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Mamata Banerjee's "Will Not Do Away With Taj Mahal" Swipe At BJP
Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today promised that welfare schemes will continue and also took aim at the BJP for its alleged attempt at history rewriting in the light of recent textbook revisions.
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When Political Parties Rewrite Textbooks
Exclusive excerpt from Indian Cultures as Heritage: Contemporary Pasts by Romila Thapar
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A Committee Chosen By Modi Government To Rewrite India's History: Report
During the first week of January last year, a group of scholars gathered in a white bungalow on a leafy boulevard in central Delhi. The focus of their discussion: how to rewrite the history of the nation. The government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi had quietly appointed the committee of scholars about six months earlier. Details of its existence...
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Battle Of Haldighati: No Plan To 'Rewrite' History, Says Rajasthan University Vice Chancellor
The University of Rajasthan has received a proposal from BJP MLA from Jaipur's Kishanpole constituency, Mohanlal Gupta who is also a member of University syndicate to include a textbook in the history syllabus which claims that the famous battle of Haldighati was won by Maharana Pratap.
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Vladimir Putin accused of Soviet tactics in drafting new history book
A call by President Vladimir Putin for a new textbook that reconciles differences over Russia's past has left him facing accusations of copying Soviet leaders by rewriting history for political ends.
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Mamata Banerjee's "Will Not Do Away With Taj Mahal" Swipe At BJP
Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today promised that welfare schemes will continue and also took aim at the BJP for its alleged attempt at history rewriting in the light of recent textbook revisions.
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When Political Parties Rewrite Textbooks
Exclusive excerpt from Indian Cultures as Heritage: Contemporary Pasts by Romila Thapar
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A Committee Chosen By Modi Government To Rewrite India's History: Report
During the first week of January last year, a group of scholars gathered in a white bungalow on a leafy boulevard in central Delhi. The focus of their discussion: how to rewrite the history of the nation. The government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi had quietly appointed the committee of scholars about six months earlier. Details of its existence...
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Battle Of Haldighati: No Plan To 'Rewrite' History, Says Rajasthan University Vice Chancellor
The University of Rajasthan has received a proposal from BJP MLA from Jaipur's Kishanpole constituency, Mohanlal Gupta who is also a member of University syndicate to include a textbook in the history syllabus which claims that the famous battle of Haldighati was won by Maharana Pratap.
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Vladimir Putin accused of Soviet tactics in drafting new history book
A call by President Vladimir Putin for a new textbook that reconciles differences over Russia's past has left him facing accusations of copying Soviet leaders by rewriting history for political ends.
