For the proponents of Hindu rashtra, Gandhi is the most formidable obstacle. Their latest tampering with the NCERT school textbooks is part of many manoeuvres being simultaneously carried out to finish him off forever.
While no changes have been made to this particular section of the Class XII political science textbook as part of NCERT's rationalisation project, the Akalis say the resolution only sought to promote federalism within the constitutional framework.
Why should one shed tears for the dropping of a chapter on Mughals when India’s history books gloss over Ahoms, reduce Cholas and Pallavas to insignificance, and mention the Vijayanagara Empire in passing?
The erased chapters are related to ‘Kings and Chronicles; the Mughal Courts (C. 16th and 17th centuries)’ from the book ‘Themes of Indian History-Part II’.