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Mamata Banerjee randomly talks about unrelated historical figures while furthering rumours of Modi govt removing Mughal history from textbooks
Ahead of the Panchayat elections in the State, Mamata Banerjee hoped to reignite the rumour around the removal of Indian history from public memory.
“Our history books have only 2-3 lines on Prithviraj Chauhan, but there is a lot mentioned about invaders”: Akshay Kumar
In an exclusive interview with ANI, Akshay Kumar lamented the lack of mention of Indian culture and kings in history books.
‘Include section on Vedas, review portrayal of freedom fighters in school textbooks’: Parliamentary Committee on Education
A Parliamentary committee on education has stated that educational content for students should be "free of biases".
Vikram Sampath, who authored books on Veer Savarkar, gets elected as Fellow of the Royal Historical Society
Royal Historical Society is the United Kingdom’s (UK) foremost society working for historians and history since the past 150 years.
The phantom of colonialism: Unearthing ‘Discovery’
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How are we truly independent if we let our children learn history written by invaders with their own narrative?
School textbooks: Tools of knowledge or weapons of cultural genocide?
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Narratives are not the truth; rather they nudge you to understand the truth in a particular way. They are never neutral or innocent; they are always strategic.
Overemphasis on Mughals, caste issues, no mention of Hindu kings, saints: Think-tank flags distortion in NCERT books before Parliamentary panel
Think-tank tells parliamentary committee on education that NCERT books pay disproportionately high attention to Mughal rulers.
Netizens storm Twitter for a separate chapter on North East India in NCERT textbooks: Here is what triggered the trend
Netizens used hashtags 'A Chapter for NE' and 'Northeast Matters' on Twitter demanding separate chapter non North East in NCERT textbooks
History books should teach India’s civilisational, linguistic heritage, not unfounded claims: Parliamentary Committee meets to discuss NCERT books
The panel heard suggestions from ex-NCERT director and other representatives on reforms in textbooks
NCERT says it has no information on source of claim made in textbook that Mughals had rebuilt temples after destroying them
NCERT History textbook says that Shahjahan and Aurangzeb have issued grants for rebuilding temples destroyed in war
