Civil Services Prepby Garima Malik & Nitin Sangwan Account

UPSC · Prelims and Mains

Modern Indian History

← Government of India Act 1919 (Montagu-Chelmsford reforms) and dyarchy

Property-based franchise for about ten percent of adult men; separate electorates extended to Sikhs, Indian Christians, Anglo-Indians and Europeans; women's vote left to provinces (Madras 1921 first); separate electorates used to counter nationalism and draw communities to the state

Whole chapter · 12–18 focused hours

Constitutional and administrative development 1858-1947

A first-attempt learner with school-level reading and little retained modern history. Later chronological chapters assume earlier phases have been studied. History optional and basic literacy remediation are outside this plan.

Includes

  • Selected primary readings and historical maps/source extracts
  • A short chronology or comparison notes
  • Available mapped practice, mistake review and one initial recall review

Separate time needed

  • Later spaced revisions and full mock examinations
  • Reading every reference book, appendix or optional exercise in full
  • Exclude Company-era Acts already assigned to Company administration and a second complete study of the present Constitution.

Editorial planning estimate; not learner timing data

Where to study this topic
Whole chapter reading