Questions from history subject are being asked in both the Preliminary and Mains stages of the Civil Services Examination. If you are also an IAS aspirant, then you must look at history as an optional subject.

History of Modern India By Bipan Chandra

India’s Ancient Past By RS Sharma

NCERT History Books

India After Gandhi By Ramchandra Guha

History of the World By Arjun Dev

Ashoka and the Decline of the Mauryas By Romila Thapar

Indian Art and Culture By Nitin Singhania

History of Medieval India By Satish Chandra

Age of Revolution 1789-1848 By Eric Hobsbawm

Mastering Modern World History By Norman Lowe

India’s Struggle for Independence By Bipan Chandra

The Wonder that was India By Al Basham