History In Schools

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Raising awareness about what is taught for Indian History in our schools. Currently being curated by

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    20 Mar 2016

    Chacha Nehru, the saffron star of Indian history and other such hilarities.

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    29 Apr 2017
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    Book claims Battle of Buxar made English supreme power in India. Fact: Marathas, in spite of Panipat, were the dominant power up to 1790s.

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    29 Apr 2017
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    Book says Guru Gobind Singh formed Khalsa to "oppose the wrongdoings of Mughals". They won't tell you this.

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    29 Apr 2017
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    Well, small mercies. At least we are spared a full page secular glorification of Tipu in the new textbook.

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    Haider Ali "became" the ruler of Mysore. Of course, no mention of how he did it (treachery) and who ruled Mysore for 6 centuries before him.
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    29 Apr 2017
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    As usual, the Marathas is where seculars do their major damage. I'll request to check this out.

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    29 Apr 2017
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    Haider Ali "became" the ruler of Mysore. Of course, no mention of how he did it (treachery) and who ruled Mysore for 6 centuries before him.

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    29 Apr 2017

    8th standard new ICSE textbook gives many explanations for decline of Mughal empire. Studiously avoids mention of Marathas. Worse follows.

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    30 Mar 2017

    (v):Whitewashing evil, hateful,inhuman,disgusting characteristics of the perp; insisting that the victim is biased & unaware!

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    30 Mar 2017
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    : Hiding History by Preaching Political Policy

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  10. 29 Mar 2017

    Karnataka 6th std textbooks - the mess that is history in our schools.

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    . Kar 6th std textbook - material on the great Krishnadevaraya. As a matter of fact, a kannada king.
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    25 Mar 2017
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    Moinuddin Chishti and Nizamuddin Auliya did jihad and prayed for victory of Islamic invaders, preaching love and tolerance all the while.

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    25 Mar 2017
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    For those asking whether the Marathas made it to 7th grade history, yes Shivaji gets ONE PARAGRAPH in Aurangzeb's life history.

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    25 Mar 2017
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    Every servant of Akbar is named personally. But it's perfectly fine not to name long lived emperors of Hindu empires in Indian history.

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    25 Mar 2017
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    'Zinda peer' Aurangzeb, has been marginally toned down by including few words on his religious intolerance and killing of Guru Tegh Bahadur.

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    25 Mar 2017
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    Babur - brave general, military genius, respected, gifted poet and author, nature lover and *not a fanatic*. This is really the full monty.

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    25 Mar 2017
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    Akbar "the great" - conquest of Chittor - 30,000 civilians massacred in cold blood - whitewashed. Rana Pratap reduced to a mere footnote.

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    25 Mar 2017
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    And did you know those Vijayanagar Kings worshipped their gods in chapels and not temples?

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    25 Mar 2017
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    They've actually included three full pages on the 250 year long Vijayanagar empire. (Mughal rule was shorter but gets almost the full book).

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    25 Mar 2017
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    Delhi sultanate a secular administration! Some mention of Hindus here for the first time in the book. Caste, sati, child marriage, purdah!!

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    25 Mar 2017
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    Qutb Minar: fusion of Hindu - Islamic architecture!! The 27 temples that were demolished for it are kept out of history as usual.

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    25 Mar 2017
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    And yes kids, please do discuss: Mohammed Bin Tughluq was a man much ahead of his time 😂😂😂

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