NCERT Special Module Says Jinnah, Congress, Mountbatten ‘Culprits’ of India’s Partition

NCERT special module says Jinnah, Congress, Mountbatten ‘culprits’ of India’s partition

Both modules open with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 2021 message announcing the observance of Partition Horrors Remembrance Day.

NCERT new modules blame Congress for partition, sparks row

NCERT's new special modules stated Congress ‘accepted the plans of Partition’ and ‘underestimated Jinnah’ while failing to anticipate the long-term horrors that followed.

NCERT's new partition modules put spotlight on Congress, Jinnah, and Mountbatten

In its newly released special modules marking Partition Remembrance Day, the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has reshaped how young Indians will be taught about the division of the country. The educational body argues that the Partition of India and the birth of Pakistan were not inevitable, but the result of three key actors: Jinnah, who demanded it, The Congress leadership, which accepted it, and Mountbatten, wh…

NCERT spl module holds Jinnah, Congress, 'culprits' of India's partition

New Delhi: A special module released by the NCERT to mark “Partition Horrors Remembrance Day” has held Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the Congress and then Viceroy Lord Mountbatten responsible for India’s partition. The module has also noted that post-Partition, Kashmir emerged as a new problem, which had never existed in India before and created a challenge for the country’s foreign policy. It has also flagged that some countries keep giving aid to Pakis…

NCERT New Modules Blame Congress and Mountbatten for Partition, Sparking Political Row

NCERT's new modules on the Partition are causing controversy by blaming the Congress leadership alongside Jinnah and Mountbatten. The texts say Congress underestimated Jinnah, leading to a "hasty" and tragic division. Congress leader Sandeep Dikshit has challenged NCERT to a debate.

New NCERT modules on partition blame Congress, say it 'accepted plans’; party reacts

Concluding on a cautionary note, the modules say: “Shortsightedness in rulers can become a national catastrophe. Giving concessions to violence to gain peace results in whetting the appetite of violence-prone groups.”