CISCE Class 12 History Syllabus - Free PDF Download
CISCE Syllabus 2025-26 Class 12: The CISCE Class 12 History Syllabus for the examination year 2025-26 has been released by the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations, CISCE. The board will hold the final examination at the end of the year following the annual assessment scheme, which has led to the release of the syllabus. The 2025-26 CISCE Class 12 History Board Exam will entirely be based on the most recent syllabus. Therefore, students must thoroughly understand the new CISCE syllabus to prepare for their annual exam properly.
The detailed CISCE Class 12 History Syllabus for 2025-26 is below.
Academic year:
CISCE Class 12 History Revised Syllabus
CISCE Class 12 History and their Unit wise marks distribution
CISCE Class 12 History Course Structure 2025-26 With Marking Scheme
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Syllabus
CISCE Class 12 History Syllabus for Chapter 1: Towards Independence and Partition: the Last Phase (1935-1947)
1.1 Important Political Developments
- Growth of Socialist Ideas
- Trade Union Activities
- Kisan Sabha Movement
- Growth of Communalism (Hindu and Muslim)
1.2 Working of Provincial Autonomy
- Congress and Other Ministries
1.3 National Movement During the Second World War
- The outbreak of World War II
- Resignation of the Congress Ministries
- Lahore Session of the Muslim League in 1940
- Deadlock up to the August Offer (1940)
- Failure of the Cripps Mission
- Quit India
- Arrest of Congress Leaders
- Violent Public Reaction
- Government Repression of Revolt of 1942
1.4 Subhash Chandra Bose and the INA
- Bose’s Role in the National Movement
- Bose’s Differences with Gandhi
- Background to the Formation of the IIL and INA
1.5 Transfer of Power (1945-1947)
- Changed Attitude of British Government
- The Cabinet Mission Plan Proposals
- Congress and League Reaction
- Direct Action by League
- Communal Riots
- Attlee's Declaration of 1947
- The Mountbatten Plan
- Partition and Independence
CISCE Class 12 History Syllabus for Chapter 2: Establishment and Development of Indian Democracy (1947 – 1966).
- The Refugee Problem
- Transfer of Assets and the River Waters Dispute
- Origin of the Kashmir Problem
- Role of Sardar Patel in the Reorganisation
- Integration of Princely States with Specialreference to Junagarh and Hyderabad
- The Foundation of Indian Democracy
- Significance of the First General Election Based on Universal Adult Suffrage (1952)
- Role of Political Parties
- Problems of Preparation and Their Solutions, Process, Result and Impact of the Elections
- Movement for Linguistic Reorganisation with Particular Reference to Andhra, Bombay and Punjab
- Redrawing of the Map of India on the Basis of Linguistic Identity
CISCE Class 12 History Syllabus for Chapter 3: Challenges to Indian Democracy (1964 – 1977)
3.1 The Role of the Syndicate
- Appointment of Lal Bahadur Shastri in 1964 and Indira Gandhi in 1966 as Prime Minister
- Importance of the Election of 1967
- Factionalism in the Congress
- (Syndicate vs. Indira Gandhi) leading to its split in 1969
- Emergence of Opposition Political Parties and Their Main Leaders
3.2 Naxal Movement
- Causes of Naxal Movement Rise
- Historic Eight Documents (Main Points) as the Origin of Its Ideological Basis (1967),
- Main Leaders (Charu Majumdar and Kanu Sanyal)
- Areas Where Naxal Operated (West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh)
- Government Measures Against Naxal Movement
- Reasons for Naxal Movement Decline in the 1970’S
- Impact of Naxal Movement
3.3 JP Movement (1974-75)
- Origin - JP Movement
- Jai Prakash Narayan’S Disputes with Mrs. Gandhi
- Main Features of Its Course (Jp Movement )
- Leadership
- Measures to Suppress It (JP Movement)
- Assessment of Its Significance and Impact
- positive and negative features
3.4 Emergency (1975-76)
- Reasons for Imposition
- Main Features of the Suspensionof Democratic Rights
- Assessment of Its Impact of Emergency
- Possible Reasons for Withdrawal of Emergency
CISCE Class 12 History Syllabus for Chapter 4: Changing Face of the Indian Democracy (1977 – 1986)
4.1 The Janata Government (1977 – 1979)
- Restoration of Democracy
- Formation of Party and Government
- Janata Government - Programme and Implementation
- Janata Government - Reasons for Its Downfall
4.2 Return of Congress to Power (1979 – 1986).
- Centre-state Relations - Punjab
- separatist demands and the Centre’s response
- Centre-state Relations - Demands in the North-east
- Assam’s agitation against foreigners
- Centre’s response (1947-85)
- Nagaland’s demand for autonomy and its resolution (1947-80);
- Mizoram Movement (1959-1986)
CISCE Class 12 History Syllabus for Chapter 5: India’s Foreign Policy
5.1 Non-aligned Movement (NAM)
- Non-aligned Policy in the Context of the Cold War
- Aims - Panchsheel
- Bandung and Belgrade Conferences
- Cold War and NAM in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s
- Korean War and Vietnam War
- Invasion of Hungary
- Arab Israeli Conflicts (1956-1979)
- The Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan
5.2 Pakistan (1948-49, 1965, 1971)
- Indo-Pak Wars
- causes of War
- course and consequences of War
5.3 Sino-Indian War
- Initial Relations with the Peoples’ Republic of China
- Disputes Over - Tibet Issue
- Chinese takeover and asylum of the Dalai Lama in India
- Disputes Over - Border Issues
- Sino-Indian War (1962)
- Immediate Causes and Consequences of Sino-indian War
CISCE Class 12 History Syllabus for Chapter 6: Movements for Women’s Rights
- Significance of the Towards Equality Report (1974) with Regard to Women’S
- Developments in the Anti-dowry Movement
- Struggle Against Domestic Violence in the 1970s and and 1980s
CISCE Class 12 History Syllabus for Chapter 7: World War II
- Factors Leading to the World War II
Aggressive foreign policies of Germany, Italy and Japan
- Aggressive policies made war more likely and worldwide in scope
- Reasons for Japan’s alliances with Italy and Germany
- The attack on Pearl Harbour
- Anglo-french Appeasement Policies
- Appeasement: why Britain and France chose to follow this policy and how it was carried out.
- Course of the War: Europe, Africa and Far East.
- American Entry and Contribution to War
- Reasons for the Defeat of the Axis Powers
CISCE Class 12 History Syllabus for Chapter 8: De-colonisation – in Asia (China) and Africa (Ghana and Keny
- China - Civil War and the Establishment of the People's Republic in 1949
An outline of the post-war struggle between the KMT and CCP and the victory of the Communists. The causes of Communist victory should be stated and briefly explained.
- Mao Tse Tung
- Agrarian and Industrial Policy
A short background of the problems facing the Communists in 1949: in agriculture, the gradual process from land distribution to collective farms should be outlined; in industry, the Five Year Plan and Soviet help
- Political and Economic Developments of China
The 100 Flowers Campaign should be covered in brief. The Great Leap Forward should be covered in more detail, particularly the development of commune and assessment
of the GLF. Finally, a brief outline of the Cultural Revolution and its impact on China. - Contribution of Mao
- Ghana - Democracy, Dictatorship and Military Government (1957-69).
- Kenya - Conflict and Independence (1947 – 1969)
CISCE Class 12 History Syllabus for Chapter 9: Cold War 1945-91– Origin, Course, End and Impact
9.1 Origins of the Cold War
- End of Wartime Unity
- Yalta and Potsdam Conferences
- Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan
- Molotov Plan, COMECON and Cominform
- The Rift Widens - Soviet Expansion in Eastern Europe (1945-1948)
- including the communist coup in Czechoslovakia
9.2 The Cold War Expands
- Berlin Blockade
- NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
- Division of Germany
- “Thaw” in the Cold War (1953-59)
- Warsaw Pact
- The Vietnam War (1954-75)
- Crisis in East-west Relations (1960-62)
- Detente (1970s)
9.3 Breakup of the Ussr and Changes in Eastern Europe
- Collapse of USSR
- Gorbachev’S Policies (Glasnost and Perestroika
- Role Played by Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush
- Fall of Communism in East Europe
CISCE Class 12 History Syllabus for Chapter 10: Protest Movements
- Civil Rights Movement
- Anti-Apartheid Movement
- Feminist Movement
- Racial Problems and Civil Rights in USA in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s
- Racial discrimination, change in the government’s attitude, campaign for equal rights (Dr. Martin Luther King’s role)
CISCE Class 12 History Syllabus for Chapter 11: Middle East: Israeli-Palestine Conflict (1916- 1993).
- Post War Conflict in Palestine After World War I, Till the Formation of the State of Israel
- The conflicting promises made by the British to the Arabs and the Jews: Husain-MacMahon correspondence, the Sykes-Picot Agreement and the Balfour Declaration. All these need to be understood clearly.
- The impact of World War II and the intensification of the conflict against Britain’s decision to withdraw - the UNO’s plan. Creation of Israel and the War of Liberation (a chronological account should suffice here).
- The Arab-israeli Wars from 1948 to Camp David Accord (1979)
The following conflicts should be studied – First Arab-Israeli Conflict (1948-1949), the Suez Crisis (1956), the Six-Day War (1967), the Yom Kippur War (1973), Sadat and the Camp David Accord (1979). For each of these events, the causes and results should be studied in detail. Events to be covered briefly. The origin and formation of the PLO.
- Oslo Peace Accords (1993)
Intifada and the change in the attitude of Israel and the PLO leading to the Oslo Peace Accords: assessment of the main features: why it failed to bring peace.
