Class 12 History NCERT Notes (English) – Chapterwise Summary 2025–26
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📝 Session 2025–26 | CBSE Board | Easy Language & Exam Focused
🔢 Chapter | 📖 Chapter Title | 🗂️ Key Topics Covered |
🧱 1 | Bricks, Beads and Bones | Harappan Civilization, Town Planning, Trade, Script |
👑 2 | Kings, Farmers and Towns | Mauryan & Gupta Empires, Agriculture, Urbanisation |
🤝 3 | Kinship, Caste and Class | Varna System, Caste Structure, Social Order |
🛕 4 | Thinkers, Beliefs and Buildings | Buddhism, Jainism, Hinduism, Religious Architecture |
🧳 5 | Through the Eyes of Travellers | Accounts of Fa-Hien, Hiuen Tsang, Ibn Battuta etc. |
🕉️ 6 | Bhakti–Sufi Traditions | Bhakti Saints, Sufi Silsilas, Regional Movements |
🏰 7 | An Imperial Capital: Vijayanagara | Temples, Markets, Royal Life, Urban Planning |
🌾 8 | Peasants, Zamindars and the State | Mughal Agrarian System, Land Revenue, Villages |
📜 9 | Kings and Chronicles | Mughal Administration, Inscriptions, Akbarnama etc. |
🇬🇧 10 | Colonialism and the Countryside | British Revenue Policies, Peasant Movements |
🔥 11 | Rebels and the Raj | Revolt of 1857 – Causes, Spread, Impact |
🏙️ 12 | Colonial Cities | Growth of Bombay, Calcutta, Madras under British |
✊ 13 | Mahatma Gandhi and the National Movement | Non-Cooperation, Civil Disobedience, Quit India |
🧩 14 | Understanding Partition | 1947 Partition – Riots, Refugees, Politics |
📜 15 | Framing the Constitution | Constitution Drafting, Assembly Debates, Preamble |
