AOA,
are these books enough for the prep of indo-pak history part 1 (712-1857);

indo-pak history byt K.ALi
Muslim rule in India and Pakistan by Muhammad Sohail Bhatti
Mediaeval India by STanley LAne-poole
5000 years of Pakistan by R.E.M Wheeler
Akbar and the rise of the mughal empire by G.B. Malleson.

Plz tell me if other good books are required.

Kind REgards.

these books are too many...

K. Ali's books would be good for start... bhatti's book is good for subject matter. nearly covers all questions. copy quotes and maps from both books.

regards,

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Police Service of Pakistan (P.S.P)
37th Common Training Program

not just enough rather more than enough

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Thanks alot for the help.. can u ppl guide me from where to get the past papers as hre i just find till 2000 and the paper of 1991.. i want more.... plz..

books from various publishers are available in the market which contain papers way back till 1971

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@ Khushboo Ali.

The books mentioned by you for Indo-Pak history are more than enough. You dont need to study all of these books. Study K. Ali and Bhatti's books. As far as past papers are concerned get Dogar's book that contains the past papers of compulsory papers, also available in the market is a book that contains the past papers of optional subjects.

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salam,
you must find ' A Short History of Pakistan' by I.H Qureshi to clear your concept. leave all other books, find notes, study them together with Bhatti and K Ali, which are rich in qoutations. Notes give you an idea of attempting questions in affective manner.

Take past papers, pick questions, you would find that certain questions are repeated in different forms, identify them and try to prepare them for yourself. such an exercise will enable you to attemp the paper easilly.

Collect facts and events in cronological order and try to be analytic using that cronology.

Is there anyone who has searched for top 10-20 most important and recurring questions of Indo-pakistan.?

am in a still state, surrounded by lots of material,... from where to start?

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Question: Does the K.Ali book covers all the topics of both papers?!

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salam,
though indo-pak history is not an unscoring one, but it is not a piece of cack. sufficient preparation is necessary to obtain good marks, not only in history but also in pakistan affairs.here are some must read books:

1. try to study suggested readings
2. for mughal and sultanat: i.h qureshi's ''a short history of pakistan''
3. for the history of freedom movement: khalid bin saeed's book published by oxford
4. one must read book on pakistan study is Nadeem Qasir's ''pakistan study, an analysis of the political economy of pakistan'' published by oxford uni. publication
5. if you can find notes that would also be helpful

try to answer questions in past papers.

some importan points regarding paper:

SULTANAT:
1. pre sultanat period starts from Muhammad bin qasim, mahmud of ghazna and ghauri's invasions. study the impacts those adventures had on the history of india

2. importan subjects are

a. true founder of sultanat of india
aibuk, altutmish, ghauri? what was ghaznavi's role in establishment sultanat?

b. balban's role in consolidating sultanat

c. alauddin khilji's role in expansion and consolidation. balban only consolidated not expanded. enemies were external, mongol and also enternal, nobles and hindu refractory rajas

d. muhammad shah and the decline of sultanat, how he contributed to decline? his personality.

e. foreign invasions
jalauddin khwarzam shah, changez khan, taimur and babur


MUGHAL:

a. bubur,s personality and establishment and cosolidation of empire

b. hamayun's personality. he tumbled in life and tumbled out of it.

c. sher shah's administration

d. akber as true founder of mughal empire. his expansionism and administration, mansabdari system. din i illahi.

e. shah jehan reign the climax of mughal empire; peace, expansion in south, his own routin.e, art and architecture.

f. war of succession, aurangzeb's personality, his expansion in south,marhattas and the decline of empire


FREEDOM MOVEMENT:

a. decline of muslim empire after aurangzeb and consequent degeneration of the muslim society.

b. movements for the regeneration of the muslims
mujaddad alf sani, shah waliullah, syed ahmed shaheed. there method was religious regeneration. syed ahmed khan, he struck new path,precribed loyalty toward british and proscribed politics and antagonism.
c. muslim league, diverting from sir syed's path
d. lucknaw pact, more diversion from sir syed's path, joint struggle with hindus for dominion status. stimulants were national and international events and new generation, new ideas and idealogies.

e. khilafat, muslims became aggressive, they learnt practical politics
f. hindu muslim religious antagonism, nehru report, communal award, congress ministries. pakistan resolution, pakistan movement.

g. constitutional developments

f. bengal debacle

h. foreign policy

i. development

j. current issues

a question for pakistan affairs is about muslim population in india.