Q1 Write a short note on importance of James Mill 's consept of Indian history How can India come - Social Science - How When and Where

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Q1 Write a short note on importance of James Mill 's consept of
Indian history How can India come out of problems according to
him?
Q2 Highlight the various reasons of the important of history and
dates in India?
Q3 Why was the conduction of conduction of cencus so important
of britishers?
Q4 How did James Mill categorised the history of India ? What
was wrong with this categorisation?
Q5 Define british administrative records?
Q6 Explain The Various terms
a)Colonial
b)Surveys
c)Calligraphits

Sushrita Das · Accepted Answer

Due to paucity of time all your queries could not be
resolved:
1) James Mill is regarded to be the first
historian to write a detailed history of India in a chronological
order Mill's â€˜manly
plainnessâ€™ is especially evident in his 3-volume
History of British India
The following aspects of his book prove that
his detailed study had several flaws:

In his preface he makes it clear that he had never visited
India and yet he asserts his work to be objective
His sole purpose was to defend the British intervention in
Indian affairs And thus he makes every effort to show that the
Hindu culture prevailing before the coming of the British was
â€œrudeâ€ and
â€œbackwardâ€
The society was filled with ignorance and superstition
He has periodised the Indian history into the Hindu, Muslim and
the British era and made it apparent as if no other major changes
took place in the history of India, other than the religious
ones
To create rift among the population of the Indians, the Muslim
era has been labeled to be full of violence and barbarity
To highlight the British period, he writes that it was a boon
for the Indians and it had to offer several reforms