UPSC CSE · PRELIMS + MAINS · COMPLETE SYLLABUS
Modern Indian History, told as a story.
Sixty-four parts across nine units — from the first Portuguese sail off Calicut to the years after Nehru. Every part carries one Mains question with structure notes and ten Prelims MCQs with answers.
UNIT 1 · 6 PARTS · 1 PUBLISHED
Advent of Europeans & British Expansion
2.SOONDutch, Danes and the European Scramble
3.SOONThe English and French Companies
4.SOONIndia on the Eve of British Conquest
5.SOONBengal: Plassey, Buxar and Company Rule
6.SOONMysore, the Marathas and the Sikhs
UNIT 2 · 5 PARTS · 0 PUBLISHED
Rising Resentment Against British Rule
1.SOONCivil Uprisings Against Company Rule
2.SOONThe Tribal Revolts
3.SOON1857: Why It Happened
4.SOON1857: How It Unfolded
5.SOON1857: Why It Failed, What It Changed
UNIT 3 · 4 PARTS · 0 PUBLISHED
Socio-Religious Reform Movements
1.SOONReforming Hinduism: Rammohun to Dayananda
2.SOONReform Among Muslims, Parsis and Sikhs
3.SOONCaste, Women and the Social Question
4.SOONThe Cultural Awakening
UNIT 4 · 3 PARTS · 0 PUBLISHED
The Struggle Begins
1.SOONThe Making of Indian Nationalism
2.SOON1885: The Congress Is Founded
3.SOONThe Moderates and the Drain Theory
UNIT 5 · 5 PARTS · 0 PUBLISHED
National Movement, 1905–1918
1.SOONPartition of Bengal and Swadeshi
2.SOONModerates vs Extremists: The Surat Split
3.SOONThe First Revolutionary Phase
4.SOONIndia and the First World War
5.SOONThe Home Rule Movement
UNIT 6 · 12 PARTS · 0 PUBLISHED
Era of Mass Nationalism
1.SOONGandhi in South Africa: The Method Is Born
2.SOONChamparan, Kheda, Ahmedabad
3.SOONRowlatt Act and Jallianwala Bagh
4.SOONNon-Cooperation and Khilafat
5.SOONChauri Chaura and the Sudden Halt
6.SOONThe Swarajists and Council Entry
7.SOONSocialist Ideas, Youth and Peasant Stirrings
8.SOONBhagat Singh and the Second Revolutionary Phase
9.SOONSimon Commission and the Nehru Report
10.SOONLahore 1929 and Purna Swaraj
11.SOONDandi and Civil Disobedience
12.SOONRound Tables, Poona Pact and Congress in Provinces
UNIT 7 · 7 PARTS · 0 PUBLISHED
Towards Freedom and Partition
1.SOONThe Second World War and the Nationalist Response
2.SOONAugust Offer and Individual Satyagraha
3.SOONThe Cripps Mission and Its Failure
4.SOONQuit India: The Last Mass Movement
5.SOONThe Demand for Pakistan
6.SOONINA Trials, Naval Mutiny, Cabinet Mission
7.SOONIndependence with Partition
UNIT 8 · 12 PARTS · 0 PUBLISHED
India Under British Rule
1.SOONConstitutional Development I: 1773–1858
2.SOONConstitutional Development II: 1861–1909
3.SOONConstitutional Development III: 1919–1947
4.SOONAdministration, Army and the Civil Services
5.SOONThe Judiciary and the Rule of Law
6.SOONEconomic Impact I: Deindustrialisation
7.SOONEconomic Impact II: Land Revenue and the Peasant
8.SOONEconomic Impact III: Drain of Wealth and Famine
9.SOONThe Indian Press and Its Struggle
10.SOONEducation Under British Rule
11.SOONPeasant Movements, 1857–1947
12.SOONThe Working Class Movement
UNIT 9 · 10 PARTS · 0 PUBLISHED
Independence and After
1.SOONChallenges Before the New-Born Nation
2.SOONIntegration of the Princely States
3.SOONKashmir, Hyderabad and Junagadh
4.SOONMaking of the Constitution I: The Assembly
5.SOONMaking of the Constitution II: Debates and Adoption
6.SOONForeign Policy and Non-Alignment
7.SOONThe First General Elections
8.SOONThe Nehru Years: Planning and Industry
9.SOONThe Nehru Years: Society and Reform
10.SOONAfter Nehru
