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Delhi University Drops Delhi Sultanate Paper, Several History Courses From Revised PG Syllabus
24htopnews | August 14, 2026 5:08 PM CST

Delhi University has removed the Delhi Sultanate paper from its revised PG History syllabus along with several other courses. DU said the syllabus changes are part of an expert review process, while faculty members raised concerns over the removal of long-running history papers.

New Delhi: Delhi University (DU) has dropped the paper “The Delhi Sultanate: Structures of Authority in Medieval North India (13th-14th Centuries)” from its newly notified postgraduate history syllabus.

As per a report by , the paper, which was taught in Semester III, examined the formation of the Delhi Sultanate, the exercise of political authority, and the political, religious and cultural developments of the medieval period. Several other long-running history papers have also been omitted from the revised syllabus.

According to the report, of the 38 Discipline Specific Elective (DSE) papers proposed by DU’s History Department, 16 DSE papers were included in the Semester III syllabus notified on August 7. Several other papers remain in categories described in university records as “under discussion” or “undiscussed”.

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