[BJP News] BJP states reject revised NCERT history texts

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revised NCERT history texts>Sat, 13 Aug 2005 12:26:01 -0700>>BJP states

reject revised NCERT history texts>The Hindu>August 13, 2005>>New Delhi, Aug

13.(PTI): BJP on Friday said it would not teach the revised>history text books

published by NCERT in states ruled by it and threatened to>launch a countrywide

agitation against the UPA Government's attempts to>"de-Indianise and

de-Hinduise" the country's past.>>Alleging that the new text books being

circulated by the NCERT have not been>revised and contained derogatory

references to Sikh Gurus, Jats and Aryans, BJP>Parliamentary Party spokesman V

K Malhotra told reporters here, "we will not>allow these books to be taught in

schools in BJP-ruled states".>>Charging historians including R S Sharma and

Romilla Thapar with possessing a>"perverted mindset" and being "Hindu haters",

he alleged that they wanted to>"de-Indianise and de-Hinduise

history".>>>>------------------------------->This

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