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New Class 9 History Textbook Focuses on Resistance Against Foreign Invaders
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Representative image · PexelsMarxist to Hindutva: How NCERT history book rows mirror a battle for India's past. In its newly released Class 9 social science textbook, Understanding Society – India and Beyond, the NCERT has in a chapter on medieval history focused on resistance local kings offered to "foreign invaders" —the Delhi Sultans and the Mughals — with only a cursory mention of the alliance between the Mughals and Rajputs. This marks a break: for decades, medieval history textbooks did discuss battles but also discussed in detail instances of cooperation between the Mughals and Hindu princes, apart from pointing out that the medieval times saw the development of a composite culture in India with
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What Happened
Recent revisions to the Class 9 social science textbook by NCERT place a stronger focus on local resistance to Muslim rulers while reducing details about Hindu-Muslim cooperation in medieval India.
Why It Matters
School curricula shape how millions of young citizens understand their national identity, culture, and past conflicts. Different political administrations use textbook revisions to promote their own interpretation of history, shifting between secular, Marxist, and Hindutva frameworks.
What Happens Next
Debates and controversies are likely to continue among historians, political parties, and educators whenever textbook contents are revised or replaced following changes in national leadership.
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