Department of History

Apply knowledge and experience to foster personal growth and better appreciation of the diverse social world in which we live.

Communicate competently through writing, reading, speaking, and to be able to connect to the world in a meaningful way.

Acquire knowledge in the field of social sciences, literature and humanities which make them sensitive and sensible citizen

Develop a knowledge base sufficient to appear for various competitive examinations or choose the post graduate program of their choice

Develop awareness for human values to enable them to deal with various problems in life with courage and humanity.

Increase their understanding of the culture and art and contribute to the society by being able to generate solutions for social, political issues at Individual and societal level.

A student completing Bachelor’s Degree in B. A. program in the subject of History will be able to:

Write a term paper/ Research paper. Students will be able to learn skills such as writing research papers, articles, taking references, paraphrasing it, doing literature review, data collection, interpretation analysis, and conclusions.

Acquire Historical Knowledge. Students of History will gain Historical knowledge through reading reference books, archival sources, journals, articles, etc.

Utilize modern tools for Historical Interpretation. students shall be able to utilize e-resources, modern archives, digital libraries as a modern tool of usage

Foster their personality and shall learn the true way of adhering to democratic environment. Students shall be able to understand rights and duties mentioned in the Constitution of India.

Visit and interpret about Heritage and Historical Places. Student shall be able to learn and understand practical applications of Historical theories, evidences, sources, and events by visiting libraries, archives, historical places. Through that they can learn certain specific field visits, surveys, explorations etc.

Learn to use Encyclopedia for better generation of researchable Historical ideas. Students shall be able to understand conceptual frameworks of full explanations and various theories, and interdisciplinary approaches of important concepts.

Set the Chronology for Comparative studies. The students shall be able to learn historical events chronologically, with comparative analysis.

Strengthen the Intellectual Ability of Students to understand the Ideologies of important Historical Personalities. To be aware of the efforts and the role of our various national leaders, social reformers and freedom fighters in creation of an Independent Nation. That shall build character of History students and shall encourage other students to follow role models.

• Analyse the efforts about role of our various national leaders, Social reformers and freedom fighters in achievement of Freedom of India.

• Enhance the vision of the various social groups in the making of a Modern Liberal Nation.

• Understand the spirit of the nation and the events that led to its independence.

• Realisation of achieved milestone in the socio- economic sphere while facing the challenges imposed by the colonialism.

• Understand the British economy of colonial set up for agriculture, revenue, civil, military and trade & commerce.

• Investigate on development of textile mills, shipping industries, labour movements 

• Correlate British policies in regards to Education, Press, Communication

• enhance abilities to relate development of the landmark events, concepts and themes in the world history

• learn the classic age events turning points for human development such as Renaissance, Reformation, Revolutions and transition leading to socio-political, economic and cultural change

• Able to compare the growth of various civilizations, revolutions, socio-cultural aspects of world history  

• visualise and relate development of the landmark events, concepts and themes in the World History

• rationally and sensibly educated by the events such as Modernization, Nationalism, totalitarianism leading to socio-political, economic unrest in the world

• Create ancient cultural base of the individual

• trace the history of India in chronological framework of Ancient Indian Administration, Culture, Polity and Society

• know the root of the civilization critically

• acquaint the students with various approaches and interpretations of ancient civilizations in the history of India.

• Learn the dynamism of the political, social, cultural, religious progress of Medieval civilization

• Learn the notable contributions made by the regional power of Vijayanagar and the Bahamani.

• understand the administrative, social, economic and also cultural spheres of Medieval India.

• acquaint the students with the history of India since the emergence of the Mughal rule.

• understand administration of the Mughal Empire.

• The horizon of student’s understanding of later medieval India become wide.

• study the rise of the Maratha Power

• Learn regional history of Maharashtra

• Know the regional history of our great state of Maharashtra at micro level   

• Analyse the formation of Maharashtra as a state.

• understand the process of making the Constitution and the Integration and Reorganization of Indian States

• Understand independent India/ Introspection: how far we rectified ourselves from previous mistakes. We learnt the challenges India faced in the process of emerging as a nation

• comprehend the socio-economic changes and progress in science and technology in India

• Learn the importance of Archaeological sources, field Archaeology, Exploration and Excavation

• Encounter with the silent past with the help of archaeological study.

• Understand the importance of Punch marked coins for comparative chronological analysis 

• Update about the Value our heritage, its significance and its preservation

• understand the importance of Archival Science in the study of History.

• encourage students to pursue careers in various Museums and Archives in India and abroad.

• Urge about the knowing Fundamentals of Communication.

• introduce to Oral Traditions in Communication and the field of Journalism.

• familiarize with the various types of Audio-Visual Media

• acquaint students with the various types of Media

• Introduced to various modes of communication, developments in Information Technology.

• understand and correlate the impact of Media on Society.

• Micro-level study of the history of the Maharashtra and the role of Marathas.

• familiarize students with the literary sources of the history of the Marathas.

• understand the forces leading to the establishment of Maratha power under Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj

• enable the students to understand the processes that led to the expansion of the Maratha Power.

• appreciate the contribution of the Marathas in the national politics of the 18th century.

• Understand better the transition period of the Marathas from Royal to Peshwas

• trace some of the major events of Cold War period.

• Understanding International politics of Cold War.

• comprehend the ways in which events of the latter half of the twentieth century have influenced the present

• dynamism of oil politics, major changes that occurred in Asia during the cold war.

• Know geo-political history of Asia post-1945.

• comprehend some of the trends that emerged in Asia

• Adapt the basics of research methodology in history with a view to promote historical research.

• understand overview of various types of sources, its significance and interpretation.

• acquaint students with the new trends and approaches in historiography 

• Grasp the basics of research methodology in history with a view to promote historical research.

• Understand the various kinds of sources of history and its interpretation.

• acquaint with the Trends of various schools of historiography