CIVIL SERVICES PRELIMINARY (CSP) EXAMINATION SYLLABUS ANALYSIS 

Syllabus for Paper-I (General Studies)

▪ Current events of national and international importance.

▪ History of India and Indian National Movement.

▪ Indian and World Geography-Physical, Social, Economic Geography of India and the World.

▪ Indian Polity and Governance-Constitution, Political System, Panchayati Raj, Public Policy, Rights Issues, etc.

▪ Economic and Social Development-Sustainable Development, Poverty, Inclusion, Demographics, Social Sector Initiatives, etc.

▪ General issues on Environmental ecology, Bio-diversity and Climate Change - that do not require subject specialization.

▪ General Science.

Syllabus for Paper-II (CSAT)

▪ Comprehension;

▪ Interpersonal skills including communication skills;

▪ Logical reasoning and analytical ability;

▪ Decision making and problem solving;

▪ General mental ability;

▪ Basic numeracy (numbers and their relations, orders of magnitude, etc.) (Class X

level), Data interpretation (charts, graphs, tables, data sufficiency etc. — Class X

level) 

Note: The above mentioned syllabus is just the tip of an iceberg. It is a broad classification

and a general description of the various subjects that a candidate should expect in the civil

services preliminary examination. However on the basis of the experience gathered from

the previous year preliminary examination question papers it can be safely concluded that

the actual syllabus is far more elaborated and comprehensive than the topics defined by

the UPSC. Hence a detailed analysis of this syllabus is not only desirable but also essential. 

PAPER-I (GENERAL STUDIES) - SYLLABUS ANALYSIS 

Paper I (General Studies) is a beautiful amalgamation of seven core areas or subjects,

wherein, each subject can be further sub-divided into one or more sections. The following

table illustrates such division.  

History (Topic Wise) Detailed Analysis

The History section comprieses. A Topic wise break-up for these Section provided Eunder.

ANCIENT INDIAN HISTORY

(SYLLABUS DECODED)

(INTRODUCATION AND BACKGROUND)

• Importance of Ancient Indian History
• Periodization of Ancient Indian History
• Relevance of Ancient Indian History
• Reconstruction of Ancient Indian History
• The Ancient Geographical Setting of Indian
• The Ancient Linguistic Background of india

(THE PREHISTORIC STONE AGE CULTURE IN INDIA)

• Earliest evidence of man in India
• Phases in the Palaeolithic Age
• The Mesolithic Phase and Microliths
• Art in the Old Stone Age
• Earliest Human Societal Organisation
• The Neolithic Revolution
• Bone tools and cultural transformation
• Neolithic Settlements in South India
• Agriculture, Farming and Domestication of animals
• Neolithic Phase: Progress & Limitation 

[CHALCOLITHIC CULTURES]

• Chalcolithic Settlements
• Geographical distribution and characteristics
• Importance of the Chalcolithic Phase
• Dwelling and burial practices
• Limitation of Chalcolithic Cultures
• Ochre-Coloured Pottery Phase

[INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION]

• Geographical Expanse
• Town Planning and Structures
• Harappan Agriculture
• Domestication of animals
• Technology and Crafts
• Internal and External Trade
• Social Organisation
• Political Life
• Religious practices
• The Harappan Script
• Harappan weights and measures
• Harappan pottery, seals, images and terracotta figurines
• Maturity and Decline of the Indus Civilization
• Post-Urban phase of the Harappan Civilization
• Percolation of New Peoples in the Indus Valley
• Decline of the Indus Valley Civilization
• Problem of Origin
• Harappan Culture and Vedic transformation
• Continuity of Harappan traditions 

[THE ARYAN CULTURE]

• Traits of Aryan Culture
• The Horse, its Domestication and Diffusion
• The War Chariot and Spoked Wheels
• Pit –Dwelling and Birch
• Cremation in Aryan culture
• The Fire Cult and the Cult of Soma
• Horse Sacrifice and Animal Sacrifices
• The Symbolic importance of Swastika
• Language and Inscriptional Evidence
• Dispersion of the Indo-Aryans 

[THE ADVENT OF ARYANS & THE RIG-VEDIC AGE] 

• Advent of Indo-Aryans
• Tribal Conflicts
• Tribal Chiefdom
• Tribe and Family
• Cattle rearing and Agriculture
• Social Differentiation
• Occupation and Economy
• Rig Vedic Culture and Gods
• Transformation to later Vedic phase

[THE LATER VEDIC PHASE]

• Later Vedic Period Expansion
• The Use of Iron
• Later Vedic Agriculture
• Later Vedic Arts and Crafts
• Later Vedic Settlements
• Political Organisation in Later Vedic Age
• Social Organisation in Later Vedic Age
• Gods, Rituals and Philosophy of Later Vedic times 

[JAINISM, BUDDHISM and AJIVIKAS]

• Causes of Origin OF Heterodox sects
• Vardhamana Mahavira and Jainism
• Basic Doctrines of Jainism
• Spread of Jainism
• Contribution of Jainism
• Jaina Canons and Jain Councils
• Gautama Buddha and Buddhism
• Doctrines of Buddhism
• Features of Buddhism
• Spread of Buddhism & the causes of its spread
• Buddhist Councils and Royal Patronage
• Causes of Decline of Buddhism
• Significance of Buddhism
• Ajivikas and Makkhali Gosala
• Doctrine of Kaivalya, Nirvana and Niyati
• Chaityas, Stupas and Mahaviharas
• Salient aspects of sramana tradition 

[MAHAJANAPADAS & RISE OF MAGADHA]

• Conditions for the rise of Large States
• The sixteen Mahajanapadas
• The Rise of Magadhan Empire
• Factors responsible for the Rise of Magadha
• Haryanka Dynasty- Bimbisara and Ajatshatru
• Shishunaga Dynasty
• Nanda Empire

[PERSIAN AND MACEDONIAN INVASIONS] 

• Persian and Macedonian Invasions
• Results of the Contact with the west
• Alexander’s Invasion into India
• Alexander’s Invasion: Impact and Aftermath 

[STATE STRUCTURE & VARNA SYSTEM IN THE AGE OF BUDDHA] 

• The Phase of Second Urbanisation
• Rural Economy
• The Administrative System
• Army and Taxation
• The Republics
• Social Order and Legislation

[THE MAURYAN EMPIRE]

• Chandragupta Maurya and Kautilya
• Mauryan Imperial Organisation
• Asoka the Great (273-32 BC)
• Asokan Inscriptions
• Kalinga War and its consequences
• Internal Policy and Buddhism
• Asoka’s Doctrine of Dhamma
• Asoka’s place in Indian History

[SIGNIFICANCE OF THE MAURYAN EMPIRE and POST MAURYAN AGE] 

• State Control under the Mauryas
• Economic Regulation and Organisation
• Art and Architecture under the Mauryas
• Spread of Material Culture and State System
• Causes of Fall of the Mauryan Empire
• Sungas and Kanwas 

[CENTRAL ASIAN CONTACT & ITS IMPACTS] 

• The Indo Greeks
• The Shakas
• The Parthians
• The Kushanas
• The Indo-Sassanians
• Structures and Pottery
• Cavalry
• Trade and Agriculture
• Polity
• New elements in Indian society
• Religious Development
• The Origin of Mahayana Buddhism
• Gandhara and Mathura Schools of Art
• Language, Literature and Learning
• Science and Technology

[THE SATAVAHANAS] 

• Political history of the Satavahanas
• Material culture
• Social Organisation
• Administrative arrangement
• Religion
• Architecture
• Language

[HISTORY OF SOUTH INDIA & THE SANGAM AGE] 

• The Megalithic Burials
• State Formation and Civilization
• The Three Early Kingdoms
• The Purse and the Sword
• Rise of Social Classes
• Beginnings of Brahmanism in South India
• The Sangam literature
• Social Evolution and Sangam texts
• Sangam literature and historical reconstruction

[THE MERCANTILE AGE (200 BC – AD 250)] 

• Crafts and Craftsmen
• Types of Merchants
• Trade Routes and Centres
• Goods in Foreign Trade
• Monetised Economy
• Urbanisation

[RISE OF IMPERIAL GUPTAS]

• Historical Background
• Chandragupta I
• Samudragupta
• Chandragupta II
• Kumaragupta
• Skandagupta
• Decline of the Gupta Empire

[LIFE DURING THE GUPTA PERIOD]

• System of Administration
• Trade and Agriculture
• Social Developments
• Buddhism during the Gupta Rule
• Bhagavatism
• Fahien
• Art, Literature, Science and Technology

[SPREAD OF CIVILIZATION IN EASTERN INDIA]

• Inception
• Odisha and MP
• Bengal
• Assam
• The Formative Phase

[HARSHAVARDHANA]

• Harsha’s Kingdom
• Administration
• Social life and economy
• Buddhism and State policy
• Hiuen Tsang visit and account of India 

[BRAHMANISATION, RURAL EXPANSION & PEASANT PROTEST]

• The New Phase
• States of Deccan and South India
• The Kalabhra Revolt
• Pallavas and Chalukyas of South India
• Pallavas-Chalukyas Conflict
• The Pandyas of Madurai
• Temples and Social life in South India
• Demands on the Peasantry
• Land Grants and Rural Expansion
• Social Structure and Brahmanization 

[PHILOSOPHICAL DEVELOPMENTS]

• Meaning of Life
• Indian Schools of Philosophy
• Samkhya
• Yoga
• Nyaya
• Vaisheshika
• Mimamsa
• Vedanta
• Charvaka

[CULTURAL INTERACTIONS WITH OTHER COUNTRIES]

• India’s relation with outside world
• Buddhism in Srilanka, Myanmar, China and Central Asia
• Christianity and West Asian Relations
• Indian Culture in South East Asia
• Cultural intercourse

[THE MEDIEVAL TRANSFORMATION]

• Social crisis and Agrarian Changes
• Rise of Land Lords
• New Agrarian Economy
• Decline of Trade and Towns
• Changes in Varna System
• Rise of Regional identities
• Trends in Literature
• The Divine Hierarchy
• The Bhakti Cult
• Tantrism

[LEGACY IN SCIENCE AND CIVILIZATION]

• Religion
• The Varna System
• Philosophical Systems
• Crafts and Technology
• Polity
• Science and Mathematics
• Medicine
• Geography
• Art and Literature

[CHRONOLOGY]

• Chronology of Important Events and Developments in ancient India
• Chronology of Literary Sources and their significance in historical reconstruction

  MEDIEVAL INDIAN HISTORY

(SYLLABUS DECODED)

[The age of conflict and the Turkish conquest of North India]

• West and Central Asia between the 10th and 12th centuries
• Developments in West and Central Asia
• Mahmud Ghazni’s invasion and plunder
• Alberuni’s Kitab ul Hind
• Tripartite Struggle for Supremacy over Kanauj
• The Turkish advance towards India: The Hindushahis
• Rajput Kingdoms in North India and the Ghaznavids
• The Rise of Ghurids and their advance into India
• Muizzuddin Muhammad Ghori’s invasion and plunder
• The Battles of Tarain and Prithviraj Chauhan
• Turkish Expansion into the Upper Ganga Valley

[Delhi Sultanate (1206-1236)]

• Establishment & territorial consolidation (1206-1236)
• Qutbuddin Aibak and Iltutmish
• Punjab and Sindh
• Turkish Conquest of Bihar and Lakhnauti
• Relations of Bengal with Delhi
• Internal Rebellions, Conquest of Ranthambhor and Gwaliyar, and Raids into Bundelkhand and Malwa
• Estimate of Iltutmish as a Ruler

[Struggle for the Establishment of a Centralized Monarchy (1236-1290)]

• Razia and the Period of Instability (1236-46)
• The Age of Balban (1246-87)
• Struggle for the Territorial Integrity of the Sultanate
• Assessment of Balban as a ruler

[The Mongol threat to India during the 13th and 14th centuries]

• The Mongol Incursions (upto 1292)
• The Mongol Threat to Delhi (1292-1328)

[Internal Restructuring of the Delhi Sultanate (1290-1320)]

• Jalaluddin and Alauddin Khalji's Approaches to the State
• Agrarian and Market Reforms of Alauddin Khalji
• The Territorial Expansion of the Delhi Sultanate (upto 1328)

[A Centralised All-India-State and Disintegration of the Sultanate]

• Ghiyasuddin and Muhammad bin Tughlaq (1320-1351)
• Problems and Approaches
• Experiments and Reforms
• Administrative and Political Measures: Exodus to Deogiri
• The Khurasan and Karachil Expeditions
• Economic and Agrarian Reforms: Token Currency
• Rebellions and Changes in the Ruling Class
• Firuz Tughlaq’s concept of benevolence and peoples' welfare
• Military Expeditions of Firuz Tughlaq and their Impact
• The Sayyid and Lodhi rule.
• Reorganisation of the Nobility and the Administration
• Developmental Activities—Agrarian and Urban
• Disintegration of the Delhi Sultanate and its Causes

[Government and Administration under the Delhi Sultanate]

• The Sultan
• The Ministries
• The Wazir
• Diwan-i-Arz
• Diwan-i-Insha
• Diwan-i-Risalat
• Court and the Royal Household
• Provincial and Local Government

[Economic and Social life in North India under the Delhi Sultanate]

• Agricultural Production
• Rural Society
• The Revenue System
• Non-Agricultural Production
• Textiles
• Metallurgy
• Building Industry
• Other Crafts including Paper-making
• Trade
• The Ruling Classes
• The Chiefs—Emergence of "Zamindars"
• Judicial and Junior Administrative Officers, and the Ulema
• The Trading & Financial Classes
• Standard of Living
• Towns and Town Life: Artisans and Slaves
• Slaves
• Women, Caste, Social Manners and Customs

[The Age of Vijayanagar and Bahmanids]

• The Vijayanagar Empire—Harihara and Bukka Raya
• The Vijayanagar Empire- Nature and Conflict with the Bahmani Kingdom
• The golden rule of Krishnadeva Raya
• Visit of Foreign travellers- Nicolo Conti, Abdul Razzak, Nuniz, Barbossa.
• The Bahmani Kingdom—its Growth and Disintegration
• Age of Mahmud Gawan (1463-1482)
• Climax of the Vijayanagar Empire and its Disintegration

[Establishment of Portuguese Control]

• Introduction
• The Asian-Oceanic Trade Network before the Coming of the Portuguese
• The Portuguese Estado da India
• The Portuguese Impact on the Indian Ocean Trade

[Regional Kingdoms in North India]

• Rise of Regional Kingdoms
• Eastern India—Bengal, Assam and Orissa
• Western India: Gujarat, Malwa and Rajasthan
• North-West and North India—The Sharqis, the Lodi Sultans and Kashmir

[Religious and Cultural Life]

• Introduction
• Architecture
• Religious ideas and beliefs
• The Sufi Movement: Early Origins
• The Chishti and the Suhrawardi Silsilahs
• The Bhakti Movement: Early Origins
• Bhakti Movement in North India
• The Vaishnavite Movement
• Literature and Fine Arts
• Regional Languages
• Music

[The State under the Sultanate]

• Introduction
• Legal, Political and Social Character of the State
• Relations with the Ulema
• Position of the Hindus
• Despotism, Benevolence and Development

[Central Asian Politics and the Advance of Babur towards India]

• The Timurids
• The Timurid-Uzbek and Uzbek-Iran Conflict and Babur
• Babur's Advance towards India

[Struggle for Empire-Afghans, Rajputs and the Mughals]

• Afghans, Rajputs and Mughals
• Struggle between Ibrahim Lodi and Babur-The Battle of Panipat
• Babur's problems after the Battle of Panipat- Struggle with Rana Sanga
• Problems of the Eastern Areas and the Afghans
• Babur's Contribution and Significance of his Advent into India

[Struggle for Empire in North India]

• Humayun and the Afghans
• Interpreting Humayun's Reign
• Early Activities of Humayun, and the Tussle with Bahadur Shah
• The Gujarat Campaign
• The Bengal Campaign, and Struggle with Sher Khan

[Sher Shah Suri & North Indian Empire]

• The Surs
• Sher Shah's Early Life
• Rise of Sher Shah to Power
• The Sur Empire (1540-56)
• Contributions of Sher Shah and Islam Shah
• Character of the State under the Surs 

[Consolidation and Expansion of the Mughal Empire] 

• Akbar-Conflict with the Afghans and Hemu
• Struggle with the Nobility: Bairam Khan's Regency
• Struggle for Wikalat, Revolt of Uzbek Nobles and Others
• Early Expansion of the Empire (1560-76)
• Relations with the Rajputs
• Relations with Mewar
• Emergence of a composite ruling class
• Rebellions and Further Expansion of the Empire 

[State and Government under Akbar] 

• Akbar's Concept of Suzerainty
• Structure of Government-Central and Provincial
• The Vakil
• The Central Ministries
• Provincial Government
• District and Local Government
• The Working of Government - the Ruler
• Land-Revenue System
• The Dahsala System
• The Working of the Dahsala System
• The Mansabdari System and the Army
• Evolution of the Mansabdari System
• Zat and Sawar Ranks
• Zat and Sawar Salaries
• The Army

[Akbar’s Religious Views]

• Relations with the Ulama and Social Reforms
• The Early Phase (1556-73)
• The Second Phase (1573-80) - the Ibadat Khana Debates
• The Mahzar
• Breach with Orthodox Ulama
• Re-organisation of Madadd-i-Maash Grants
• The Third or Final Phase of Akbar's Religious Beliefs
• Din-i-Ilahi
• Social Reforms and Towards Integration

[The Deccan and the Mughals (Upto 1657)

• The Deccani States upto 1595
• Mughal Advance towards the Deccan
• Mughal Conquest of Berar, Khandesh and Parts of Ahmadnagar
• Rise of Malik Ambar and Mughal Attempt at Consolidation
• Extinction of Ahmadnagar
• Acceptance of Mughal Suzerainty by Bijapur and Golconda
• Shah Jahan and the Deccan
• Cultural Contribution of the Deccani States 

[Foreign Policy of the Mughals]

• Introduction
• Akbar and the Uzbeks
• The Question of Qandahar and Relations with Iran
• Shah Jahan's Balkh Campaign
• Mughal - Persian Relations - the Last Phase

[India in the First Half of the Seventeenth Century]

• Jahangir's Accession - his Early Difficulties
• Territorial Consolidation and Expansion of the Empire
• Nur Jahan, and the Nur Jahan 'Junta'
• The Rebellions of Shah Jahan
• Mahabat Khan's coup de main
• Jahangir as a Ruler
• State and Religion in the First Half of the 17th Century
• Shah Jahan - Consolidation and Expansion of the Empire
• Shah Jahan and Mughal architecture
• Shah Jahan's Religious Policy

[Aurangzeb - Religious Policies, North India and the Rajputs] 

• War of Succession and rise of Aurangazeb
• Religious Policy : First Phase (1658-79)
• Hindu Temples
• Jizyah
• Religious Policy: Second Phase (1679-1707)
• Territorial Consolidation and Expansion of Mughal Empire
• Popular Revolts - Jats, Satnamis, Afghans and Sikhs
• Breach with Marwar and Mewar 

[Climax of the Mughal Empire, Marathas and the Deccan] 

• Rise of the Marathas
• Early Career of Shivaji
• Treaty of Purandar - the Agra Visit
• Shivaji's Swarajya - Administration and Achievements
• Aurangzeb and the Deccani States (1658-87)
• Marathas and the Decean (1687-1707)
• Assessment of Aurangzeb
• The Jagirdari Crisis

[Society-Structure and Growth] 

• Rural Society
• Resident Cultivators: Riyayatis and Khud Kasht
• Pahis or Outsiders
• The Raiyatis
• Village Community
• Towns and Town Life
• Artisans and Master-Craftsmen
• Women
• Servants and Slaves
• Standard of Living
• The Ruling Classes - Nobility, Rural Gentry
• The Middle Strata
• The Commercial Classes 

[Economic Life-Patterns and Prospects] 

• Inland Trade
• Foreign Trade
• Role of the Foreign Trading Companies
• Position of Indian Merchants
• India’s over-land trade
• The Mughal State and Commerce
• Trend of India's Economy during the First Half of the 18th century

[Religion, Fine Arts, Science and Technology] 

• Religion- Hindu Religion, Sikh Religion and Islam
• Fine Arts - Architecture, Painting, Language, Literature and Music
• Science and Technology during Medieval times 

MODERN INDIAN HISTORY

(SYLLABUS DECODED)

[Climax and Disintegration of the Mughal Empire]

• North India in the First Half of the Eighteenth Century
• Bahadur Shah I and the struggle for Wizarat (1707-12)
• Party Factionalism
• Relation with the Rajputs
• The Marathas and the Deccan
• Accentuation of the Party Conflict
• Zulfiqar Khan & Jahandar Shah (1712-13)
• The Saiyid Brothers' Struggle for Wizarat
• First Trial of Strength between the Saiyids and Farrukh Siyar
• Final Crisis leading to the Deposition of Farrukh Siyar
• The Saiyid "New" Wizarat
• The Wizarat of Muhammad Amin & Nizam-ul-Mulk
• Rise of Regional States and Foreign Invasions of India (1725-48)

[The Maratha bid for Supremacy]

• Classification of the Maratha Period
• The Marathas and their policy of Expansion
• The Marathas and Nizam-ul-Mulk
• The Maratha advance into Gujarat and Malwa
• Final Ceding of Malwa and Bundelkhand
• The Maratha Advance into the Doab and Punjab
• The Third Battle of Panipat

[Indian States and Society in the 18th Century] 

• ntroduction
• Hyderabad and Carnatic
• Bengal
• Awadh
• Mysore
• Kerala
• The Rajput States
• The Jats
• The Sikhs
• The Bangash Pathans and Rohelas
• Social and Economic conditions of the people
• Education
• Social and Cultural life 

[The Beginnings of European Settlements]

• Introduction
• The Portuguese and the Dutch
• The English East India Company
• The Internal Organisation of the Company
• The Government and Organisation of the Company’s Factories in India
• The Anglo French Struggle in South India

[The British Conquest of India]

• British Occupation of Bengal
• Dual System of administration in Bengal
• Wars under Warren Hastings (1772-85) and Cornwallis (1786-93)
• Expansion under Lord Wellesley
• Expansion under Lord Hastings
• The Consolidation of the British Power (1815-57)
• Dalhousie and the Doctrine of Lapse
• Tools of Expansion of the British in India: War and Diplomacy

[The Structure of the Government and Economic policies (1757-1857)]

• Introduction
• The structure of Government
• British Economic policies in India (1757-1857)
• The Drain of Wealth
• Development of Means of Transport and Communication
• Land Revenue policy
• The Permanent Settlement
• The Ryotwari Settlement
• The Mahalwari Settlement

[Administrative Organisation and Social and Cultural Policy]

• Introduction
• The Indian Civil Services (ICS)
• The Army
• The Police
• Judicial Organisation
• The Rule of Law
• Social and Cultural Policy
• Humanitarian Measures
• Spread of Modern Education

[Various Company Acts and Ethical Justification of British immorality]

• Dual Government in Bengal
• The Regulating Act of 1773
• The Pitt’s India Act of 1784
• The Charter Act of 1793 and 1813
• The Charter Act of 1833
• Utilitarianism and India

[The First Major Challenge: The Revolt of 1857]

• The Beginning
• The Precursors
• The actual spread and local leaders
• Factors responsible for the Revolt of 1857
• A spontaneous uprising or a planned rebellion
• 1857: A source of eternal inspiration

[Administrative Changes after 1858]

• Administration
• Provincial Administration
• Local Bodies
• Changes in the Army
• Public Services
• Relations with the Princely States
• Administrative Policies
• Divide and Rule
• Hostility towards Educated Indians
• Attitude towards the Zamindars
• Attitude towards Social reforms
• Extreme Backwardness of Social services
• Labour Legislation
• Restrictions on the Press
• Racial Antagonism

[Territorial Greed of the British]

• The British Foreign Policy
• The War with Nepal
• Conquest of Burma
• Equation with Afghanistan
• Relations with Sikkim
• Relations with Tibet
• Relations with Bhutan

[An Economic critique of Colonialism]

• Disruption of the Traditional Economy
• Ruin of Artisans and Craftsmen
• Impoverishment of the Peasantry
• Ruin of Old Zamindars and Rise of New Landlordism
• Stagnation and Deterioration of Agriculture
• Development of Modern Industries
• Poverty and Famines

[Civil Rebellions and Tribal Uprisings]

• Introduction
• The immediate causes
• Major Civil Rebellions
• The Tribal Uprisings-Sido, Kanhu and Birsa Munda

[Peasant Movements and Uprisings after 1857]

• The impact of colonial rule on Indian Peasants
• The Indigo Revolt
• The Pabna Agrarian crisis
• The Deccan agrarian distress
• The impact of Peasant struggles

[Socio-Religious Reforms and National Awakening]

• Brahmo Samaj-Raja Rammohan Roy
• Henry Vivian Derozio
• Tatvabodhini Sabha
• Pandit Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
• Religious Reforms in Maharashtra
• Jotiba Phule
• Ramakrishna and Vivekananda
• The Theosophical Society
• Muhammad Iqbal
• Religious Reforms among Parsis
• Religious Reforms among Sikhs
• Emancipation of Women

[The Indian national Congress]

• The Predecessors
• The Indian National Congress
• Reforms after the Indian National Congress

[The Fight to Secure Press Freedom]

• Press-A tool to build national consciousness
• Important endeavours in Indian press
• The impact of the Press
• The strategems
• The attack on Indian press
• Balgangadhar Tilak and the Nationalist Press
• The impact of Swadeshi movement on the Indian Press

[The Tussle in the Legislatures]

• British legislative platforms and legislative rights
• The Nationalist agitation in the legislatures
• Pherozeshah Mehta and Gopal Krishna Gokhale

[The Swadeshi Movement]

• Introduction
• The Genesis of the Swadeshi Movement
• Spread of Swadeshi Movement outside Bengal
• The Extremist influence over the Swadeshi Movement
• Different Methods adopted during the Swadeshi Movement
• Significance of the Swadeshi Movement