History
Ancient, Medieval, Modern, and World history. The single longest-tail subject in UPSC.
Art and Culture
Art and Culture articles within the History hub. Covers classical dances, music, architecture, sculpture, religious traditions, festivals, and the institutional bodies (Sangeet Natak Akademi, Sahitya Akademi, Lalit Kala Akademi) governing…
Modern India
Company rule, British policy, freedom struggle, post-independence consolidation.
Colonialism Assessed: Analytical Themes, Ready-Reckoners and the Verdict
Jun 2026
Impact of colonial rule on India assessed: the destructive-versus-modernising debate, the economic balance sheet and a ready-reckoner of the era, for UPSC.
LIVEThe Revolt of 1857: The Great Watershed of Modern Indian History
Jun 2026
The Revolt of 1857: the causes, the centres and leaders, the nature debate, why it failed, and the Government of India Act…
LIVEEarly Political Associations and the Road to the Indian National Congress
Jun 2026
Early political associations and the road to the Indian National Congress: the Indian Association, the Ilbert Bill and the founding of 1885,…
LIVETribal and Peasant Uprisings against Colonial Rule before 1885
Jun 2026
Tribal and peasant uprisings before 1885: the Santhal Hul, the Munda Ulgulan, the Indigo Revolt, the Pabna league and the Deccan Riots,…
LIVEEducation and the Press under Colonial Rule in Modern India
Jun 2026
Education under British rule and the rise of the Indian press: Macaulay, Wood's Despatch, the universities and the Vernacular Press Act, for…
LIVESocio-Religious Reform: Muslim, Sikh, Anti-Caste Reform and the Woman Question
Jun 2026
Social reform movements: the Aligarh and Deoband, the Singh Sabha, the Satyashodhak Samaj and the woman question and social legislation, for UPSC…
LIVESocio-Religious Reform: The Bengal Renaissance and Hindu Reform
Jun 2026
Socio-religious reform and the Bengal Renaissance: Ram Mohan Roy, the Brahmo Samaj, Young Bengal, the Prarthana and Arya Samaj, for UPSC -…
LIVEDeindustrialisation, the Drain of Wealth and the Famines of British Rule
Jun 2026
Drain of wealth, deindustrialisation and famines under British rule: Naoroji, the Home Charges, the railway guarantee and the Famine Commission, for UPSC.
LIVELand Revenue Systems and the Agrarian Economy of Colonial India
Jun 2026
Land revenue systems of colonial India: the Permanent Settlement, the Ryotwari and Mahalwari systems, agrarian impact and the cash crops, for UPSC…
LIVELord Dalhousie and the Machinery of Modern Administration
Jun 2026
Lord Dalhousie and modern administration: the Doctrine of Lapse, railways, telegraph, the ICS, the Penal Code and the founder of modern India,…
LIVEThe Early Governor-Generals: Warren Hastings to Lord Bentinck
Jun 2026
The early Governor-Generals of British India: Warren Hastings, Cornwallis, Wellesley and Bentinck and their reforms, from foundation to Sati, for UPSC.
LIVEThe Regulating Act of 1773 and the Colonial Constitutional Framework
Jun 2026
The Regulating Act of 1773, Pitt's India Act, the Charter Acts and the Government of India Act 1858: the colonial constitution, for…
World History
European Renaissance, revolutions, World Wars, Cold War, decolonisation.