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Themes in World History (Class 11)

NCERT · NCERT

A readable bridge into world history: empires, nomads, industrialisation and colonisation.

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India and the Contemporary World I & II (Classes 9–10)

NCERT · NCERT

Nationalism in Europe and India, the French Revolution and the making of a global world.

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Mastering Modern World History

Norman Lowe · Bloomsbury

The favourite for UPSC world history: world wars, revolutions and the Cold War.

UPSC Mains General reading
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The Story of Civilization, Vols 1 & 2

Arjun Dev · NCERT

Old-NCERT world history from early civilisations to the modern world.

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Glimpses of World History

Jawaharlal Nehru · Penguin

World history in letters from Nehru to his daughter Indira.

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