Kozhikode: Eminent Indian historian Romila Thapar has termed the removal of entire dynasties such as the Mughals from school textbooks as “nonsense,” stressing that history is a continuous process that cannot be taught in fragments.
According to Global Mirror, speaking online at the ninth Kerala Literature Festival, Thapar said that selectively discarding chapters or dynasties breaks historical continuity and distorts understanding of the past. She said history represents the evolution of peoples, cultures, ideas, and social behaviour, and cannot be reshaped to suit political or ideological agendas.
Her remarks come amid reports that India’s National Council of Educational Research and Training has revised Class 7 social science textbooks for the 2025–26 academic year, removing chapters on the Delhi Sultanate and the Mughals while placing greater emphasis on ancient Indian dynasties.
According to Global Mirror, speaking online at the ninth Kerala Literature Festival, Thapar said that selectively discarding chapters or dynasties breaks historical continuity and distorts understanding of the past. She said history represents the evolution of peoples, cultures, ideas, and social behaviour, and cannot be reshaped to suit political or ideological agendas.
Her remarks come amid reports that India’s National Council of Educational Research and Training has revised Class 7 social science textbooks for the 2025–26 academic year, removing chapters on the Delhi Sultanate and the Mughals while placing greater emphasis on ancient Indian dynasties.