New NCERT Textbook Omits Reference to Raziyya Sultan, Nur Jehan
18 July 2025 | The Wire
The new class 8 social science textbook of the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) introduced for the present academic year (2025-26) has omitted references to historical figures such as Raziyya Sultan and Nur Jehan.
The older textbook had a section dedicated to Raziyya Sultan, who once ruled the Delhi Sultanate and also mentioned Noor Jehan, who was from the Mughal era, reported The Hindu…