Print reduced cost and increased circulation but also Explain the relationship between print produced censorship and conflict. and reform in India. In India, newspapers and pamphlets widened religious, social and nationalist debate. Timeline anchor c. 594 woodblock print in China | 1440s Gutenberg press | 1780 Bengal Gazette | 1878 Vernacular Press Act One-line recall East Asian print traditions preceded European movable-type expansion. PADIKAM | NCERT CLASS 10 7