Recommended Book List for UPSC and UP PSC Civil Service - HISTORY Optional

Recommended Book list of  - HISTORY

NCERT History Books Class 6 - 12th

Tata MacGraw Hill GS Manual 

IGNOU BA History Course Material ( for greater understanding )

Hemant Jha Notes

Ancient History
Ancient Past - R S Sharma

Medieval India
Sultanate part 1-  satish chandra
Mughal part 2 -  satish chandra

Tamil Nadu State History Book class - 11

Modern India
A brief history - Rajiv Ahir
modern india - Grover
Struggle for independence -  Bipin
India since independence - Bipin

World History
Modern world - Norman Lowe
Modern world history - jain and mathur 

World History - Krishna Reddy

Map work etc.

Any Atlas Book
Question paper book
History through map - Ensemble
Practice Map book