Class 9 History covers major world events — French Revolution, Russian Revolution, Nazism and Fascism, colonial transformation of forests and peasant societies, and industrialisation. Essential foundation for UPSC GS1.

India and the Contemporary World — I is divided into three sections:

  • Section I — Events and Processes: French Revolution, Socialism and the Russian Revolution, Nazism and the Rise of Hitler
  • Section II — Livelihoods, Economies and Societies: Forest Society and Colonialism, Pastoralists in the Modern World
  • Section III — Everyday Life, Culture and Politics: (Peasants and Farmers, History and Sport, Clothes — A Social History — available as additional chapters)

For UPSC aspirants, this book builds foundation for GS1 questions on modern world history, colonialism, and social change.