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History Optional for 2015 Mains

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  • edited September 2015
    guys any one here could tell me whether the following are good enough-

    RS Sharma- India's Ancient Past (proper notes)
    Romila Thapar (proper notes of selective ones, not covered in Sharma)
    Upinder Singh (reference)


    Satish Chandra 1 & 2 (proper notes)


    Plassey to Partition ( proper notes)
    Spectrum Ahir (multiple readings)
    India after independence (proper notes)

    Norman Lowe (proper notes of needed topics)
    Bit of internet stuff for stuff not given too well in norman lowe

    Hand made maps of sites etc
  • guys any one here could tell me whether the following are good enough-

    RS Sharma- India's Ancient Past (proper notes)
    Romila Thapar (proper notes of selective ones, not covered in Sharma)
    Upinder Singh (reference)


    Satish Chandra 1 & 2 (proper notes)


    Plassey to Partition ( proper notes)
    Spectrum Ahir (multiple readings)
    India after independence (proper notes)

    Norman Lowe (proper notes of needed topics)
    Bit of internet stuff for stuff not given too well in norman lowe

    Hand made maps of sites etc
    @osho_baba
  • ignou aur dekh lo shekhar shekhar
  • Yes bro that's history of Europe other one is history of world
    bhai log..what about this one

    Europe Since The French Revolution (1740-1950) by L mukherjee…this one is of blue colour

    Rahul …it is different from two books u mentioned
    @Rahul Sharma2 bhai is it good too ..i mean ye bhi leni hai kya
  • Guys... Rather than discussing books which is more or less is same with everybody....
    Let's discuss some important topics with exam perspective.
    We can pick any topic and discuss it here. For example economy in delhi sultanate era..
    We can collate different points here if everybody give two points
  • Pls suggest whether baliyan class notes or hemant khaas notes for histry optional.
  • yes...mughal towns, urbanizatiom, historigraphy of turko afghan period(various trends in that); mughal population, developments in science and tech...
  • there was a thread made by foxtrot...you can discuss questions and topics..give points regarding it...
  • sir may i know your good name? @white_tiger ...guess you've cleared CSE-2014.
    Yes bro that's history of Europe other one is history of world
    bhai log..what about this one

    Europe Since The French Revolution (1740-1950) by L mukherjee…this one is of blue colour

    Rahul …it is different from two books u mentioned
    @Rahul Sharma2 bhai is it good too ..i mean ye bhi leni hai kya
  • is this Viraj Singh?
    sir may i know your good name? @white_tiger ...guess you've cleared CSE-2014.
    Yes bro that's history of Europe other one is history of world
    bhai log..what about this one

    Europe Since The French Revolution (1740-1950) by L mukherjee…this one is of blue colour

    Rahul …it is different from two books u mentioned
    @Rahul Sharma2 bhai is it good too ..i mean ye bhi leni hai kya
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