History of India and the national movement

Current affairs on this topic 3

• Education Ministry approves five Centres of Excellence for newer classical languages 4 October 2026

  Classical status came in 2024. Two years on, do Assamese, Bengali, Marathi, Pali and Prakrit finally get institutions?

• Centre and Ladakh fix standard names for 28 places on the Survey of India map 2 October 2026

  Atisha, Milarepa, Kanishka, Zorawar: why a list of Ladakh's peaks reads like a history syllabus.

• Rajghat finds from decades-old digs shed new light on ancient Kashi 7 September 2026

  Ten thousand objects sat in storage for about 70 years. What can they now tell us about one of India's oldest cities?

Previous-year questions 1

1. 2014 · Prelims Consider the following languages: 1. Gujarati 2. Kannada 3. Telugu Which of the above has/have been declared as 'Classical Language / Languages' by the Government? (a) 1 and 2 only (b) 3 only (c) 2…