It is, thus clear that Sudha Murty has advertently or inadvertently ended up peddling the lies created by unreliable sources and propagated by contemporary Mughal cheerleaders.
Tearing into Rahul Gandhi over his remark that "Rajas and Maharajas used to take away lands", PM Modi said that doesn't speak a word on atrocities of Islamic rulers due to vote bank politics
After getting the go-ahead from the state government, the Education Department is planning to introduce supplementary textbooks for classes XI and XII.
The Hindus, who had somehow accustomed themselves to living with the Mughals during their early rule, were in for a rude shock when the dominion passed to Aurangzeb, a fanatic of Islam.
It is because of the decisive defeat of and subsequent heavy ransom imposed on the Mughal governor of Bengal that liberals often paint the revenge Maratha forces took for 22 commanders' murders in Bengal as atrocities and try to insinuate that even Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's army committed rapes because he too hailed from the Bhosale clan.
The letter written by Viswam is directly in contrast with the previous stance of the CPM government in West Bengal, which had ordered that there should be no mention of Muslim atrocities in textbooks during their tenure.
Mainstream media widely speculated that NCERT has amended its publications, notably the 12th-class History book, and removed certain chapters on the Mughal empire