Indian History

60 exam-focused UPSC notes for Indian History — one for every syllabus unit. Free to read, in English and Hindi.

• Pre-history & proto-history7 min read
• Indus Valley Civilisation14 min read
• Vedic Age12 min read
• Buddhism, Jainism & heterodox sects12 min read
• Mahajanapadas & rise of Magadha12 min read
• Mauryan Empire11 min read
• Post-Mauryan kingdoms7 min read
• Sangam Age7 min read
• Gupta Empire10 min read
• Post-Gupta7 min read
• Early Medieval7 min read
• Bhakti & Sufi movements10 min read
• Delhi Sultanate11 min read
• Vijayanagara & Bahmani kingdoms12 min read
• Mughal Empire13 min read
• Maratha Confederacy12 min read
• Sikh Misls & Maharaja Ranjit Singh7 min read
• Important battles of medieval/early-modern India7 min read
• Advent of Europeans6 min read
• Battle of Plassey 17577 min read
• British constitutional/administrative Acts8 min read
• Governors-General & Viceroys7 min read
• British administration6 min read
• Tribal uprisings12 min read
• Peasant movements12 min read
• Workers/labour movements6 min read
• Famines under British rule (Bengal 1770, 1943; Madras, Bihar)6 min read
• Educational reforms7 min read
• Indian press history12 min read
• Revolt of 185713 min read
• Socio-religious reform8 min read
• Reformers12 min read
• INC foundation11 min read
• Swadeshi & Boycott movement7 min read
• Gandhian phase12 min read
• Civil Disobedience12 min read
• Revolutionary nationalism10 min read
• Revolutionaries7 min read
• INA Trials 1945-4612 min read
• Royal Indian Navy Mutiny 194612 min read
• Women in freedom struggle7 min read
• Pre-Independence missions/plans12 min read
• Quit India 194212 min read
• Partition & Independence 194712 min read
• Post-Independence12 min read
• Land reforms post-194712 min read
• Five-Year Plans12 min read
• Operation Polo12 min read
• Bangladesh liberation 197112 min read
• Operation Vijay 1961 (Goa liberation)12 min read
• Pokhran-I (Smiling Buddha) 197412 min read
• Kargil War 199912 min read
• Emergency 1975-7712 min read
• Home Rule Movement 1915-1611 min read
• Growth of communalism13 min read
• Constitutional negotiations 1927-3212 min read
• Economic impact of colonialism13 min read
• Dr B.R. Ambedkar & the anti-caste movement13 min read
• Sino-Indian War 196212 min read
• Rowlatt Act11 min read