Text taken verbatim from the commission's published question paper. Transcribed from UPSC’s question paper, CS(M) 2019 (English and Hindi). Source

Syllabus

History · Modern Indian History

Modern Indian history from about the middle of the eighteenth century until the present—significant events, personalities, issues.

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