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NCERT Asked to Add Bhagavad Gita to School Syllabus; Class 8 Book Revision Shows ‘Intolerance’ Under Mughals
INDIA, JUL 15 – The revised NCERT Class 8 textbook highlights Mughal rulers' cultural contributions alongside documented brutality, with over 4 crore students impacted by the updated 2025-26 curriculum.
- India's education board released a new Class 8 Social Science textbook portraying Mughal rulers as both intellectuals and plunderers, published for the 2025-26 academic year.
- Revised under NEP 2020 and NCF-SE 2023, the textbook aims to show rulers' limitations without demonising them, Michel Danino said.
- The textbook notes temples at Banaras, Mathura and Somnath were destroyed along with Jain and Sikh gurdwaras. It also says Akbar ordered the massacre of 30,000 civilians at Chittorgarh and quotes his dispatch: `We have succeeded in occupying a number of forts...`
- Up to 250 historians from Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi University and Columbia University condemned the revisions, and petitions have been circulated demanding a review of NCERT's historical content for objectivity and academic integrity.
- These materials will be released in October later this year, and NCERT's publications reach over 4 crore students annually.
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New NCERT Class 8 Book Highlights Mughal 'Brutality': Report
'[S]ome of the invaders and rulers mentioned above committed terrible deeds and atrocities,' but 'it is important to keep in mind that we, today, bear no responsibility for actions of individuals hundreds of years ago.'
NCERT has issued a clarification following the ongoing discussion on its new Class 8 textbook "Exploring Society, India and Beyond". According to NCERT, this textbook is designed for the final year of the middle stage of schooling, which aims to equip students with a multidisciplinary approach.
Facts from known sources, aim is holistic learning: NCERT on Mughal chapter row
NCERT has released an official statement on its new Class 8 textbook 'Exploring Society, India and Beyond'. Responding to criticism around chapters on Mughal era, it said that all of its content is fact-based and aimed at holistic learning.
NCERT asked to add Bhagavad Gita to school syllabus; Class 8 book revision shows ‘intolerance’ under Mughals
The new textbook has chapters on the Ganga River and AI, India's Gaganyaan program, and a controversial portrayal of the Sultanate and Mughal periods. The Uttarakhand government orders the teaching of the Bhagavad Gita and Ramayana in schools, emphasising a balanced historical perspective.
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