No Tipu Sultan, No Anglo-Mysore Wars in Class 8 NCERT Book: Why the Centre Says That’s Okay
07 August 2025 | The Indian Express
On the new NCERT Class 8 Social Science textbook omitting the mention of Tipu Sultan, Haidar Ali, and the Anglo-Mysore wars of the 1700s, the Centre said in response to a question in Parliament on Wednesday that states have the “flexibility to provide more coverage about regional personalities and events in their textbooks.”
“Education being a subject in the Concurrent List of the Constitution and the majority of schools being under the jurisdiction of the State Governments, the respective State Government may adopt or adapt NCERT textbooks or develop their own textbooks based on the National Curriculum Framework. The states have flexibility to provide more coverage about regional personalities and events in their textbooks,” Minister of State for Education Jayant Chaudhary said in response to a question in the Rajya Sabha….