Revisionist History by Hindutvadis

Topic started by maNivaNNan on Mon Nov 15 15:40:46 .
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In his article "Textbooks and communalism" in the Hindu dated 16 Nov 1999, Asghar Ali Engineer writes about the revisionist history text books prescribed by the BJP and Shivsena governments. The article is at:

http://www.indiaserver.com/thehindu/stories/05162523.htm

Government prescribed Indian history books are notorious for their lack of coverage of not just contemporary history but also ancient history of the Tamils. Now it appears that the bias will get worse.

Were the Tiger of Seerangapatnam and Emperor Akbar merely Muslim fanatics as these revisionis historians claim or were they fair and patriotic Indian rulers?


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