GS1 · Indian Heritage & Culture, History, Geography & Society
Modern Indian history from about the middle of the eighteenth century until the present- significant events, personalities, issues
Syllabus line GS1-L2. These 7 themes have PYQs under it; several also draw on other papers.
- T9British expansion: fragmented polity, Panipat, why the Company won, Dalhousie
- T10Colonial economy: drain, deindustrialisation, famines, economic policy
- T11Colonial administration & education policy: Macaulay, Curzon
- T121857 and tribal–peasant resistance to colonial rule
- T13Socio-religious reform: Brahmo Samaj, Young Bengal, Phule
- T64Women's question in history: 19th-century reform & freedom struggle
- T122Indian diaspora: from indentured labour to strategic asset