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Certificate Physical and Human Geography – Goh Cheng Leong.

India Since Independence- Bipin Chandra.

From Plassey to Partition and After by Sekhar Bandyopadhyay.

A New Look at Modern Indian History- BL Grover.

India’s Struggle for Independence – Bipin Chandra.

History of Modern India – Bipin Chandra.

Indian Art and Culture – Nitin Singhania.

Unacademy Monthly Articulate and Current Affairs videos.

Unacademy Notes on Indian Geography, Physical Geography and Human and Economic Geography.

Certificate Physical and Human Geography: GC Leong.

Fundamentals of Human Geography (XII NCERT).

Fundamentals of Physical Geography (XI NCERT).

Unacademy Notes on Science and Technology.

Centre for Cultural Resource and Training (CCRT) material.

Class XI and class XII NCERT (Fine Arts and Heritage).

A Brief history of Modern India- Spectrum Publications.

India’s Struggle for Independence – Bipan Chandra.

History of Medieval India by VD Mahajan.

India’s Ancient Past (Crucial for ancient history) R S Sharma.

NCERT books for Indian Polity (Especially “Indian Constitution at work”).

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