‘NCERT’ removes the wrong map of the ‘Maratha Empire’ from the Class VIII book
Union Minister Jitendra Singh, and retired Brigadier Bhupesh Singh Hada from Bundi had also objected to the map as it was incorrect.
Union Minister Jitendra Singh, and retired Brigadier Bhupesh Singh Hada from Bundi had also objected to the map as it was incorrect.
The Supreme Court of India has issued notice to the School Education Department, the Secretary, Ministry of Education, and the Director of the NCERT.
The lesson states that judges are bound by a code of conduct that governs not only their behaviour inside the courtroom but also outside it.
It refers to the judiciary’s internal mechanism to maintain accountability, and an “established procedure for receiving complaints through the Centralised Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System (CPGRAMS)”
The new textbook provides comprehensive information on Ghaznavi’s 17 invasions of India under the section ‘Ghaznavi’s invasions.’ This includes details of the loot of Mathura’s temples, the destruction of the Kannauj temple, and the demolition of the Somnath temple in Gujarat.
MP Owaisi further said that information about Nathuram Godse, who assassinated Mahatma Gandhi, has also been removed from the curriculum.
NCERT textbooks overlook Megasthenes’ account of no institutional slavery in Hindu society, while omitting the harsh reality of Hindu women being enslaved and sold by Muslim rulers.
Our children, the future of Bharat, are being lied to by the very institution we have entrusted them with – the school system. For decades, we have been taught that Bharat was a land of the conquered, the subjugated, and the meek.
Chapters have been added to the book on the spiritual journey of Guru Nanak and the military resistance of Guru Gobind Singh. Also, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj’s military strategy, administration and emphasis on Swarajya.
The above information is included under a section titled ‘The dark chapters in history’. It has also been clarified that ‘no one can be held responsible today for the events that happened in history’.