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LINCOLN 2026 — Prelims cum Mains Course

Recordings of the live LINCOLN 2026 batch: Modern Indian History and Indian Polity so far, with the class handouts as reading under the lectures. More classes are still being added.

  • Updated Oct 2026
  • English and Tamil
₹30,000
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This course includes

  • 80h 56m of video in 45 lessons
  • Each video lecture can be watched twice
  • Plays on one device at a time
  • 7h 26m of reading material in 44 lectures
  • Access for 365 days
  • Taught in English and Tamil
  • One-to-one mentoring calls
  • Study on phone or laptop
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What you’ll learn

  • The Europeans and the Company

    5 classes

  • How the British ruled

    3 classes

  • Reform and revolt

    4 classes

  • The national movement

    5 classes

  • Gandhi, Independence and Partition

    7 classes

  • The Constitution and the Republic

    6 classes

  • Fundamental Rights and Directive Principles

    8 classes

  • Parliament and elections

    6 classes

About this course

This is the recording of LINCOLN 2026, the institute's live General Studies batch for the Civil Services examination, taught for Prelims and Mains together. It is not a studio production. The recordings keep the recaps, the questions from the batch and the asides of a live class.

Who this course is for

  • Starting General Studies for CSE 2027, with History and Polity from the first class
  • Could not sit in the LINCOLN 2026 batch, and want the classes on your own hours
  • On another attempt, and want Modern India or the Fundamental Rights again, with the handouts
  • Comfortable with teaching in English and Tamil; there are no subtitles

Curriculum

2 subjects · 8 themes · 45 lectures · 80h 56m of video · 7h 26m of reading

From the arrival of the Europeans to Independence and Partition in 1947.

  1. Video1.Orientation — Why Modern India, and how to study itPreview1:08:02

  1. Video2.Class 1 — The advent of the Europeans1:30:5916 min readLocked
  2. Video3.Class 2 — The decline of the Portuguese and the rise of the English Company1:35:4313 min readLocked
  3. Video4.Class 3 — The Carnatic Wars and the conquest of Bengal1:59:0819 min readLocked
  4. Video5.Class 4 — The Dual System in Bengal and the conquest of Mysore1:57:2219 min readLocked
  5. Video6.Class 5 — The Anglo-Maratha Wars and the frontiers2:00:4323 min readLocked

  1. Video7.Class 6 — Administrative reforms under the British2:17:5818 min readLocked
  2. Video8.Class 7 — Education under the British, and after1:55:3018 min readLocked
  3. Video9.Class 8 — The economic impact of British rule2:13:0012 min readLocked

  1. Video10.Class 9 — William Bentinck, the Charter Act of 1833 and the Indian renaissance1:45:1613 min readLocked
  2. Video11.Class 10 — The socio-religious reform movements2:25:4115 min readLocked
  3. Video12.Class 11, Part 1 — Tribal uprisings and peasant movements1:11:4610 min readLocked
  4. Video13.Class 11, Part 2 — The Revolt of 18571:28:586 min readLocked

  1. Video14.Class 12 — The birth of Indian nationalism: the Congress, the Moderates and the Extremists1:43:596 min readLocked
  2. Video15.Class 13 — A road map of the freedom struggle, 1915 to 19471:11:4914 min readLocked
  3. Video16.Class 14 — The Swadeshi movement and the Surat split2:54:1812 min readLocked
  4. Video17.Class 15 — The first revolutionaries, the Ghadar movement and the Home Rule Leagues2:10:1515 min readLocked
  5. Video18.Class 16 — From Home Rule to the Montagu Declaration, and Gandhi's first satyagrahas2:29:445 min readLocked

  1. Video19.Class 17 — The 1919 reforms, the Rowlatt Satyagraha, Jallianwala Bagh and Khilafat2:33:1912 min readLocked
  2. Video20.Class 18 — The Non-Cooperation Movement, Chauri Chaura and the Swarajists1:56:4612 min readLocked
  3. Video21.Class 19 — The Simon Commission, the Nehru Report and the revolutionaries of the 1920s1:53:5810 min readLocked
  4. Video22.Class 20 — The second phase of revolutionary nationalism, 1924 to 19342:14:2712 min readLocked
  5. Video23.Class 21 — Civil Disobedience, the Round Table Conferences, the Poona Pact and the 1935 Act2:41:2813 min readLocked
  6. Video24.Class 22 — The Congress ministries, the Second World War, the Cripps Mission and Quit India2:34:0812 min readLocked
  7. Video25.Class 23 — The road to Independence and Partition, 1942 to 19472:21:5017 min readLocked

From why a State needs a constitution to Parliament and the Union executive. Still being taught.

  1. Video26.Class 1 — Why a Constitution: the State, how it evolved, and the social revolutionPreview1:39:1815 min read
  2. Video27.Class 2 — The Preamble1:38:477 min readLocked
  3. Video28.Class 3, Part 1 — The Union and its territory: British India and the princely states28:291 min readLocked
  4. Video29.Class 3, Part 2 — Integrating the princely states, and the first states24:551 min readLocked
  5. Video30.Class 3, Part 3 — India, that is Bharat: how states are made and remade39:504 min readLocked
  6. Video31.Class 4 — The Constituent Assembly, the theory of the State, and Articles 12 to 141:28:524 min readLocked

  1. Video32.Class 5 — Equality: Articles 14, 15 and 16, and reservation1:54:345 min readLocked
  2. Video33.Class 6 — Equality continued: reservation, and Articles 17 and 181:26:0112 min readLocked
  3. Video34.Class 7 — Article 19, land reforms and the basic structure2:08:444 min readLocked
  4. Video35.Class 8 — Articles 20 and 22: conviction, arrest and preventive detention2:10:315 min readLocked
  5. Video36.Class 9, Part 1 — Article 21: procedure established by law and due process51:314 min readLocked
  6. Video37.Class 9, Part 2 — Article 21 after Maneka Gandhi1:07:414 min readLocked
  7. Video38.Class 10 — Freedom of religion, secularism and minority rights1:31:576 min readLocked
  8. Video39.Class 11 — Minority educational institutions and the Directive Principles2:07:036 min readLocked

  1. Video40.Class 12 — The Union legislature begins1:44:387 min readLocked
  2. Video41.Class 13 — The Union legislature: seats, delimitation and the Representation of the People Acts1:01:558 min readLocked
  3. Video42.Class 14 — Elections, the right to vote and the disqualification of members2:17:096 min readLocked
  4. Video43.Class 15 — The Union executive: the President, the ministers and the civil service2:05:587 min readLocked
  5. Video44.Class 16 — The President and the Vice-President1:45:199 min readLocked
  6. Video45.Class 17 — Parliament: membership, anti-defection and the Speaker2:06:169 min readLocked

Frequently asked questions

Is this the whole General Studies syllabus?

Not yet. LINCOLN 2026 is still being taught, and today the course holds two subjects: Modern Indian History, from the arrival of the Europeans to 1947, and Indian Polity as far as Parliament and the Union executive. Geography, the economy, the rest of Polity and the other parts of the syllabus are not here today. New classes are added as they are taught and open for everyone whose access is running. We do not promise a date or a number, so buy the course for the classes listed on this page; anything added comes on top of them.

Is anything released on a schedule?

No. Every class on the course is open from the first minute of your access, and a class added later opens the day it is uploaded. Take them in the outline's order, follow the session numbers to take the two subjects side by side as the batch did, or go straight to the one topic you came for.

What language are the classes in?

English and Tamil. The teachers move between the two as the class goes on, which is how it was taught. Polity is mostly in English. History has longer stretches in Tamil, with the terms in English. There are no subtitles on the recordings. If you are unsure whether the mix suits you, watch the two free classes first, one from each subject and each teacher: the History orientation, an hour and eight minutes, and Polity Class 1, an hour and forty minutes.

I am starting from zero. Will I follow it?

Yes. Both subjects start at the beginning. The History orientation says what to read and how the subject is asked, and Class 1 begins with why the Europeans came to India at all. Polity Class 1 begins with why a State needs a constitution. What the classes do assume is that you are preparing for the examination: they stop on previous-year questions and say what Prelims and Mains each want from a topic.

What if I run out of views on a lecture?

When your views of a lecture are nearly used, the lecture shows a button, "Ask for more views", and you can add a reason. The institute's answer comes to your Inbox on this site. The two free classes are not counted, so they never run out.

What is included, and what is not?

Included: every recorded class on this page and each one added while your access lasts; the class handouts, as reading under the lectures; and one-to-one calls with a mentor, asked for in Mentor Connect when a mentor has hours open. Not included: there is no live class, no AI tutor, no answer evaluation and no test series in this course; the test series are sold separately on this site. The lectures stream in the browser and cannot be downloaded for offline viewing, and the handouts are read on the page rather than downloaded as files. The recordings have no captions.

How long do I have access?

For 365 days from the day you enrol.

Can I try the course before buying?

Yes. 2 lessons are free to preview — look for Preview in the curriculum.

How do I pay?

Through Razorpay, at checkout — card, UPI, net banking or a wallet. Your course unlocks as soon as the payment is confirmed, and a receipt is emailed to you.

How many times can I watch a lecture?

You can watch each lecture twice. Pausing, skipping and changing speed cost nothing; watching a part again uses up some of your second viewing. Free preview lessons are not counted. A lecture plays on one device at a time: starting it in another tab or on another device stops it in the first.

Can I study on my phone?

Yes. Courses run in the browser on any phone, tablet or laptop.

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