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NCERT social science textbook: New Class 8 book chapter on colonial era skips Tipu Sultan, Anglo-Mysore wars

NCERT social science textbook: New Class 8 book chapter on colonial era skips Tipu Sultan, Anglo-Mysore wars

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The new NCERT Class 8 Social Science textbook skips the mention of Tipu Sultan, Haidar Ali or the Anglo-Mysore wars of 1700s in its chapter on India’s colonial era, which has been described as time when “one of the richest lands of the world had become one of the poorest”. Part 1 of the textbook […]

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NCERT social science textbook: Class 8 new book flags ‘brutality’ of Mughals, with no-blame disclaimer

NCERT social science textbook: Class 8 new book flags ‘brutality’ of Mughals, with no-blame disclaimer

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Describing Babur as a “brutal and ruthless conqueror, slaughtering entire populations of cities”, Akbar’s reign as a “blend of brutality and tolerance”, and Aurangzeb who destroyed temples and gurdwaras, the NCERT’s new Class 8 Social Science textbook, which introduces students to the Delhi Sultanate and the Mughals, points to “many instances of religious intolerance” during […]

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