NCERT Modules on Partition: Distortions Galore
Ram Puniyani | 21 August 2025 | Countercurrents.org
NCERT, which prepares the school texts for the CBSE Board, is on a speedy journey to change the school texts and supplementary reading materials. Mostly it is modifying and changing the contents to suit the agenda of the ruling party. BJP is pursuing the agenda of Hindu nationalism. It is constructing the past through these books to ensure that the new generation thinks in a way to support BJP-RSS’s political program. They have already deleted Mughals from the Text books; they have also presented ancient history to glorify Aryans as first-comers’ on this land to strengthen their case of Hindutva nationalism, as Aryan race is one of the pillars of Hindu Nationalism. The latest in the series is the misrepresentation of India’s partition. They have issued two modules on ‘Partition Horrors Day and partition. These modules are meant to be supplementary reading for making projects, debates etc…