National Gk

History syllabus 

• Ancient India
• Medieval India
• Modern India
• Art and Culture

Some of the important topics under each broad area are given below.

mportant Topics in Ancient India

• Indus Valley Civilization
• Rig Vedic period
• Later Vedic period
• Jainism
• Buddhism eg: Sautrantika and Sammitiya sub-sects, Hinaya school
• Mahajanapadas
• Mauryan empire eg: Chandragupta, Bindusara, Asoka’s reign etc
• Post-Mauryan India eg: Satavahanas, Sakas, Kushanas etc
• Gupta Period eg: visit of important foreign travellers, administration etc.
• Harshavardhana
• Sangam period

Important Topics in Medieval India

• Bhakti and Sufi Movement
• The Pratiharas
• The Palas
• Pallavas
• Chalukyas
• Rashtrakutas
• Indian Feudalism
• Cholas
• Early Muslim invasions eg: Mahmud of Ghazni, Muhammad Ghori
• The Delhi Sultanate eg: Khalji Dynasty, Tughlaq Dynasty, Lodi Dynasty etc
• The Battle of Panipat
• Akbar’s rule and religious views
• Jahangir’s rule
• Aurangzeb
• Shivaji
• The Peshwas
• Vijayanagara Empire

Important Topics in Modern India

• Portuguese in India
• Dutch in India
• Danes in India
• The English
• The French
• The Carnatic Wars
• Anglo Maratha Wars
• Doctrine of Lapse
• The Charter Acts
• Land Revenue System: Ryotwari and Mahalwari system and Permanent Settlement
• Revolt of 1857
• Administrative changes after 1857
• Montford Reforms (1919)
• Orientalist-Anglicist Controversy
• Wood’s Dispatch (1854)
• Hunter Education Commission (1882-83)
• Saddler University Commission (1917-19)
• Hartog Committee (1929)
• Wardha Scheme of Basic Education (1937)
• Vernacular Press Act, 1878
• Socio-religious reforms
• Peasant Movements
• Early Phase Indian National Congress
• The Moderate Congress (1885-1905)
• The Extremist (1905-1920)
• Differences between the Moderates and the Extremists
• Partition of Bengal (1905)
• Swadeshi Movement
• Muslim League, 1906
• Surat Session of INC, 1907
• Indian Council Act (Morley-Minto Act) 1909
• Ghadar Party, 1913
• Komagata Maru Incident 1914
• The Lucknow Pact (1916)
• Home Rule Movement (1915–1916)
• August Declaration, 1917
• Champaran Satyagraha (1917)
• Ahmedabad Mill Strike (1918)
• Kheda Satyagraha (1918)
• Government of India Act, 1919
• Rowlatt Act and Jallianwala Bagh Massacre (1919)
• Khilafat Movement
• Non-Cooperation Movement (1920-22)
• Bardoli Resolution
• Nagpur Session of Congress
• Swaraj Party and its Evaluation
• Muddiman Committee (1924)
• Simon Commission (1927)
• Bardoli Satyagraha (1928)
• Nehru Report (1928)
• Lahore Session, 1929
• Civil Disobedience Movement (1930-1931)
• First Round Conference, 1930
• Gandhi-Irwin Pact, 1931
• Karachi session of 1931
• Second Round
  Conference, 1931
• Civil Disobedience Movement (Second-Phase)
• Third Round
  Conference (17 November 1932)
• Communal Award
• Poona Pact, 1932
• Government of India Act, 1935
• August Offer of 1940
• Demand for Pakistan (1942)
• Cripps Mission (1942)
• Quit India Movement
• I N.A. Trials
• Rajagopalachari Formula, 1945
• Desai – Liaqat Pact
• Cabinet Mission (1946)
• Wavell Plan
• Mountbatten Plan of June 1947
• Indian Independence Act 1947
• Governor generals and viceroys of India
• Important Personalities include:
• Mahatma Gandhi
• Jawaharlal Nehru
• Sarojini Naidu
• Annie Besant
• Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
• Subhas Chandra Bose
• Rabindranath Tagore
• Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
• Bal Gangadhar Tilak
• Lal Bahadur Shastri
• Jyotiba Phule
• Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
• Swami Vivekananda
• Raja Ram Mohan Roy