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Class: 6th – Our Pasts – I

1. Chapter: 1 – What, Where, How, and When?
2. Chapter: 2 – From Hunting – Gathering to Growing Food
   
3. Chapter: 3 – In the Earliest Cities
4. Chapter: 4 – What Books and Burials Tell Us
5. Chapter: 5 – Kingdoms, Kings, and the Early Republic
6. Chapter: 6 – New Questions and Ideas
7. Chapter: 7 – From a kKIngdom to Empire
8. Chapter: 8 – Villages, Towns and Trade
9. Chapter: 9 – New Empires and Kingdoms
10. Chapter: 10 – Buildings, Paintings, and Books

Class: 7th – Our Pasts – II

1. Chapter: 1 – Tracing Changes through a Thousand Years
2. Chapter: 2 – New Kings and Kingdoms
3. Chapter: 3 – The Delhi Sultans
4. Chapter: 4 – The Mughal Empire
5. Chapter: 5 – Rulers and Buildings
6. Chapter: 6 – Devotional Paths to the Divine
7. Chapter: 7 – The Making of Regional Cultures
8. Chapter: 8 – Eighteenth-Century Political Formations

Class: 8th – Our Pasts – III

1. Chapter: 1 – How, When, and Where
2. Chapter: 2 – From Trade to Territory (The Company Establishes Power)
3. Chapter: 3 – Ruling the Countryside
4. Chapter: 4 – Tribals, Dikus, and the Vision of a Golden Age
5. Chapter: 5 – When People Rebel 1857 And After
6. Chapter: 6 – Civilising the “Native,” Educating the Nation
7. Chapter: 7 – Women, Caste, and Reform
8. Chapter: 8 – The Making of the National Movement: 1870s-1947

Class: 9th – Indian And The Contemporary World – I

1. Chapter: 1 – The French Revolution
2. Chapter: 2 – Socialism in Europe and the Russian Revolution
3. Chapter: 3 – Nazism and the Rise of Hitler
4. Chapter: 4 – Forest Society and Colonialism
5. Chapter: 5 – Pastoralists in the Modern World

Class: 10th – Indian and the Contemporary World – II 

1. Chapter: 1 – The Rise of Nationalism in Europe
2. Chapter: 2 – Nationalism in India
3. Chapter: 3 – The Making of a Global World
4. Chapter: 4 – The Age of Industrialisation
5. Chapter: 5 – Print Culture and the Modern World

Class: 11 – Themes in World History

1. Chapter: 1 – Writing and City Life
2. Chapter: 2 – An Empire across Three Continents
3. Chapter: 3 – Nomadic Empires
4. Chapter: 4 – The Three Orders
5. Chapter: 5 – Changing Cultural Traditions
6. Chapter: 6 – Displacing Indigenous Peoples
7. Chapter: 7 – Paths to Modernisation

Class: 12 – Themes in Indian History

1. Chapter: 1 – Bricks, Bread and Bones
2. Chapter: 2 – Kings Farmers and Towns (Early States and Economics)
3. Chapter: 3 – Kinship Caste and Class
4. Chapter: 4 – Thinker’s Belief and Buildings Culture Development
5. Chapter: 5 – Through the Eyes of Travellers
6. Chapter: 6 – Bhakti Sufi Traditions
7. Chapter: 7 – An Imperial Capital Vijayanagara
8. Chapter: 8 – Peasant Zamindars and State
9. Chapter: 9 – Colonialism and Countryside
10. Chapter: 10 – Rebels and the Raj
11. Chapter: 11 – Mahatma Gandhi and the Nationalist Movement
12. Chapter: 12 – Framing the Constitution

|| Class: 6th – Our Pasts – I | History Ncert Notes ||

Chapter: 1 – What, Where, How, and When?

1. Where Did People Live?
2. Names of the Land
3. Finding Out About The Past
4. One Past or Many?
5. What Do Dates Mean?

Chapter: 2 – From Hunting – Gathering to Growing Food

1. How Do We Know About Hunter-Gatherers?
2. Choosing A Place to Live In
3. Making Stone Tools
4. Finding Out About Fire
5. A Changing Environment
6. The Beginnings of Farming and Herding
7. A New Way of Life
8. “Storing” Animals
9. Finding Out About the First Farmers and Herders
10. Towards A Settled Life
11. What about Other Customs and Practices?
12. A Closer Look- Living and Dying In Mehrgarh

Chapter: 3 – In the Earliest Cities

1. The Story of Harappa
2. What Was Special About These Cities
3. Houses, Drains, and Streets
4. Life in the City
5. New Crafts in the City
6. In Search Of Raw Materials
7. Food for People in the Cities
8. A Closer Look – Harappan Towns in Gujarat
9. The Mystery of the End

Chapter: 4 – What Books and Burials Tell Us

1. It one of the Oldest Books in the World
2. How Historians Study the Rigveda
3. Cattle, Horses, and Chariots
4. Words to Describe People
5. Silent Sentinels-The Story of the Megaliths
6. Finding Out About Social Differences?
7. Were Some Burial Spots Meant For Certain Families?
8. A Special Burial at Inamgaon
9. Occupations at Inamgaon

Chapter: 5 – Kingdoms, Kingsand the Early Republic

1. How Some Men Became Rulers
2. Janapadas
3. Mahajanapadas
4. Taxes
5. Changes in Agriculture
6. A Closer Look- Magadha
7. A Closer Look – Vaji

Chapter: 6 – New Questions and Ideas

1. The Story of Buddha
2. Upanishads
3. Jainism
4. The Sangha
5. Monasteries

Chapter: 7 – From a Kingdom to an Empire

1. A Very Big Kingdom = an Empire
2. How Are Empires Different From Kingdoms?
3. Ruling the Empire
4. Ashoka, a Unique Ruler
5. Ashoka’s War in Kalinga
6. What Was Ashoka’s Dhamma?

Chapter: 8 – Vital Villages, Thriving Towns

1. Iron Tools and Agriculture
2. Other Steps to Increase Production: Irrigation
3. Who Lived In The Villages?
4. Find Out About Cities: Stories, Travellers, Sculpture, and Archaeology
5. Coins
6. Cities with Many Functions
7. Crafts and Crafts Persons
8. A Closer Look – Arikamedu

Chapter: 9 – New Empires and Kingdoms

1. Prashant and What They Tell Us
2. Samudragupta’s Prashasti
3. Genealogies
4. Harshavardhana and the Harshacharita
5. The Pallavas, Chalukyas, and Pulakeshin’s Prashasti
6. How Were These Kingdoms Administered?
7. A New Kind of Army
8. Assemblies in the Southern Kingdoms
9. Ordinary People in the Kingdoms

Chapter: 10 – Buildings, Paintings, and Books

1. The Iron Pillar
2. Buildings in Brick and Stone
3. How Were Stupas And Temples Builts?
4. Paintings
5. The World of Books
6. Recording and Preserving Old Stories
7. Stories Told By Ordinary People
8. Writing Books on Science

|| Class: 7th – Our Pasts – II | History Ncert Notes ||

Chapter: 1 – Tracing Changes through A Thousand Years

1. New and Old Terminologies
2. Historians and Their Sources
3. New Social and Political Groups
4. Region and Empire
5. Old and New Religions
6. Thinking About Time and Historical Periods

Chapter: 2 – New Kings and Kingdoms

1. The Emergence of New Dynasties
2. Administration in the Kingdoms
3. Prashant and Land Grants
4. Warfare for Wealth
5. A Closer Look: The Cholas

Chapter: 3 – The Delhi Sultans

1. Findings Out About the Delhi Sultans
2. From Garrison Town to Empire: The Expansion of the Delhi Sultanate
3. The Masjid
4. A Closer Look: Administration and Consolidation under the Khaljis and Tughluqs
5. The Sultanate in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries

Chapter: 4 – The Mughal Empire

1. Who Were The Mughals?
2. Mughal Military Campaigns
3. Mughal Traditions of Succession
4. Mughal Relations with Other Rulers
5. Mansabdars and Jagirdars
6. Zabt and Zamindars
7. A Closer Look: Akbar’s Policies
8. The Mughal Empire in the Seventeenth Century and After

Chapter: 5 – Tribes, Nomads, and Settled Communities

1. Beyond Big Cities: Tribal Societies
2. Who Were Tribal People?
3. How Nomads and Mobile People Lived
4. Changing Society: New Castes and Hierarchies
5. A Closer Look
6. Conclusion

Chapter: 6 – Devotional Paths to the Divine

1. The Idea of a Supreme God
2. A New Kind of Bhakti in South India- Nayanars and Alvars
3. Philosophy and Bhakti
4. Basavanna’s Virashaivism
5. The Saints of Maharashtra
6. Nathpanthis, Siddhas, and Yogis
7. Islam and Sufism
8. New Religious Developments in North India
9. A Closer Look: Kabir
10. A Closer Look: Baba Guru Nanak

Chapter: 7 – The Making of Regional Cultures

1. The Cheras and the Development of Malayalam
2. Rulers and Religious Traditions: The Jagannatha Cult
3. The Rajputs and Traditions of Heroism
4. Beyond Regional Frontiers: The Story Of Kathak
5. Painting for Patrons: The Tradition of Miniatures
6. A Closer Look: Bengal
7. Pirs and Temples
8. Fish as Food

Chapter: 8 – Eighteenth-Century Political Formations

1. The Crisis of the Empire and the Later Mughals
2. The emergence of New States
3. The Old Mughal Provinces
4. The Watan Jagirs of the Rajputs
5. Seizing Independence

|| Class: 8th – Our Pasts – III | History Ncert Notes||

Chapter: 1 – How, When, and Where

1. How Important Are Dates?
2. How Do We Know?

Chapter: 2 – From Trade to Territory (The Company Establishes Power)

1. East India Company Comes East
2. Company Rule Expands
3. Setting Up a New Administration
4. Conclusion

Chapter: 3 – Ruling the Countryside

1. The Company Becomes the Diwan
2. Crops for Europe
3. The “Blue Rebellion” And After

Chapter: 4 – Tribals, Dikus, and the Vision of a Golden Age

1. How Did Tribal Groups Live?
2. How Did Colonial Rule Affect Tribal Live?
3. A Closer Look

Chapter: 5 – When People Rebel 1857 And After

1. Policies and the People
2. A Mutiny Becomes a Popular Rebellion
3. The Company Fights Back
4. Aftermath

Chapter: 6 – Civilising the “Native,” Educating the Nation

1. How the British Saw Education
2. What Happened To The Local Schools?

Chapter: 7 – Women, Caste, and Reform

1. Working towards Change
2. Caste and Social Reform

Chapter: 8 – The Making of the National Movement: 1870-1947

1. The Emergence of Nationalism
2. The Growth of Mass Nationalism
3. The March to Dandi
4. Quit India and Later

|| Class: 9th – Indian And The Contemporary World – I | History Ncert Notes||

Chapter: 1 – The French Revolution

1. French Society during the Late 18th Century
2. The Outbreak of the Revolution
3. France Abolishes Monarchy and Becomes A Republic
4. Did Women Have A Revolution?
5. The Abolition of Slavery
6. The Revolution and Everyday Life

Chapter: 2 – Socialism in Europe and the Russian Revolution

1. The Age of Social Change
2. The Russian Revolution
3. The February Revolution in Petrograd
4. What Changed After October?
5. The Global Influence of the Russian Revolution and the USSR

Chapter: 3 – Nazism and the Rise of Hitler

1. Birth of the Weimar Republic
2. Hitler’s Rise to Power
3. The Nazi Worldview
4. Youth in Nazi Germany
5. Ordinary People and Crimes against Humanity

Chapter: 4 – Forest Society and Colonialism

1. Why Deforestation?
2. The Rise of Commercial Forestry
3. Rebellion in the Forest
4. Forest Transformation in Java

Chapter: 5 – Pastoralists in the Modern World

1. Pastoral Nomads and Their Movements
2. Colonial Rule and Pastoral Life
3. Pastoralism in Africa

|| Class: 10th – Indian and the Contemporary World – II | History Ncert Notes||

Chapter: 1 – The Rise of Nationalism in Europe

1. The French Revolution and the Idea of the Nation
2. The Making of Nationalism in Europe
3. The Age of Revolutions: 1830-1848
4. The Making of Germany and Italy
5. Visualizing the Nation
6. Nationalism and Imperialism

Chapter: 2 – Nationalism in India

1. The First World War, Khilafat and Non-Cooperation Movement
2. Differing Strands within the Movement
3. Towards Civil Disobedience
4. The Sense of Collective Belonging

Chapter: 3 – The Making of a Global World

1. The Pre-Modern World
2. The Nineteenth Century (1815-1914)
3. The Inter-War Economy
4. Rebuilding a World Economy: The Post-War Era

Chapter: 4 – The Age of Industrialisation

1. Before The Industrial Revolution
2. Hand Labour and Steam Power
3. Industrialization in the Colonies
4. Factories Come Up
5. The Peculiarities of Industrial Growth
6. Market for Goods

Chapter: 5 – Print Culture and the Modern World

1. The First Printed Books
2. Print Comes To Europe
3. The Print Revolution and Its Impact
4. The Reading Mania
5. The Nineteenth Century
6. India and the World of Print
7. Religious Reform and Public Debates
8. New Forms of Publication
9. Print and Censorship

|| Class: 11 – Themes in World History | History Ncert Notes ||

Chapter: 1 – Writing and City Life

1. Mesopotamia and Its Geography
2. The Significance of Urbanisation
3. Movement of Goods into Cities
4. The Development of Writing
5. System of Writing
6. Literacy
7. The Uses of Writing
8. Urbanization in Southern Mesopotamia: Temples and Kings
9. Life in the City
10. A Trading Town in a Pastoral Zone
11. Cities in Mesopotamian Culture
12. The Legacy of Writing

Chapter: 2 – An Empire across Three Continents

1. The Early Empire
2. The Third-Century Crisis
3. Gender, Literacy, Culture
4. Economic Expansion
5. Controlling Workers
6. Social Hierarchies
7. Late Antiquity

Chapter: 3 – Nomadic Empires

1. Introduction
2. Social and Political Background
3. The Career of Genghis Khan
4. The Mongols after Genghis Khan
5. Social, Political, and Military Organisation
6. Conclusion: Situating Genghis Khan Mongolia in World History

Chapter: 4 – The Three Orders

1. Introduction
2. France and England
3. The Three Orders
4. The Second Order: The Nobility
5. The Manorial Estate
6. The Knights
7. The First Order: The Clergy
8. Monks
9. The Church and Society
10. The Third Order: Peasants, Free and Unfree
11. Factors Affecting Social and Economic Relations.
12. A ‘Fourth Order’ – New Towns and Townspeople
13. Cathedral – Towns
14. The Crisis of the Fourteenth Century
15. Social Unrest
16. Political Changes

Chapter: 5 – Changing Cultural Traditions

1. The Humanist View of History
2. The Revival of Italian Cities
3. The Arab’s Contribution
4. Aspirations of Women
5. Debate within Christianity

Chapter: 6 – Displacing Indigenous Peoples

1. European Imperialism
2. North America
3. Mutual Perceptions
4. The Native Peoples Lose Their Land
5. The Gold Rush and Growth of Industries
6. Constitutional Rights
7. Winds of Change
8. Australia
9. The Winds of Change

Chapter: 7 – Paths to Modernisation

1. Introduction
2. Japan
3. The Meiji Restoration
4. Modernizing the Economy
5. Aggressive Nationalism
6. ‘Westernisation’ and ‘Tradition’
7. After Defeat: Re-Emerging As a Global Economic Power
8. China
9. Establishing the Republic
10. The Rise of the Communist Party of China
11. Establishing the New Democracy 1949-65
12. Conflicting Visions: 1965-78
13. Reforms From 1978
14. The Story of Taiwan
15. The Story of Korea
16. A Post-War Nation
17. Rapid Industrialisation under Strong Leadership
18. Continued Economic Growth and Calls for Democratisation
19. Korean Democracy and the IMF Crisis
20. Two Roads to Modernisation

|| Class: 12 – Themes in Indian History | History Ncert Notes ||

Chapter: 1 – Bricks, Bread, and Bones

1. Beginnings
2. Subsistence Strategies
3. Mohenjodaro: A Planned Urban City
4. Tracking Social Differences
5. Craft Production
6. Strategies for Procuring Material
7. Seals, Script, Weights
8. Ancient Authority
9. The End of the Civilisation
10. Discovering the Harappan Civilisation
11. Problems of Piecing Together The Past

Chapter: 2 – Kings Farmers and Towns (Early States and Economics)

1. Prinsep and Piyadassi
2. The Earliest States
3. An Early Empire
4. New Notions of Kingship
5. A Changing Countryside
6. Towns and Trade
7. Back To Basics How Are Inscriptions Deciphered?
8. Limitations

Chapter: 3 – Kinship Caste and Class

1. The Critical Edition of the Mahabharata
2. Kinship and Marriage Many Rules and Varied Practices
3. Social Differences: Within and Beyond the Framework of Caste
4. Beyond Birth Resources and Status
5. Explaining Social Differences: A Social Contract
6. Handling Texts Historians and the Mahabharata
7. A Dynamic Text

Chapter: 4 – Thinker’s Belief and Buildings Culture Development

1. A Glimpse of Sanchi
2. The Background: Sacrifices and Debates
3. Beyond Wordly Pleasures: The Message Of Mahavira
4. The Buddha and the Quest for Enlightenment and Teachings
5. Stupas
6. Sculpture
7. New Religious Traditions
8. Top of Form

Chapter: 5 – Through the Eyes of Travellers

1. Al-Biruni and the Kitab-Ul-Hind
2. Ibn Battuta’s Rihla
3. Francois Bernier A Doctor With a Difference
4. Making Sense of an Alien World: Al-Biruni and the Sanskritic Tradition
5. The Excitement of the Unfamiliar
6. Bernier and the “Degenerate” East
7. Women Slaves, Sati, and Labourers

Chapter: 6 – Bhakti Sufi Traditions

1. A Mosaic of Religious Beliefs and Practices
2. Poems of Prayers Early Traditions of Bhakti
3. The Virashaiva Tradition in Karnataka
4. Religious Ferment in North India
5. New Strands in the Fabric Islamic Traditions
6. The Growth of Sufism
7. The Chishtis in the Subcontinent
8. New Devotional Paths Dialogue and Dissent in Northern India
9. Reconstructing Histories of Religious Traditions
10. Top of Form

Chapter: 7 – An Imperial Capital Vijayanagara

1. The Discovery of Hampi
2. Rayas, Nayakas and Sultans
3. Vijayanagara – The Capital and Its Environs
4. The Royal Centre
5. The Sacred Centre
6. Plotting Palaces, Temples, and Bazaars
7. Questions In Search Of Answers
8. Top of Form

Chapter: 8 – Peasant Zamindars and State

1. Peasants and Agricultural Production
2. The Village Community
3. Women in Agrarian Society
4. Forests and Tribes
5. The Zamindars
6. Land Revenue System
7. The Flow of Silver
8. The Ain-I Akbari of Abu’l Fazl Allami

Chapter: 9 – Colonialism and Countryside

1. Bengal and the Zamindars
2. The Hoe and the Plough
3. A Revolt in the Countryside: The Bombay Deccan
4. The Deccan Riots Commission
5. Top of Form

Chapter: 10 – Rebels and the Raj

1. A pattern of the Rebellion
2. Awadh in Revolt
3. What the Rebels Wanted
4. Repression
5. Images of the Revolt
6. Top of Form

Chapter: 11 – Mahatma Gandhi and the Nationalist Movement

1. A Leader Announces Himself
2. The Making and Unmaking Of Non-Cooperation
3. The Salt Satyagraha (A Case Study)
4. Quit India
5. The Last Heroic Days
6. Knowing Gandhi
7. Top of Form

Chapter: 12 – Framing the Constitution

1. A Tumultuous Time
2. The Vision of the Constitution
3. Defining Rights
4. The Powers of the State
5. The Language of the Nation

|| About the History Ncert Notes Class (6-12) Book ||

For history, the Ncert Notes Indian History Class 6-12 Pdf textbooks from classes 6 to 12 are particularly valuable. Here’s a brief overview of what each class covers:

1. Class 6: Ancient India – Covers the earliest civilizations in the Indian subcontinent, including the Indus Valley Civilization, Vedic Period, and early empires like the Mauryas and Guptas.
2. Class 7: Medieval India – Focuses on the medieval period in Indian history, including the rise and fall of empires like the Delhi Sultanate, the Mughal Empire, and the Vijayanagara Empire.
3. Class 8: Modern India – Covers the period from the arrival of Europeans in India to the Indian independence movement, including the establishment of British rule, social reforms, and the struggle for independence.
4. Class 9: Contemporary World History – Provides an overview of world history from the late 18th century to the present, including the French Revolution, Industrial Revolution, World Wars, and the Cold War.
5. Class 10: India and the Contemporary World – Focuses on India’s struggle for independence, post-independence challenges, and the world history events during the 20th century.
6. Class 11: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern History – Offers a comprehensive study of Indian history from ancient to modern times, covering topics such as the early societies, medieval kingdoms, and the emergence of modern India.
7. Class 12: Themes in Indian History – Part 1 and Part 2 – Provides an in-depth analysis of specific themes in Indian history, including cultural developments, political movements, and economic changes.