Delhi University Drops Delhi Sultanate Paper

The Delhi University has revised its postgraduate History syllabus, removing the long-standing paper 'The Delhi Sultanate: Structures of Authority in Medieval North India (13th-14th Centuries)' from Semester III. The revised syllabus, notified on August 7, also excludes several other courses, including 'History of North India, c. 1400-1550', 'Gender and Women in Early India: 1500 BCE to 1000 CE', 'Political Processes and Structure of Polities in Ancient India', and 'Religion and Society in Ancient Indian Literature'. The History Department had proposed 38 Discipline Specific Elective (DSE) papers, but only 16 were included in the final notification. The changes are part of the university's curriculum restructuring under the National Education Policy 2020. DU Dean of Academic Affairs K. Ratnabali stated that courses were not 'held back' and that an Expert Committee, constituted by Vice-Chancellor Yogesh Singh, reviewed courses requiring further review. The committee included external experts, the History Department head, and Academic Council members. Some additional papers may be notified after the review is completed.