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Iasbaba TLP History Optional

This document outlines the 40-day schedule for IASbaba's History Optional Test Series for 2017. It includes topics such as pre-history, the Indus Valley Civilization, Vedic period, Mauryan Empire, Delhi Sultanate, Mughal Empire, colonial period, independence movement, and post-independence India. Students will learn about these eras through detailed discussions over 40 days and take 4 full-length mock tests to prepare for the UPSC History Optional exam.

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Iasbaba TLP History Optional

This document outlines the 40-day schedule for IASbaba's History Optional Test Series for 2017. It includes topics such as pre-history, the Indus Valley Civilization, Vedic period, Mauryan Empire, Delhi Sultanate, Mughal Empire, colonial period, independence movement, and post-independence India. Students will learn about these eras through detailed discussions over 40 days and take 4 full-length mock tests to prepare for the UPSC History Optional exam.

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IASbaba TLP History Optional 2017

DAY 1:

SOURCES AND PRE-HISTORY & PROTO-HISTORY

DAY 2:

INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION

DAY 3:

ARYANS AND VEDIC PERIOD

DAY-4

PERIOD OF MAHAJANPADAS & MEGALITHIC CULTURES

DAY 5:

MAURYAN PERIOD

DAY 6:

POST MAURYAN PERIOD & EARLY STATE AND SOCIETY IN DECCAN,EAST AND
SOUTH INDIA

DAY 7:

GUPTAS, VAKATAKAS AND VARDHANAS

DAY-8

GUPTAS, VAKATAKAS AND VARDHANAS & REGIONAL STATES DURING GUPTA


ERA
IASbaba TLP History Optional 2017

DAY 9:

REGIONAL STATES DURING GUPTA ERA & THEMES IN EARLY INDIAN CULTURAL
HISTORY

Day 10:

India, 750-1200 : Polity, society and economy. Major dynasties and political structurs in North
India. Agrarian structures. " Indian feudalism ". Rise of Rajputs

Day-11:

India, 750-1200: The Imperial Cholas and their contemporaries in Peninsular India. Villagle
communities in the South. Conditions of women. Commerce mercantile groups and guilds;
towns. Problem of coinage. Arab conquest of Sind; the Ghaznavide empire.

DAY 12:

India, 750-1200: Culture, Literature, Kalhana, historian.Styles of temple architecture; sculpture.


Religious thought and institutions: Sankaracharya's vedanta. Ramanuja. Growth of Bhakti, Islam
and its arrival in India.Sufism. Indian science. Alberuni and his study of Indianscience and
civilization.

DAY-13

Establishment of British rule in India: Factors behind British success against Indian powers-
Mysore, Maratha Con federacy and the Punjab as major powers in resistance; Policy of
subsidiary Alliance and Doctrine of Lapse

DAY-14

Colonial Economy: Tribute system. Drain of wealth and "deindustrialisation", Fiscal pressures
and revenue settlements (Zamindari, Ryotwari and Mahalwari settlements); Structure of the
British raj up to 1857 (including the Acts of 1773 and 1784 and administrative organisation).
IASbaba TLP History Optional 2017

DAY-15

The 13th Century. The Ghorian invasions. Factors behind Ghorian success. Economic, social and
cultural consequences. Foundation of Delhi Sultanate. The "slave"Dynasty. IItutmish; Balban.
"The Khalji Revolution".Early Sultanate architecture.

DAY-16

The 14th Century. Alauddin Khalji's conquests, agrarian and economic measures. Muhammad
Tughluq's major projects". Firuz Tughluq's concessions and public works. Decline of the
Sultante. Foreing contacts: Ibn Battuta.

DAY-17

MINI MOCK TEST OF 8-10 Questions on above topics.

Day-18

Resistance to colonia rule : Early uprisings; Causes, nature and impact of the Revolt of 1857;
Reorganisation of the Raj, 1858 and after.

DAY-19

Socio-cultural impact of colonial rule: Official social reform measures (1828-57); Orientalist-
Anglicist controversy; coming of English education and the press; Christian missionary
activities;Bengal Renaissance; Social and religious reform movements in Bengal and other areas;
Women as focus of social reform.

DAY-20

Economy societyand culture in the 13th and 14th centureis. Caste and slavery under
sultanate.Tehnological changes. Sultanate architecture. Persian literature: Amir Khusrau,
IASbaba TLP History Optional 2017

Historiography; Ziya Barani. Evolution of a composite culture. Sufism in North India.Lingayats.


Bhakti schools in the south.

DAY-21

The 15th and early16th Century (Political History). Rise of Provincial Dynasties: Bengal,
Kashmir (Zainul Abedin), Gujarat, Malwa, Bahmanids. The Vijayanagra Empire.Lodis. Mughal
Empire, First phase : Babur, Humayun.The Sur Empire : Sher Shah's administration. The
Portuguese colonial enterprise.

DAY-22

Economy 1858-1914: Railways; Commercialisation of In- dian agriculture; Growth of landless


labourers and rural indebtedness; Famines; India as market for British industry; Customs
removal, exchange and countervailing excise; Limited growth of modern industry.

Day-23

Early Indian Nationalism: Social background; Formation of national associations; Peasant and
tribal uprising during the early nationalist era; Foundation of the Indian National Congress; The
Moderate phase of the Congress; Growth of Extremism; The Indian Council Act of 1909; Home
Rule Movement; The Government of India Act of 1919

Day 24

MINI MOCK TEST OF 8-10 Questions on above topics.

DAY-25

The 15th and early 16th Century (society, economy and culture). Regional cultures and
literatures. provincial architectural styles. Society, culture, literature and the arts in Vijayanagara
Empire. Monotheistic movements: Kabir and Guru Nank. Bhakti Movements: Chaitanya. Sufism
in its pantheistic phase.

DAY -26
IASbaba TLP History Optional 2017

Akbar: His conquests and consolidation of empire. Establishment of jagir and mansab systems.
His Rajput policy. Evolution of religious and social outlook. Theory of Sulh-i-kul and religious
policy. Abul Fazl, thinker and historian. Court patronage of art and technology.

DAY -27

Inter-War economy of India: Industries and problem of Protection; Agricultural distress; the
Great Depression; Ottawa agreements and Discriminatory Protection; the growth of trade unions;
The Kisan Movement; The economic programme of the Congress' Karachi resolution, 1931.

Day 28

Nationalism under Gandhi's leadership: Gandhi's career, thought and methods of mass
mobilisation; Rowlatt Satyagraha, Khilafat- Non Cooperation Movement, Civil Disobedience
Movement, 1940 Satyagraha and Quit India Movement; State People's Movement.

Day29

Mughal empire in the 17th Century. Major policies (administrative and religious) of Jahangir,
Shahjahan and Aurangzeb. The Empire and the Zamindars. Nature of the Mughal state. Late 17th
Century crisis: Revolts. The Ahom kingdom, Shivaji and the early maratha kingdom.

Day -30

Economy and society, 16th and 17th Centuries. Population. Agricultural and craft production.
Towns, commerce with Europe through Dutch, English and French companies- a "trade
revolution". Indian mercantile classes. Banking, insurance and credit systems. Conditions of
peasants, famines. Condition of Women

Day-31

Other strands of the National Movement:a) Revolutionary movements since 1905; (b)
Constitutional politics; Swarajists, Liberals, Responsive Cooperation; (c) Ideas of Jawharlal
Nehru, (d) The Left (Socialists and Communists); (e) Subhas Chandra Bose and the Indian
National Army; (f) Communal strands: Muslim League and Hindu Mahasabha; (g) Women in
the National Movement.
IASbaba TLP History Optional 2017

Day 32

Literary and cultural lmovements: Tagore, Premchand, Subramanyam Bharati, Iqbal as examples
only; New trends in art; Film industry; Writers' Organisations and Theatre Associations

DAY 33

15th October,2016 Culture during Mughal Empire. Persian literature (including historical
works). Hindi and relgious literatures. Mughal architecture. Mughal painting. Provincial schools
of architecture and painting. Classical music. Science andtechnology. Sawai Jai Singh,
astronomer. Mystic eclecticism : Dara Shukoh. Vaishnav Bhakti. Mahrasthra Dharma.Evolution
of the Sikh community (Khalsa).

DAY-34

First half of 18th Century: Factors behind decline of the Mughal Empire. The regional
principalities (Nizam's Deccan, Bengal, Awadh). Rise of Maratha ascendancy under the
Peshwas. The Maratha fiscal and financial system. Emergency of Afghan Power. Panipat, 1761.
Internalweakness, political cultural and economic, on eve of the British conques

DAY- 35

Towards Freedom: The Act of 1935; Congress Ministries, 1937-1939; The Pakistan Movement;
Post-1945 upsurge (RIN Mutiny, Telangana uprising etc.,); Consititutional negotiations and the
Transfer of Power, 15 August 1947.

DAY 36

First phase of Independence (1947-64): Facing the consequences of Partition; Gandhiji's murder;
economic dislocation; Integration of States; The democratic constitution, 1950; Agrarian
reforms; Building an industrial welfare state; Planning and industrialisation; Foreign policy of
Non-alignment; Relations with neighbours

DAY 37

MINI MOCK TEST OF 8-10 Questions on above topics.


IASbaba TLP History Optional 2017

DAY 38

FULL LENGTH MOCK Paper 1

DAY 39:

FULL LENGTH MOCK Paper 2

DAY 40:

FULL LENGTH MOCK 1

DAY 41:

FULL LENGTH MOCK 2

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