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Modern History: study plan

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1149 questions in our UPPCS bank · rank 1 among 11 subjects.

Miscellaneous

142 · 12.4%

Various Newspapers/ Magazines, Books and Their Authors/Editors

110 · 9.6%

Start of Gandhian Period- From South Africa to Rowlatt Satyagraha

66 · 5.7%

Revolutionary/Extremist Movements

62 · 5.4%

Social and Religious Reform Movements

51 · 4.4%

Governors, Governor-Generals and Viceroys of India

49 · 4.3%

Cripps Mission and Quit India Movement

44 · 3.8%

Important Institutions and Their Founders in Modern India

43 · 3.7%

Freedom Struggle of 1857

38 · 3.3%

Indian National Congress- Establishment, Function and Important Conferences

38 · 3.3%

Constitutional Development of India

32 · 2.8%

Decline of Mughal Empire and Advent of European Company

29 · 2.5%

Development of Education and Press in Modern India

28 · 2.4%

Non-Cooperation Movement

25 · 2.2%

Gandhi-Irwin Pact, Karachi Session and Round Table Conference

23 · 2.0%

Civil Disobedience Movement and Dandi March

22 · 1.9%

Peasant & Citizen Revolt & Formation of Kisan Sabha

20 · 1.7%

Cabinet Mission Plan, Constituent Assembly and Constitution of Interim Government

20 · 1.7%

Emergence of Autonomus States-Awadh, Mysore, Punjab and Bengal

19 · 1.7%

Mountbatten Plan, Partition and Independence of India

19 · 1.7%

Partition of Bengal and Swadeshi Movement

18 · 1.6%

Muslim League- Structure and Function

18 · 1.6%

Moderate Period of Indian National Congress 1885-1905

17 · 1.5%

Policies of Company Towards Indigenous Kingdom

16 · 1.4%

Communal Award and Poona Pact

15 · 1.3%

Formation of Swaraj Party

14 · 1.2%

Simon Commission and Nehru Report

14 · 1.2%

Revolutionary Activities Abroad

13 · 1.1%

East India Company and Nawab of Bengal

12 · 1.0%

Revenue and Judicial Reforms in British Period

12 · 1.0%

Home Rule Movement

12 · 1.0%

Economic Impact of British Government on India

11 · 1.0%

Tribal Revolt

10 · 0.9%

Khilafat Movement

10 · 0.9%

Congress Lahore Conference and Complete Swaraj 1929

10 · 0.9%

Communist Movement and Various Parties

9 · 0.8%

Provincial Elections and Formation of Cabinets

9 · 0.8%

Second World War & National Movement-August Proposal, Demand of Pakistan and Individual Satyagraha

9 · 0.8%

Establishment of Political Entity Before 1885

7 · 0.6%

Lucknow Pact

7 · 0.6%

Anglo-Maratha Struggle

6 · 0.5%

Surat Split of Congress

5 · 0.4%

Congress Socialist Party

4 · 0.3%

Tripuri Convention of Congress and Formation of Forward Block

4 · 0.3%

Delhi Darbar and Revoke of Bengal Partition

3 · 0.3%

Conflicts Among Princely States

3 · 0.3%

Wavell Plan and Shimla Conference

1 · 0.1%

Top 5 sections = 38%

Step 1: solve every PYQ (free)

Decline of Mughal Empire and Advent of European Company Emergence of Autonomus States-Awadh, Mysore, Punjab and Bengal Anglo-Maratha Struggle East India Company and Nawab of Bengal Policies of Company Towards Indigenous Kingdom Revenue and Judicial Reforms in British Period Economic Impact of British Government on India Freedom Struggle of 1857 Tribal Revolt Peasant & Citizen Revolt & Formation of Kisan Sabha Social and Religious Reform Movements Development of Education and Press in Modern India Establishment of Political Entity Before 1885 Indian National Congress- Establishment, Function and Important Conferences Moderate Period of Indian National Congress 1885-1905 Partition of Bengal and Swadeshi Movement Surat Split of Congress Revolutionary/Extremist Movements Muslim League- Structure and Function Delhi Darbar and Revoke of Bengal Partition Lucknow Pact Home Rule Movement Start of Gandhian Period- From South Africa to Rowlatt Satyagraha Communist Movement and Various Parties Khilafat Movement Non-Cooperation Movement Revolutionary Activities Abroad Formation of Swaraj Party Simon Commission and Nehru Report Congress Lahore Conference and Complete Swaraj 1929 Civil Disobedience Movement and Dandi March Gandhi-Irwin Pact, Karachi Session and Round Table Conference Communal Award and Poona Pact Congress Socialist Party Provincial Elections and Formation of Cabinets Tripuri Convention of Congress and Formation of Forward Block Conflicts Among Princely States Second World War & National Movement-August Proposal, Demand of Pakistan and Individual Satyagraha Cripps Mission and Quit India Movement Wavell Plan and Shimla Conference Cabinet Mission Plan, Constituent Assembly and Constitution of Interim Government Mountbatten Plan, Partition and Independence of India Constitutional Development of India Important Institutions and Their Founders in Modern India Governors, Governor-Generals and Viceroys of India Various Newspapers/ Magazines, Books and Their Authors/Editors Miscellaneous

Step 2: what comes again and again

V. D. Savarkar 7 times

Wrote 'The Indian War of Independence 1857' and called the revolt of 1857 the first war of independence. ×3
Founded the secret revolutionary society 'Abhinav Bharat'. ×3
Started the 'Mitra Mela'.

Rabindranath Tagore 7 times

Gave up his knighthood (the title 'Sir') in protest against the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, on 30 May 1919. ×4
Opposed the burning of foreign cloth in the Non-Cooperation Movement and called it an 'insensate waste'. ×2
Called Subhas Chandra Bose 'Desh Nayak'.

Bal Gangadhar Tilak 19 times

Turned the Ganapati festival of Maharashtra into a national festival with a political character. ×2
Accused the Congress of the politics of 'prayer, petition and protest'. ×2
Said: 'Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it.'
Called the 'Father of Indian Unrest'.
Called the father of Indian nationalism.
Never presided over a session of the Indian National Congress.
Not a moderate: he was an extremist leader.
Made the 1916 agreement between the Congress and the Muslim League (Lucknow Pact).
Two Home Rule Leagues were started in 1915-16: one by Tilak, one by Annie Besant.
Supported the Non-Cooperation Movement but did not live to see its result.
Linked with the founding of the Deccan Education Society.
Founded the 'Lathi Club'.
The editor barred from Congress sessions by Dadabhai Naoroji for writing in favour of the Chapekar brothers.
Said: 'If God were to tolerate untouchability, I would not recognise him as God at all.'
Wrote about the homeland of the Aryans (the Arctic).
Newspaper 'Kesari' is his. 'Unhappy India' is NOT his book (it is by Lala Lajpat Rai). ×2