A report in The Indian Express on April 7, 2023, by Ritika Chopra, revealed that the NCERT has removed the chapter titled “The Mughal Courts” entirely from its standard XII textbook “Themes in Indian History.” The chapter had contents covering Mughal-era manuscripts like Akbar Nama and Badshah Nama and chronicled the history of Mughals depicting the battles, hunting expeditions, building constructions and court scenes. Besides, in the class VII history textbook titled “Our Pasts – II”, several portions dealing with the Delhi Sultanate and the rule of many dynasties including the Mamluks, Tughlaqs, Khaljis, and Lodis have been erased. In the same textbook, from the chapter “The Mughal Empire”, several contents have been taken away and strikingly, a two-page table showing achievements of Mughal emperors such as Humayun, Shah Jahan, Babur, Akbar, Jahangir, and Aurangzeb has been deleted. All such portions in history textbooks were earmarked for removal in 2022 itself and it was reported in Express as well.
Mahatma Gandhi’s Prediction from 1947
Mahatma Gandhi made a prediction in 1947 during the horrific communal conflagration of the partition that the festering sore of communalism, bloodshed, and accentuated bitterness among Hindus and Muslims would make our education venomous and lead to the expunction of the Muslim period from the history syllabus. Very tragically, his apprehensions and dire prediction have been fructified by those running the affairs of NCERT. They have removed several substantive portions concerning Muslim rule from
— source newsclick.in | S N Sahu | 08 Apr 2023