History

Kerala Administrative Service (KAS) 2019 Syllabus and Study Materials for History of World, India and Kerala.

(A) History (India and Kerala) 

1)Ancient and Medieval Period :- (i) Salient features and major landmarks of ancient and medieval India (ii) Art, culture, literature and Architecutre (iii) Major Dynasties, their administrative system, social, religious and economic conditions prominent movements.

Sl No	Ancient and Medieval Indian History Video Class	Study Notes	MCQs
1	Palaeolthic Age	Click Here	Click Here
2	Mesolithic, Neolithic Age	Click Here	Click Here
3	Indus Valley Civilization Part I	Click Here	Click Here
4	Indus Valley Civilization Part II	Click Here	Click Here
5	Indus Valley Civilization Part III	Click Here	Click Here
6	Aryan Invasion	Click Here	Click Here
7	Later Vedic Period	Click Here	Click Here
8	Mahajanapadas	Click Here	Click Here
9	Jainism	Click Here	Click Here
10	Buddhism Part I	Click Here	Click Here
11	Buddhism Part II	Click Here	Click Here
12	Mauryan Empire I	Click Here	Click Here
13	Mauryan Empire II	Click Here	Click Here
14	Post Mauryan Period	Click Here	Click Here
15	Cheras, Cholas and Pandyas	Click Here	Click Here
16	Gupta Empire	Click Here	Click Here

Sl No	Medieval Indian History Video Class	Study Notes	MCQs
1	Vardhana Dynasty	Click Here	Click Here
2	The Palakas	Click Here	Click Here
3	The Rastrakutas	Click Here	Click Here
4	Pratiharas	Click Here	Click Here
5	Chalukyas	Click Here	Click Here
6	Pallava Dynasty	Click Here	Click Here
7	Pallava Dynasty 2	Click Here	Click Here
8	Pallava Dnasty 3	Click Here	Click Here
9	Muhammed Gasni	Click Here	Click Here
10	Tarain War	Click Here	Click Here
11	Slave Dynasty	Click Here	Click Here
12	Raziya Sultana	Click Here	Click Here
13	Balban	Click Here	Click Here
14	Slave Dynasty Architecture	Click Here	Click Here
15	Khalji Dynasty	Click Here	Click Here
16	Alavudhin Khilji	Click Here	Click Here
17	Khalji Dynasty in South India	Click Here	Click Here
18	End of Khalji Dnasty	Click Here	Click Here
19	Architect of Khalji Dynasty	Click Here	Click Here
20	Tugluq Dynasty	Click Here	Click Here
21	Token Currency	Click Here	Click Here
22	End of Muhammed Bin Tugluq	Click Here	Click Here
23	Firoz Shah Tugluq	Click Here	Click Here
24	Sayid Dynasty	Click Here	Click Here
25	Sikandar Lodhi	Click Here	Click Here
26	First Battle of Panipat	Click Here	Click Here
27	Important Architects of Delhi Sultanate	Click Here	Click Here
28	Coming Soon	Click Here	Click Here
29	Coming Soon	Click Here	Click Here
31	Coming Soon	Click Here	Click Here
32	Coming Soon	Click Here	Click Here
33	Coming Soon	Click Here	Click Here

2) Modern Period :- (i) Modern Indian History (from the 18th century upto the present) significant events, personalities and issues (ii) India – Struggle for independence (iii) Social and religious reform movements in the 19th and 20th century (iv) India after Independence, Post independent consolidation and reorganisation (v) Independent India and her neighbours.

Sl No	Modern Indian History Video Class Topic	Study Notes	MCQs
1	Arrival Of Europeans	Click Here	Click Here
2	Battle of Plassey and Buxar	Click Here	Click Here
3	Regulating Act, Anglo Marata War	Click Here	Click Here
4	Warren Hasting and Regulating Act 1773	Click Here	Click Here
5	Anglo Mysore War	Click Here	Click Here
6	Third Anglo Mysore War and Lord Cornwallis	Click Here	Click Here
7	Revenue Reforms and Police Reforms Under Lord Cornwallis	Click Here	Click Here
8	Subsidiary Alliance of Lord Wellesley	Click Here	Click Here
9	Marata War and Charter Act 1813	Click Here	Click Here
10	Reforms under Lord William Bentick	Click Here	Click Here
11	Reforms under Lord Dalhousie	Click Here	Click Here
12	Causes of First War of Indian Independence 1857	Click Here	Click Here
13	1857 War - Leaders and Result	Click Here	Click Here
14	Brahmo Samaj	Click Here	Click Here
15	Arya Samaj and Theosophical Society	Click Here	Click Here
16	Ramakrishna Mission and Aligarh Movement	Click Here	Click Here
17	Parsi and Sikh Movement	Click Here	Click Here
18	Lord Lytton and Vernacular Press Act	Click Here	Click Here
19	Lord Ripon and Ilbert Bill	Click Here	Click Here
20	Lord Curzon and Partition of Bengal	Click Here	Click Here
21	Early Political Associations	Click Here	Click Here
22	INC Moderate Phase	Click Here	Click Here
23	INC Extremist Phase	Click Here	Click Here
24	Swadeshi Movement	Click Here	Click Here
25	Home Rule Movement	Click Here	Click Here
26	Gandhiyan Era	Click Here	Click Here
27	Jalian Wala Bhagh	Click Here	Click Here
28	Non Cooperation Movement	Click Here	Click Here
29	Simon Commission	Click Here	Click Here
30	Civil Disobedient Movement	Click Here	Click Here
31	Round Table Conferences	Click Here	Click Here
32	Govt of India Act 1935	Click Here	Click Here
33	August Offer 1940	Click Here	Click Here
34	INC Tripura Session 1939	Click Here	Click Here
35	Cripps Mission 1942	Click Here	Click Here
36	Cabinet Mission 1946	Click Here	Click Here
37	Mount Batten Plan 1947	Click Here	Click Here

Sl No	India After Independence	Study Notes	MCQs
1	Communal Riots in India	Click Here	Click Here
2	First Ministry	Click Here	Click Here
3	Integration of India After Independence Part 1	Click Here	Click Here
4	Integration of India After Independence Part 2	Click Here	Click Here
5	Integration of India After Independence Part 3	Click Here	Click Here
6	Death of Gandhiji	Click Here	Click Here
7	Reorganisation of States based on Language Part 1	Click Here	Click Here
8	Reorganisation of States based on Language Part​ 2	Click Here	Click Here
9	First Election in India	Click Here	Click Here
10	Foreign Policy	Click Here	Click Here
11	Non Alliance Movement (NAM)	Click Here	Click Here
12	Planning Commission and NITI Ayog	Click Here	Click Here
13	India China War 1962	Click Here	Click Here
14	India China War 1962 Part 2	Click Here	Click Here
15	India Pak War 1965	Click Here	Click Here
16	India Pak War 1971	Click Here	Click Here
17	Kargil War 1999	Click Here	Click Here
18	India After Nehru's Death	Click Here	Click Here
19	Importance of 1967 Election	Click Here	Click Here
20	INC Split in 1969	Click Here	Click Here
21	Importance of 1971 Election	Click Here	Click Here
22	After 1971 Election New Congress	Click Here	Click Here
23	Emergenecy 1975 Part 1	Click Here	Click Here
24	Emergency 1975 Part 2	Click Here	Click Here
25	1977 Election	Click Here	Click Here
26	1980 Election	Click Here	Click Here
27	1984 New PM Rajiv Gandhi	Click Here	Click Here
28	Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi	Click Here	Click Here
29	LPG Reforms	Click Here	Click Here
29	Babari Masjid Issue	Click Here	Click Here

3) Kerala History (from 18th century):- (i) Pre-Independence socio-political movements. Formation of Kerala State, Political parties, movements, Governments, Landmark legislations and policies.

(B) History of the World (from mid 18th century) 

(i) Industrial revolution (ii) World wars (iii) Redrawal of National boundaries (iv) Colonialisation and decolonialisation, (v) Globalisation (vi) Communism, Capitalism, Socialism – their forms and effects in society.