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UP Board Class 12 Hindi syllabus 2026-27
The UP Board Class 12 Hindi syllabus for 2026-27 has 9 units and 46 chapters. The units are History of Hindi prose, Prose, Stories, History of Hindi poetry, Poetry, Khanda-kavya, Poetic aesthetics, Sanskrit and Writing and Sanskrit grammar. This outline follows the official Madhyamik Shiksha Parishad, Uttar Pradesh document read on 2 October 2026. A few items still need confirming, so check them with your school. Rate how clear each chapter feels and the planner suggests what to revise first.
Academic session 2026-27 / Needs verification / 2026-10-02
The prose, stories and poetry list is mapped. Your khanda-kavya depends on the prescribed district text; confirm it with school. The prescribed Sanskrit lesson list is mapped.
History of Hindi prose
Development of Hindi prose
Shukla and post-Shukla periods; major prose forms
Prose
Rashtra Ka Swaroop
Meaning, context, author introduction and language style
Robert Nursing Home Mein
Meaning, context, author introduction and language style
Ashok Ke Phool
Meaning, context, author introduction and language style
Siddhant Aur Niti: selected passages
Meaning, context, author introduction and language style, Main syllabus names edited Siddhant Aur Niti selections; the monthly plan calls the prose unit Pragati Ke Mandand. Confirm the exact edited passage with school.
Bhasha Aur Adhunikta
Meaning, context, author introduction and language style
Tejasvi Man: selected passages
Meaning, context, author introduction and language style
Bhagya Aur Purusharth
Meaning, context, author introduction and language style
Ninda Ras
Meaning, context, author introduction and language style
Stories
Panchlight
Plot, characters, story elements and textual evidence
Bahadur
Plot, characters, story elements and textual evidence
Karmanasha Ki Har
Plot, characters, story elements and textual evidence
Khoon Ka Rishta
Plot, characters, story elements and textual evidence
Lati
Plot, characters, story elements and textual evidence
History of Hindi poetry
Development of Hindi poetry
Bharatendu, Dwivedi, Chhayavad, Pragativad and new poetry
Poetry
Bharatendu: Prem Madhuri, Yamuna Chhavi
Meaning, poetic context, imagery and poet introduction
Ratnakar: Uddhav Prasang, Gangavataran
Meaning, poetic context, imagery and poet introduction
Hariaudh: Pavan Dutika
Meaning, poetic context, imagery and poet introduction
Gupt: Kaikeyi Ka Anutap, Geet
Meaning, poetic context, imagery and poet introduction
Prasad: Geet, Shraddha-Manu
Meaning, poetic context, imagery and poet introduction
Nirala: Badal Rag, Sandhya Sundari
Meaning, poetic context, imagery and poet introduction
Pant: Nauka Vihar, Bapu Ke Prati, Parivartan
Meaning, poetic context, imagery and poet introduction
Mahadevi Verma: Geet
Meaning, poetic context, imagery and poet introduction
Dinkar: Abhinav Manushya, Pururava, Urvashi
Meaning, poetic context, imagery and poet introduction
Agyeya: Maine Ahuti Bankar Dekha, Hiroshima
Meaning, poetic context, imagery and poet introduction
Narendra Sharma: Madhu Ki Ek Boond
Prescribed poem: meaning, imagery and expression.
Bhavani Prasad Mishra: Boond Tapki Ek Nabh Se
Prescribed poem: meaning, imagery and expression.
Gajanan Madhav Muktibodh: Mujhe Kadam-Kadam Par
Prescribed poem: meaning, imagery and expression.
Girija Kumar Mathur: Chitramay Dharti
Prescribed poem: meaning, imagery and expression.
Dharamvir Bharati: Sanjh Ke Badal
Prescribed poem: meaning, imagery and expression.
Khanda-kavya
District-prescribed khanda-kavya
Study only the book assigned to your district. District names below follow the official PDF, including older names; confirm school instructions for renamed or newly created districts., Mukti Yajna - Sumitranandan Pant: Kanpur Nagar, Jaunpur, Sambhal, Moradabad, Faizabad, Ambedkar Nagar, Etah, Lalitpur, Kanpur Dehat, Amroha, Kasganj, Satya Ki Jeet - Dwarika Prasad Maheshwari: Jhansi, Badaun, Pratapgarh, Rampur, Pilibhit, Lucknow, Etawah, Ballia, Bijnor, Auraiya, Rashmirathi - Ramdhari Singh Dinkar: Varanasi, Bulandshahr, Mathura, Muzaffarnagar, Fatehpur, Unnao, Deoria, Shamli, Bhadohi, Chandauli, Alokvritta - Gulab Khandelwal: Prayagraj, Sonbhadra, Aligarh, Saharanpur, Hathras, Farrukhabad, Mainpuri, Mirzapur, Sitapur, Kannauj, Kaushambi, Tyagpathi - Rameshwar Shukla Anchal: Agra, Gorakhpur, Ghazipur, Bareilly, Amethi, Sultanpur, Jalaun, Lakhimpur Kheri, Balrampur, Gonda, Shahjahanpur, Barabanki, Maharajganj, Firozabad, Shravan Kumar - Shiv Balak Shukla: Meerut, Azamgarh, Basti, Raebareli, Hardoi, Ghaziabad, Banda, Bahraich, Hamirpur, Siddharthnagar, Mau, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Shravasti, Sant Kabir Nagar, Mahoba, Hapur, Baghpat, Other or newly created districts continue the earlier assignment under the official note. District-book practice is pending; generic literary questions do not replace it.
Poetic aesthetics
Rasa, alankar and chhand
All prescribed rasas: definitions, examples and recognition, Anupras, yamak, shlesh; upma, roopak, utpreksha, sandeh, bhrantiman, ananvay, pratip, drishtant and atishayokti, Matrik: chaupai, doha, soratha, rola, kundaliya, harigitika and barvai, Varnavritta: indravajra, upendravajra, savaiya, mattagayand, sumukhi, sundari and vasantatilaka; manhar listed under muktak
Sanskrit
Bhojasyaudaryam
Prescribed text: contextual meaning, comprehension and Sanskrit expression.
Sanskrita Bhashayah Mahattvam
Prescribed text: contextual meaning, comprehension and Sanskrit expression.
Atmajna Eva Sarvajnah
Prescribed text: contextual meaning, comprehension and Sanskrit expression., The primary textbook heading reads Atmajna Eva Sarvajnah; the main syllabus title has a printed wording variant.
Rituvarnanam
Prescribed text: contextual meaning, comprehension and Sanskrit expression.
Jataka Katha
Prescribed text: contextual meaning, comprehension and Sanskrit expression.
Nripati Dilipah
Prescribed text: contextual meaning, comprehension and Sanskrit expression.
Maharshi Dayanandah
Prescribed text: contextual meaning, comprehension and Sanskrit expression.
Subhashita Ratnani
Prescribed text: contextual meaning, comprehension and Sanskrit expression.
Mahamana Malaviyah
Prescribed text: contextual meaning, comprehension and Sanskrit expression.
Panchashila Siddhantah
Prescribed text: contextual meaning, comprehension and Sanskrit expression.
Duta Vakyam
Prescribed text: contextual meaning, comprehension and Sanskrit expression.
Writing and Sanskrit grammar
Letter writing (8 marks)
Formal and informal letters; appropriate format and expression
Essay writing (9 marks)
Original structured writing on specified social, scientific and environmental themes
Sanskrit grammar, objective questions (9 marks)
Sanskrit sandhi by the prescribed sutras: vowel (echo'yavayavah, engah padantadati, engi pararupam), consonant (stoh shchuna shchuh, shtuna shtuh, jhalam jash jhashi, khari cha, mo'nusvarah, tor li, anusvarasya yayi parasavarnah) and visarga (visarjaniyasya sah, sasajusho ruh, ato roraplutadaplute, hashi cha, ro ri), Sanskrit samas: avyayibhava, karmadharaya and bahuvrihi, Krit suffixes: kta, ktva, tavyat and aniyar; taddhita: tva, matup and vatup, Case use with abhitah/paritah, samaya/nikasha/ha/prati, body-part impairment, saha, namah and related words, possession and selection
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What is in the UP Board Class 12 Hindi syllabus for 2026-27?
| Unit | Marks | Chapters |
|---|---|---|
| History of Hindi prose | 5 | Development of Hindi prose |
| Prose | 15 | Rashtra Ka Swaroop; Robert Nursing Home Mein; Ashok Ke Phool; Siddhant Aur Niti: selected passages; Bhasha Aur Adhunikta; Tejasvi Man: selected passages; Bhagya Aur Purusharth; Ninda Ras |
| Stories | 5 | Panchlight; Bahadur; Karmanasha Ki Har; Khoon Ka Rishta; Lati |
| History of Hindi poetry | 5 | Development of Hindi poetry |
| Poetry | 15 | Bharatendu: Prem Madhuri, Yamuna Chhavi; Ratnakar: Uddhav Prasang, Gangavataran; Hariaudh: Pavan Dutika; Gupt: Kaikeyi Ka Anutap, Geet; Prasad: Geet, Shraddha-Manu; Nirala: Badal Rag, Sandhya Sundari; Pant: Nauka Vihar, Bapu Ke Prati, Parivartan; Mahadevi Verma: Geet; Dinkar: Abhinav Manushya, Pururava, Urvashi; Agyeya: Maine Ahuti Bankar Dekha, Hiroshima; Narendra Sharma: Madhu Ki Ek Boond; Bhavani Prasad Mishra: Boond Tapki Ek Nabh Se; Gajanan Madhav Muktibodh: Mujhe Kadam-Kadam Par; Girija Kumar Mathur: Chitramay Dharti; Dharamvir Bharati: Sanjh Ke Badal |
| Khanda-kavya | 5 | District-prescribed khanda-kavya |
| Poetic aesthetics | 6 | Rasa, alankar and chhand |
| Sanskrit | 18 | Bhojasyaudaryam; Sanskrita Bhashayah Mahattvam; Atmajna Eva Sarvajnah; Rituvarnanam; Jataka Katha; Nripati Dilipah; Maharshi Dayanandah; Subhashita Ratnani; Mahamana Malaviyah; Panchashila Siddhantah; Duta Vakyam |
| Writing and Sanskrit grammar | 26 | Letter writing (8 marks); Essay writing (9 marks); Sanskrit grammar, objective questions (9 marks) |
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Where is the official UP Board Class 12 Hindi syllabus?
- UPMSP Hindi Class 12: monthly syllabus 2026–27, UPMSP, accessed
- UPMSP Class 12 Hindi syllabus 2026-27, Madhyamik Shiksha Parishad, Uttar Pradesh, accessed
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