Akbar and Aurangzeb, Pakistan and India – What History Textbooks Tell Us about the Two Countries
Tabshir Shams | 24 July 2025 | The Indian Express
Textbook revisions are a routine exercise conducted by the NCERT every few years. The recently updated Class 8 textbook, Exploring Society: India and Beyond, released earlier this month, is the first in the new NCERT curriculum. The stated aim of the textbook is to provide students with an integrated and multidisciplinary understanding of history, geography, economics, and governance.
A few hundred kilometres from the NCERT’s office in New Delhi, lies the Pakistan Studies office in Lahore. The stated aim of Pakistan Studies is to enhance students’ knowledge about the history, culture and geography of Pakistan and to inculcate patriotism. Every school student of Pakistan must study Pakistan Studies textbooks till higher secondary…