NIOS Class 12 History

35 chapters · arts stream

NIOS Class 12 History follows the NIOS open-schooling syllabus, under the National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS). Because NIOS prescribes NCERT textbooks, the chapter pages here follow its 35 chapters chapter by chapter.

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35 chapters in NIOS Class 12 History

Understanding Indian History

The Geographical Settings and Pre-Historic Cultures of India

The Harappan Civilisation

The Vedic Age

From Janapadas to Empire

Post Mauryan Developments

The Guptas and their Successors

India between AD 750-1200

Establishment and Expansion of Delhi Sultanate

Establishment of Mughal Rule

Emergence of Regional States in India: Twelfth to Eighteenth Century

Administrative Systems and Instituions

Economy

Cultural Development in Medieval India

Understanding Eighteenth Century India

Establishment of British Rule in India till 1857

Economic Effects of British Colonialism

Social Changes in Modern India

Popular Resistance to Company Rule

Nationalism

Indian National Movement

The World in 1900: The Nineteenth Century Legacy

World War I and Russian Revolution

The Inter-War Period and Second World War

The Cold War Era and Its Politics

National Liberation Movements, Decolonisation and Development, 1945-Present

Social Transformation

Cultural Change in the Twentieth Century

Towards the Formation of the State

Contemporary Cultural Situation

Early States

Cultural Production

The Medieval State

Cultural Communication

Colonial State