The book covers Modern Indian History part of the syllabus of the UPSC Civil Services Examination for General Studies - Preliminary as well as Mains Examinations. Text is accompanied with bullets, flowcharts, tables, graphs, maps, block diagrams, images, boxes, etc. to help in grasping the information in a systematic and scientific way. The book also covers questions on Modern Indian History part of the previous years, General Studies papers asked in the UPSC CSE and CDS examinations to help serious aspirants to assess the level of his/her preparation and understanding.

It is one of the bestselling books on Modern Indian History covering the time line from 1707 to the modern times. The book covers the entire gamut in a very unique style- it mentions not only factual data about various topics but also provides information about different interpretations put forth by Western and Indian historians, with an integrated analysis. This makes the book equally useful for undergraduate students of History and aspirants appearing for various competitive examinations

Modern Indian History Notes, To The Point Notes

The period covered runs from the reign of Bahadur Shah I (c.1707-12) to independence in 1947. The dictionary contains some 400 entries in alphabetical order.