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IAS History Optional Coaching Classes for 2027 are specialized programs designed to help aspirants master ancient, medieval, and modern Indian history along with world history for the UPSC exam. These classes focus on structured syllabus coverage, answer writing practice, and concept clarity guided by experienced faculty. They also provide test series, study materials, and strategic preparation techniques to improve scoring in the History optional subject.

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1. Paper - I :Sources Archaeological sources

Topics:

Exploration
excavation
epigraphy
numiematics
monuments
© Literary sources:indigenous: Primary and secondary
poetry
scent literature
iMerature
erature in regional languages
religious iterature
© Foreign account: Greek
Chinese and Arab writers

Hands-on:

Skills You Will Learn:

2. paper - l : Pre-history and Proto-history

Topics:

Geographical factors
hunting and gathering (paealithic and mesolthc)
Begining of agriculture (neolithic and chaleolithic)

Hands-on:

Skills You Will Learn:

3. Paper - I: Indus Valley Civilization

Topics:

Origin
date
extent
characteristice- decline
survival and significance
art and architecture

Hands-on:

Skills You Will Learn:

4. Paper - I :Megalithic Cultures

Topics:

Distribution of pastoral and farming cultures outside the Indus; Development of communi lf; Settlements; Development of agriculture; Crafts; Pottery; and on industry

Hands-on:

Skills You Will Learn:

5. Paper - I: Aryans and Vedie Period

Topics:

Expansions of Aryans in India: Vedic Period: Religious and philosophic iterture; Transformation from Rig Vedic period tothe later Vedic period; Politica; covial; and economical if; Signiance ofthe Vedic Age; Evolution of Monarchy and Varna system

Hands-on:

Skills You Will Learn:

6. Paper - l: Period of Mahajanapadas

Topics:

Formation of States (Mahajanepada): Republics and monarchies; Rise of urban centres; Trade routes; Economic growth; Introduction of coinage; Spread of Jeinigm and Buddiem; Rise of Magadha and Nandas
Iranian and Macedonian invasions and ther impact

Hands-on:

Skills You Will Learn:

7. Paper - I: Mauryan Empice

Topics:

Foundation of the Mauryan Empire
Chandragupta
Kautiya
and Arthashastre
Ashoka
Concept of Dharm
Edict
Polity
Administration
Economy
Art
architecture
and sculpture
External contacts
Religion
Spread of religion Literature
Disintegration of the empire
Sungas and Kanvas

Hands-on:

Skills You Will Learn:

8. Paper - I: Post-Mauryan Period (Indo-Greeks; Sakae; Kushanas; Western Kshatrapas)

Topics:

Contact with outside world: growth of urban centres
economy
csinage
development of eligions
Mahayane
socal conditions rt
architecture
culture tereture and science

Hands-on:

Skills You Will Learn:

9. Paper - I: Early State and Society in Eastern India; Deccan and South India

Topics:

Kheravela
The Satavahanes
Tamil States of the Sangam Age
Administration
Economy
land grants
coinage trade guilds and urban centres
Buddhist centres
Sangam literature and culture
Art and architecture

Hands-on:

Skills You Will Learn:

10. Paper - I : Guptas; Vekatakas and Vardhanas

Topics:

Polity and edminisration
Economic conditions
Coinage ofthe Guptas
Land gran
Decline of urban centres
Indian feudalism
Caste stem
Postion of women
Education and educational institutions
Nalanda
Vkramshila and Vallabhi Literature
scientific Iiterature rt
and architecture

Hands-on:

Skills You Will Learn:

11. Paper - I: Regional States during Gupta Era

Topics:

The Kedambas Pallavas
Chalukyas of Badami
Polity and Adminstration
Trade guilds Literature
growth of Vaishnava and Saiva religions
Temi Bhakti movement
Shankaracharys
Vedants
Insitutions of temple and temple architecture
Palas
Senas
Rashrakutas
Perameras
Polity
and administration
Cultural sepects
Arab conquest of Sind Alberuni
The Chaluky as of Kalyana
Cholas
Hoysalas
Pandyas
Polity end Adminstration
Local Government
Growth of art and architecture
religious sects
Intitution of temple and Mathas
Agraharas
education and iterature
economy and society

Hands-on:

Skills You Will Learn:

12. Paper - I: Themes in Early Indian Cultural History:

Topics:

Languages and texts
major stages inthe evolution of art and architecture
major philosophical thinkers and school
ideas in Science and Mathematics

Hands-on:

Skills You Will Learn:

13. Paper - I Early Medieval India; 750-1200

Topics:

© Poly: Major politcal developments in Norther India and the penineula
origin
and the rae of Rajputs
©The Choles: administration village economy and society “indian Feudalis
© Agrarian economy and urban settlements
© Trade and commerce
© Society: the status ofthe Brahman and the new socal order
© Condition of women
© Indian science and technology

Hands-on:

Skills You Will Learn:

14. Paper - I : Cultural Traditions in india 750-1200

Topics:

Phitosophy: Skankerecharya and Vedanta
Ramanuja and Vishishtadvate
Madhva and Brahma Mimanse
Religion: Forms and features of religion
Tamil devotional cit
growth of Bhakti Islam and its arrival in Indi
Sufi
Literature Literature in Sanskrit
growth of Tamil literature
itaratur in the newly developing languages
KalharieRetarengin
lberunis India
Act and Architecture: Temple architecture
sculpture
painting

Hands-on:

Skills You Will Learn:

15. Paper - I :The Thirteenth Century

Topics:

Establichment of the Dali Sultanate: The Ghurian invasions factors behind Ghurian success
Economic; Social and cultural consequences
Foundation of Oalh Sultanate and early Turkish Sultans
Consolidation: The ule of tutmish and Balban

Hands-on:

Skills You Will Learn:

16. Paper - I :The Fourteenth Century

Topics:

“The Khali Revolution”
Alauddin Khali: Conquests and tertorial expansion
agrarian and economic measure
“Muhammad Tughlug: Major project
agrarian measures
Bureaucracy of Muhammad Tughlug Fruz Tuglug: Agrarian measures
achievements in iil engineering and public works
decline ofthe Sultanate
foreign contacts and Ibn Battutss account

Hands-on:

Skills You Will Learn:

17. Paper - I Society Culture and Economy in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries

Topics:

• Society: composition of rural society
ruling classes
town dwellers
women
religious classes
caste and slavery under the Sultanate
Bhakti movement
Sufi movement
• Culture: Persian literature
literature in the regional languages of North India
literature in the languages of South India
Sultanate architecture and new structural forms
painting
evolution of a composite culture
• Economy: Agricultural Production
rise of urban economy and non-agricultural production
trade
and commerce

Hands-on:

Skills You Will Learn:

18. Paper - I: The Fifteenth and Early Sixteenth Century-Political Developments and Economy

Topics:

• Rise of Provincial Dynasties: Bengal
Kashmir (Zainul Abedin)
Gujarat
• Malwa
Bahmanids
• The Vijayanagara Empire
• Lodis
– Mughal Empire
First phase: Babur
Humayun
• The Sur Empire: Sher Shah’s administration
• Portuguese colonial enterprise
Bhakti
and Sufi Movements

Hands-on:

Skills You Will Learn:

19. Paper - I :The Fifteenth and Early Sixteenth Century- Society and culture

Topics:

• Regional cultures specificities
• Literary traditions
• Provincial architectural
• Society
culture
literature
and the arts in Vijayanagara Empire

Hands-on:

Skills You Will Learn:

20. Paper l: Akbar

Topics:

• Conquests and consolidation of empire
• Establishment of jagir and mansab systems
• Rajput policy
• Evolution of religious and social outlook
Theory of Sulh-i-kul and religious policy
• Court patronage of art and technology

Hands-on:

Skills You Will Learn:

21. Paper l : Mughal Empire in the Seventeenth Century

Topics:

• Major administrative policies of Jahangir
Shahjahan
and Aurangzeb
• The Empire and the Zamindars
• Religious policies of Jahangir
Shahjahan
and Aurangzeb
• Nature of the Mughal State
• Late Seventeenth-Century crisis and the revolts
• The Ahom kingdom
• Shivaji and the early Maratha Kingdom

Hands-on:

Skills You Will Learn:

22. Paper l: Economy and society; in the 16th and 17th Centuries

Topics:

• Population Agricultural and craft production
• Towns
commerce with Europe through Dutch
English and French companies: a trade revolution
• Indian mercantile classes
Banking
insurance
and credit systems
• Conditions of peasants
Condition of Women
• Evolution of the Sikh community and the Khalsa Panth

Hands-on:

Skills You Will Learn:

23. Paper l : Culture during Mughal Empire

Topics:

• Persian histories and other literature
• Hindi and religious literatures
• Mughal architecture
• Mughal painting
• Provincial architecture and painting
• Classical music
• Science and technology

Hands-on:

Skills You Will Learn:

24. Paper l : The Eighteenth Century

Topics:

Factors for the decline of the Mughal Empire
The regional principalities: Nizam’s Deccan
Bengal
Awadh
Maratha ascendancy under the Peshwas
The Maratha fiscal and financial system
Emergence of Afghan power Battle of Panipat
1761
State of
political
cultural
and economic
on eve of the British conquest

Hands-on:

Skills You Will Learn:

25. Paper ll : European Penetration into India

Topics:

The Early European Settlements
The Portuguese and the Dutch
The English and the French East India Companies
Their struggle for supremacy
Carnatic Wars
Bengal-The conflict between the English and the Nawabs of Bengal
Siraj and the English
The Battle of Plassey
Significance of Plassey

Hands-on:

Skills You Will Learn:

26. Paper ll : British Expansion in India

Topics:

Bengal-Mir Jafar and Mir Kasim
The Battle of Buxar
Mysore
The Marathas
The three Anglo-Maratha Wars
The Punjab

Hands-on:

Skills You Will Learn:

27. Paper ll: Early Structure of the British Raj

Topics:

The early administrative structure
From diarchy to direct control
The Regulating Act (1773)
The Pitt’s India Act (1784)
The Charter Act (1833)
The Voice of free trade and the changing character of British colonial rule
The English utilitarian and India

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Skills You Will Learn:

28. Paper ll: Economic Impact of British Colonial Rule

Topics:

(a) Land revenue settlements in British India
The Permanent Settlement
Ryotwari Settlement
Mahalwari Settlement
Economic impact of the revenue arrangements
Commercialization of agriculture
Rise of landless agrarian labourers
Impoverishment of the rural society
(b) Dislocation of traditional trade and commerce
De-industrialisation
Decline of traditional crafts
Drain of wealth
Economic transformation of India
Railroad and communication network including telegraph and postal services
Famine and poverty in the rural interior
European business enterprise and its limitations

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Skills You Will Learn:

29. Paper ll : Social and Cultural Developments

Topics:

The state of indigenous education
its dislocation
Orientalist-Anglicist controversy
The introduction of western education in India
The rise of press
literature
and public opinion
The rise of modern vernacular literature
Progress of science
Christian missionary activities in India

Hands-on:

Skills You Will Learn:

30. Paper ll : Social and Religious Reform Movements in Bengal and Other Areas

Topics:

Ram Mohan Roy
The Brahmo Movement
Devendranath Tagore
Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar
The Young Bengal Movement
Dayananda Saraswati
The social reform movements in India including Sati
widow remarriage
child marriage
etc
The contribution of Indian renaissance to the growth of modern India
Islamic revivalism-the Feraizi and Wahabi Movements

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Skills You Will Learn:

31. Paper ll : Indian Response to British Rule

Topics:

Peasant movement and tribal uprisings in the 18th and 19th centuries including the Rangpur Dhing (1783)
the Kol Rebellion (1832)
the Mopla Rebellion in Malabar (1841-1920)
the Santhal Hull (1855)
Indigo Rebellion (1859-60)
Deccan Uprising (1875) and the Munda Ulgulan (1899-1900)
The Great Revolt of 1857 – Origin
character
causes of failure
the consequences
The shift in the character of peasant uprisings in the post-1857 period
the peasant movements of the 1920s and 1930s

Hands-on:

Skills You Will Learn:

32. Paper ll : Factors leading to the birth of Indian Nationalism Politics of Association

Topics:

The Foundation of the Indian National Congress
The Safety-valve thesis relating to the birth of the Congress
Programme and objectives of Early Congress
the social composition of early Congress leadership
Moderates and Extremists
The Partition of Bengal (1905)
The Swadeshi Movement in Bengal
the economic and political aspects of Swadeshi Movement
The beginning of revolutionary extremism in India

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Skills You Will Learn:

33. Paper ll: Rise of Gandhi

Topics:

Rise of Gandhi
Character of Gandhian nationalism
Gandhi’s popular appeal
Rowlat Satyagraha
the Khilafat Movement
the Non-cooperation Movement
National politics from the end of the Non-cooperation movement to the beginning of the Civil Disobedience Movement
the two phases of the Civil Disobedience Movement
Simon Commission
The Nehru Report
the Round Table Conferences
Nationalism and the Peasant Movements
Nationalism and Working-class movements
Women and Indian youth and students in Indian politics (1885-1947)
the election of 1937 and the formation of ministries
Cripps Mission
the Quit India Movement
the Wavell Plan
The Cabinet Mission

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Skills You Will Learn:

34. Paper ll : Other strands in the National Movement

Topics:

The Revolutionaries: Bengal
the Punjab
Maharashtra
U
P
the Madras Presidency
Outside India
The Left
The Left within the Congress
Jawaharlal Nehru
Subhas Chandra Bose
the Congress Socialist Party
The Communist Party of India
other left parties

Hands-on:

Skills You Will Learn:

35. Paper ll : Politics of Separatism

Topics:

The Muslim League
the Hindu Mahasabha
Communalism and the politics of partition
Transfer of power
Independence

Hands-on:

Skills You Will Learn:

36. Paper ll : Consolidation as a Nation

Topics:

Nehru’s Foreign Policy
India and her neighbours (1947-1964)
The linguistic reorganisation of States (1953-1967)
Regionalism and regional inequality
Integration of Princely States
Princes in electoral politics
the Question of National Language

Hands-on:

Skills You Will Learn:

37. Paper ll : Caste and Ethnicity after 1947

Topics:

Backward Castes and Tribes in post-colonial electoral politics
Dalit movements

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38. Paper ll : Economic development and political change

Topics:

Land reforms
the politics of planning and rural reconstruction
Ecology and environmental policy in post-colonial India
Progress of Science

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39. Paper ll : Enlightenment and Modern ideas

Topics:

(i) Major ideas of Enlightenment: Kant; Rousseau
(ii) Spread of Enlightenment in the colonies
(iii) Rise of socialist ideas (up to Marx)
spread of Marxian Socialism

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40. Paper ll : Origins of Modern Politics:

Topics:

(i) European States System
(ii) American Revolution and the Constitution
(iii) French Revolution and Aftermath; 1789-1815
(iv) American Civil War with reference to Abraham Lincoln and the abolition of slavery
(v) British Democratic politics; 1815-1850; Parliamentary Reformers; Free Traders; Chartists

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Skills You Will Learn:

41. Paper ll : Industrialization

Topics:

(i) English Industrial Revolution: Causes and Impact on Society
(ii) Industrialization in other countries: USA
Germany
Russia
Japan
(iii) Industrialization and Globalization

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42. Paper ll : Nation-State System

Topics:

(i) Rise of Nationalism in 19th century
(ii) Nationalism: State-building in Germany and Italy
(iii) Disintegration of Empires in the face of the emergence of nationalities across the World

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43. Paper ll : Imperialism and Colonialism

Topics:

(i) South and South-East Asia
(ii) Latin America and South Africa
(iii) Australia
(iv) Imperialism and free trade: Rise of neo-imperialism

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44. Paper ll : Revolution and Counter-Revolution

Topics:

(i) 19th Century European revolutions
(ii) The Russian Revolution of 1917-1921
(iii) Fascist Counter-Revolution; Italy and Germany
(iv) The Chinese Revolution of 1949

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45. Paper ll : World Wars

Topics:

(i) 1st and 2nd World Wars as Total Wars: Societal Implications
(ii) World War I: Causes and Consequences
(iii) World War II: Causes and Consequences

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46. Paper ll : The World after World War II

Topics:

(i) Emergence of Two power blocs
(ii) Emergence of Third World and non-alignment
(iii) UNO and the global disputes

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47. Paper ll : Liberation from Colonial Rule

Topics:

(i) Latin America-Bolivar
(ii) Arab World-Egypt
(iii) Africa-Apartheid to Democracy
(iv) South-East Asia-Vietnam

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48. Paper ll : Decolonization and Underdevelopment

Topics:

(i) Factors constraining development
Latin America
Africa

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49. Paper ll : Unification of Europe

Topics:

(i) Post War Foundations
NATO and European Community
(ii) Consolidation and Expansion of European Community
(iii) European Union

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50. Paper ll : Disintegration of Soviet Union and the Rise of the Unipolar World

Topics:

(i) Factors leading to the collapse of Soviet Communism and Soviet Union; 1985-1991
(ii) Political Changes in East Europe 1989-2001
(iii) End of the Cold War and US Ascendancy in the World as the lone superpower

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Indus Valley Civilization (Ancient Core)

Vedic Age + Mahajanapadas

Mauryan & Gupta Empire

Delhi Sultanate + Mughal Empire

🇮🇳 Indian National Movement

World History

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1-on-1 doubt-clearing sessions

Test Series

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Paper - I :Sources Archaeological sources

13 Topics

paper - l : Pre-history and Proto-history

3 Topics

Paper - I: Indus Valley Civilization

6 Topics

Paper - I :Megalithic Cultures

1 Topics

Paper - I: Aryans and Vedie Period

1 Topics

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1. Paper - I :Sources Archaeological sources

Topics:

Exploration
excavation
epigraphy
numiematics
monuments
© Literary sources:indigenous: Primary and secondary
poetry
scent literature
iMerature
erature in regional languages
religious iterature
© Foreign account: Greek
Chinese and Arab writers

2. paper - l : Pre-history and Proto-history

Topics:

Geographical factors
hunting and gathering (paealithic and mesolthc)
Begining of agriculture (neolithic and chaleolithic)

3. Paper - I: Indus Valley Civilization

Topics:

Origin
date
extent
characteristice- decline
survival and significance
art and architecture

4. Paper - I :Megalithic Cultures

Topics:

Distribution of pastoral and farming cultures outside the Indus; Development of communi lf; Settlements; Development of agriculture; Crafts; Pottery; and on industry

5. Paper - I: Aryans and Vedie Period

Topics:

Expansions of Aryans in India: Vedic Period: Religious and philosophic iterture; Transformation from Rig Vedic period tothe later Vedic period; Politica; covial; and economical if; Signiance ofthe Vedic Age; Evolution of Monarchy and Varna system

6. Paper - l: Period of Mahajanapadas

Topics:

Formation of States (Mahajanepada): Republics and monarchies; Rise of urban centres; Trade routes; Economic growth; Introduction of coinage; Spread of Jeinigm and Buddiem; Rise of Magadha and Nandas
Iranian and Macedonian invasions and ther impact

7. Paper - I: Mauryan Empice

Topics:

Foundation of the Mauryan Empire
Chandragupta
Kautiya
and Arthashastre
Ashoka
Concept of Dharm
Edict
Polity
Administration
Economy
Art
architecture
and sculpture
External contacts
Religion
Spread of religion Literature
Disintegration of the empire
Sungas and Kanvas

8. Paper - I: Post-Mauryan Period (Indo-Greeks; Sakae; Kushanas; Western Kshatrapas)

Topics:

Contact with outside world: growth of urban centres
economy
csinage
development of eligions
Mahayane
socal conditions rt
architecture
culture tereture and science

9. Paper - I: Early State and Society in Eastern India; Deccan and South India

Topics:

Kheravela
The Satavahanes
Tamil States of the Sangam Age
Administration
Economy
land grants
coinage trade guilds and urban centres
Buddhist centres
Sangam literature and culture
Art and architecture

10. Paper - I : Guptas; Vekatakas and Vardhanas

Topics:

Polity and edminisration
Economic conditions
Coinage ofthe Guptas
Land gran
Decline of urban centres
Indian feudalism
Caste stem
Postion of women
Education and educational institutions
Nalanda
Vkramshila and Vallabhi Literature
scientific Iiterature rt
and architecture

11. Paper - I: Regional States during Gupta Era

Topics:

The Kedambas Pallavas
Chalukyas of Badami
Polity and Adminstration
Trade guilds Literature
growth of Vaishnava and Saiva religions
Temi Bhakti movement
Shankaracharys
Vedants
Insitutions of temple and temple architecture
Palas
Senas
Rashrakutas
Perameras
Polity
and administration
Cultural sepects
Arab conquest of Sind Alberuni
The Chaluky as of Kalyana
Cholas
Hoysalas
Pandyas
Polity end Adminstration
Local Government
Growth of art and architecture
religious sects
Intitution of temple and Mathas
Agraharas
education and iterature
economy and society

12. Paper - I: Themes in Early Indian Cultural History:

Topics:

Languages and texts
major stages inthe evolution of art and architecture
major philosophical thinkers and school
ideas in Science and Mathematics

13. Paper - I Early Medieval India; 750-1200

Topics:

© Poly: Major politcal developments in Norther India and the penineula
origin
and the rae of Rajputs
©The Choles: administration village economy and society “indian Feudalis
© Agrarian economy and urban settlements
© Trade and commerce
© Society: the status ofthe Brahman and the new socal order
© Condition of women
© Indian science and technology

14. Paper - I : Cultural Traditions in india 750-1200

Topics:

Phitosophy: Skankerecharya and Vedanta
Ramanuja and Vishishtadvate
Madhva and Brahma Mimanse
Religion: Forms and features of religion
Tamil devotional cit
growth of Bhakti Islam and its arrival in Indi
Sufi
Literature Literature in Sanskrit
growth of Tamil literature
itaratur in the newly developing languages
KalharieRetarengin
lberunis India
Act and Architecture: Temple architecture
sculpture
painting

15. Paper - I :The Thirteenth Century

Topics:

Establichment of the Dali Sultanate: The Ghurian invasions factors behind Ghurian success
Economic; Social and cultural consequences
Foundation of Oalh Sultanate and early Turkish Sultans
Consolidation: The ule of tutmish and Balban

16. Paper - I :The Fourteenth Century

Topics:

“The Khali Revolution”
Alauddin Khali: Conquests and tertorial expansion
agrarian and economic measure
“Muhammad Tughlug: Major project
agrarian measures
Bureaucracy of Muhammad Tughlug Fruz Tuglug: Agrarian measures
achievements in iil engineering and public works
decline ofthe Sultanate
foreign contacts and Ibn Battutss account

17. Paper - I Society Culture and Economy in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries

Topics:

• Society: composition of rural society
ruling classes
town dwellers
women
religious classes
caste and slavery under the Sultanate
Bhakti movement
Sufi movement
• Culture: Persian literature
literature in the regional languages of North India
literature in the languages of South India
Sultanate architecture and new structural forms
painting
evolution of a composite culture
• Economy: Agricultural Production
rise of urban economy and non-agricultural production
trade
and commerce

18. Paper - I: The Fifteenth and Early Sixteenth Century-Political Developments and Economy

Topics:

• Rise of Provincial Dynasties: Bengal
Kashmir (Zainul Abedin)
Gujarat
• Malwa
Bahmanids
• The Vijayanagara Empire
• Lodis
– Mughal Empire
First phase: Babur
Humayun
• The Sur Empire: Sher Shah’s administration
• Portuguese colonial enterprise
Bhakti
and Sufi Movements

19. Paper - I :The Fifteenth and Early Sixteenth Century- Society and culture

Topics:

• Regional cultures specificities
• Literary traditions
• Provincial architectural
• Society
culture
literature
and the arts in Vijayanagara Empire

20. Paper l: Akbar

Topics:

• Conquests and consolidation of empire
• Establishment of jagir and mansab systems
• Rajput policy
• Evolution of religious and social outlook
Theory of Sulh-i-kul and religious policy
• Court patronage of art and technology

21. Paper l : Mughal Empire in the Seventeenth Century

Topics:

• Major administrative policies of Jahangir
Shahjahan
and Aurangzeb
• The Empire and the Zamindars
• Religious policies of Jahangir
Shahjahan
and Aurangzeb
• Nature of the Mughal State
• Late Seventeenth-Century crisis and the revolts
• The Ahom kingdom
• Shivaji and the early Maratha Kingdom

22. Paper l: Economy and society; in the 16th and 17th Centuries

Topics:

• Population Agricultural and craft production
• Towns
commerce with Europe through Dutch
English and French companies: a trade revolution
• Indian mercantile classes
Banking
insurance
and credit systems
• Conditions of peasants
Condition of Women
• Evolution of the Sikh community and the Khalsa Panth

23. Paper l : Culture during Mughal Empire

Topics:

• Persian histories and other literature
• Hindi and religious literatures
• Mughal architecture
• Mughal painting
• Provincial architecture and painting
• Classical music
• Science and technology

24. Paper l : The Eighteenth Century

Topics:

Factors for the decline of the Mughal Empire
The regional principalities: Nizam’s Deccan
Bengal
Awadh
Maratha ascendancy under the Peshwas
The Maratha fiscal and financial system
Emergence of Afghan power Battle of Panipat
1761
State of
political
cultural
and economic
on eve of the British conquest

25. Paper ll : European Penetration into India

Topics:

The Early European Settlements
The Portuguese and the Dutch
The English and the French East India Companies
Their struggle for supremacy
Carnatic Wars
Bengal-The conflict between the English and the Nawabs of Bengal
Siraj and the English
The Battle of Plassey
Significance of Plassey

26. Paper ll : British Expansion in India

Topics:

Bengal-Mir Jafar and Mir Kasim
The Battle of Buxar
Mysore
The Marathas
The three Anglo-Maratha Wars
The Punjab

27. Paper ll: Early Structure of the British Raj

Topics:

The early administrative structure
From diarchy to direct control
The Regulating Act (1773)
The Pitt’s India Act (1784)
The Charter Act (1833)
The Voice of free trade and the changing character of British colonial rule
The English utilitarian and India

28. Paper ll: Economic Impact of British Colonial Rule

Topics:

(a) Land revenue settlements in British India
The Permanent Settlement
Ryotwari Settlement
Mahalwari Settlement
Economic impact of the revenue arrangements
Commercialization of agriculture
Rise of landless agrarian labourers
Impoverishment of the rural society
(b) Dislocation of traditional trade and commerce
De-industrialisation
Decline of traditional crafts
Drain of wealth
Economic transformation of India
Railroad and communication network including telegraph and postal services
Famine and poverty in the rural interior
European business enterprise and its limitations

29. Paper ll : Social and Cultural Developments

Topics:

The state of indigenous education
its dislocation
Orientalist-Anglicist controversy
The introduction of western education in India
The rise of press
literature
and public opinion
The rise of modern vernacular literature
Progress of science
Christian missionary activities in India

30. Paper ll : Social and Religious Reform Movements in Bengal and Other Areas

Topics:

Ram Mohan Roy
The Brahmo Movement
Devendranath Tagore
Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar
The Young Bengal Movement
Dayananda Saraswati
The social reform movements in India including Sati
widow remarriage
child marriage
etc
The contribution of Indian renaissance to the growth of modern India
Islamic revivalism-the Feraizi and Wahabi Movements

31. Paper ll : Indian Response to British Rule

Topics:

Peasant movement and tribal uprisings in the 18th and 19th centuries including the Rangpur Dhing (1783)
the Kol Rebellion (1832)
the Mopla Rebellion in Malabar (1841-1920)
the Santhal Hull (1855)
Indigo Rebellion (1859-60)
Deccan Uprising (1875) and the Munda Ulgulan (1899-1900)
The Great Revolt of 1857 – Origin
character
causes of failure
the consequences
The shift in the character of peasant uprisings in the post-1857 period
the peasant movements of the 1920s and 1930s

32. Paper ll : Factors leading to the birth of Indian Nationalism Politics of Association

Topics:

The Foundation of the Indian National Congress
The Safety-valve thesis relating to the birth of the Congress
Programme and objectives of Early Congress
the social composition of early Congress leadership
Moderates and Extremists
The Partition of Bengal (1905)
The Swadeshi Movement in Bengal
the economic and political aspects of Swadeshi Movement
The beginning of revolutionary extremism in India

33. Paper ll: Rise of Gandhi

Topics:

Rise of Gandhi
Character of Gandhian nationalism
Gandhi’s popular appeal
Rowlat Satyagraha
the Khilafat Movement
the Non-cooperation Movement
National politics from the end of the Non-cooperation movement to the beginning of the Civil Disobedience Movement
the two phases of the Civil Disobedience Movement
Simon Commission
The Nehru Report
the Round Table Conferences
Nationalism and the Peasant Movements
Nationalism and Working-class movements
Women and Indian youth and students in Indian politics (1885-1947)
the election of 1937 and the formation of ministries
Cripps Mission
the Quit India Movement
the Wavell Plan
The Cabinet Mission

34. Paper ll : Other strands in the National Movement

Topics:

The Revolutionaries: Bengal
the Punjab
Maharashtra
U
P
the Madras Presidency
Outside India
The Left
The Left within the Congress
Jawaharlal Nehru
Subhas Chandra Bose
the Congress Socialist Party
The Communist Party of India
other left parties

35. Paper ll : Politics of Separatism

Topics:

The Muslim League
the Hindu Mahasabha
Communalism and the politics of partition
Transfer of power
Independence

36. Paper ll : Consolidation as a Nation

Topics:

Nehru’s Foreign Policy
India and her neighbours (1947-1964)
The linguistic reorganisation of States (1953-1967)
Regionalism and regional inequality
Integration of Princely States
Princes in electoral politics
the Question of National Language

37. Paper ll : Caste and Ethnicity after 1947

Topics:

Backward Castes and Tribes in post-colonial electoral politics
Dalit movements

38. Paper ll : Economic development and political change

Topics:

Land reforms
the politics of planning and rural reconstruction
Ecology and environmental policy in post-colonial India
Progress of Science

39. Paper ll : Enlightenment and Modern ideas

Topics:

(i) Major ideas of Enlightenment: Kant; Rousseau
(ii) Spread of Enlightenment in the colonies
(iii) Rise of socialist ideas (up to Marx)
spread of Marxian Socialism

40. Paper ll : Origins of Modern Politics:

Topics:

(i) European States System
(ii) American Revolution and the Constitution
(iii) French Revolution and Aftermath; 1789-1815
(iv) American Civil War with reference to Abraham Lincoln and the abolition of slavery
(v) British Democratic politics; 1815-1850; Parliamentary Reformers; Free Traders; Chartists

41. Paper ll : Industrialization

Topics:

(i) English Industrial Revolution: Causes and Impact on Society
(ii) Industrialization in other countries: USA
Germany
Russia
Japan
(iii) Industrialization and Globalization

42. Paper ll : Nation-State System

Topics:

(i) Rise of Nationalism in 19th century
(ii) Nationalism: State-building in Germany and Italy
(iii) Disintegration of Empires in the face of the emergence of nationalities across the World

43. Paper ll : Imperialism and Colonialism

Topics:

(i) South and South-East Asia
(ii) Latin America and South Africa
(iii) Australia
(iv) Imperialism and free trade: Rise of neo-imperialism

44. Paper ll : Revolution and Counter-Revolution

Topics:

(i) 19th Century European revolutions
(ii) The Russian Revolution of 1917-1921
(iii) Fascist Counter-Revolution; Italy and Germany
(iv) The Chinese Revolution of 1949

45. Paper ll : World Wars

Topics:

(i) 1st and 2nd World Wars as Total Wars: Societal Implications
(ii) World War I: Causes and Consequences
(iii) World War II: Causes and Consequences

46. Paper ll : The World after World War II

Topics:

(i) Emergence of Two power blocs
(ii) Emergence of Third World and non-alignment
(iii) UNO and the global disputes

47. Paper ll : Liberation from Colonial Rule

Topics:

(i) Latin America-Bolivar
(ii) Arab World-Egypt
(iii) Africa-Apartheid to Democracy
(iv) South-East Asia-Vietnam

48. Paper ll : Decolonization and Underdevelopment

Topics:

(i) Factors constraining development
Latin America
Africa

49. Paper ll : Unification of Europe

Topics:

(i) Post War Foundations
NATO and European Community
(ii) Consolidation and Expansion of European Community
(iii) European Union

50. Paper ll : Disintegration of Soviet Union and the Rise of the Unipolar World

Topics:

(i) Factors leading to the collapse of Soviet Communism and Soviet Union; 1985-1991
(ii) Political Changes in East Europe 1989-2001
(iii) End of the Cold War and US Ascendancy in the World as the lone superpower

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