Articles for History: particularly World History for UPSC General Studies Mains Paper 1.
What are Puranas? Why some Puranas are called Mahapuranas & Upapuranas? Lecture Video by Arti Chhawri Five characteristics (Pancha-Lakshanas) What are Puranas? Puranas are ancient Hindu texts that are considered to be a part of the Vedas, the oldest [...]
Question: Decolonization in Malaysia Introduction (Define | Origin | Data) Body#1: Economic challenges Body#2 Racial Harmony & Communist insurgency Body#3: Federation & its collapse Conclusion (Summary) Afterthoughts Question: Decolonization in Malaysia Q4. What problems were germane to the decolonization [...]
History & Culture MCQs in UPSC Prelim 2017 Art, Culture, Religion, Festival (5 MCQs) Ancient India: Indus Valley Horse (1 MCQ) Medieval India: Kakatiya Port (1 MCQ) Freedom Struggle (7 MCQ) Before Gandhi's Entry From Gandhi's Entry to Independence [...]
PROLOGUE History & Culture in News National Philosopher: Adi Shankaracharya Jyotiba Phule: 125th Birth Anniversary Komagta Maru: 102 years & Canadian Apology Nirankari sect Dead in News Books in New: Economy related Music Movies States in News Gujarat for [...]
Prologue Q. Dalhousie the founder of Modern India Q. Maulana Azad Q. Foreigners in Freedom struggle Q. Women in Freedom Struggle Difficulty level and BackbreakingTM Evenly Spread Questions The Nature of History questions Studyplan/Approach/Strategy for Mains-2014 (GS History) Prologue [...]
Prologue Q1. Sangam Literature Part#1: doesn’t help in Political history because: Part#2: Social conditions in Sangam Age Part#3: Economic conditions in Sangam Age Q2. Chola Temples Q3. Tandav Dance Analysis/Rambling/Commentary/Observations: Marks per question Difficulty level & BackbreakingTM Causal revision [...]
Analysis: History MCQs Ancient Buddhism/Jainism Culture, Society Medieval Modern History/Freedom Struggle Analysis: History MCQs In 2013, 22 Out of 125 questions came from Indian History. = ~18% of the paper was History. In 2012 they had asked 21 questions. [...]
Prologue Imperialism and Colonization Industrial Revolution Socialism, Communism, Capitalism, Revolutions France, America, Russia China, Japan Germany, Italy, World Wars Decolonization Post WW2 Prologue From 2013, UPSC has introduced world history as a syllabus topic for General studies paper 1. [...]
Monsoon & Mountain passes The Himalayas The Sindhu or Indus Ganga Brahmaputra Deccan Plateau and Central India Western Side of Central Indian Plateau Climate & Coastal Regions Indian Geography in Ancient Literature Essay Fodder The spirit of Humanity in [...]
Why East India Company wants Indian History Why Missionaries want Indian History Friedrich Max Muller (1823-1902) Sir William Jones (1746-94) Monier-Williams Utilitarian School: James Mill. V.A. Smith (1843-1920) Historians who did not visit India Nationalist Approach Marxist School of [...]
Sources of Ancient History #1: Literary Sources: Puranic Literature Vedic Literature Later Vedic Literature Jain and Buddhist Literature Kautilya's Arthashastra LIMITATIONS OF INDIAN LITERARY SOURCES Sangam Literature Foreign Accounts Greek Writers Chinese Travelers Arab Historian: Al-Beruni #2: Archaeological Sources [...]
SOCIALIST MOVEMENT Early Socialists Babeuf Conspiracy Utopian Socialists Blanqui Communist League Marxian Socialism After 1848 revolution The First International, 1864 The Paris Commune, 1871 The Second International 2nd international: achievements 2nd International: cry against colonialism 2nd International: Limitations EXERCISES [...]
Revolutionary Movements in Europe Holy Alliance Revolutions of 1848 Growth of Democracy in England Unification of Germany Prussia Problems of divided Germany Bismarck: Policy of blood & iron Fall of Louis Bonaparte Unification of Italy Young Italy movement Italy [...]