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  2. NCERT textbook controversies - Wikipedia

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    NCERT had announced its decision to erase certain chapters on the Mughal Empire from class 12 history textbooks to which the BJP party and many of its politicians like Kapil Mishra have welcomed the move to eliminate part of the Mughal history from course books. This move of erasing Mughal history from syllabus attracted severe criticism from ...

  3. Historical revisionism - Wikipedia

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    In historiography, historical revisionism is the reinterpretation of a historical account. [1] It usually involves challenging the orthodox (established, accepted or traditional) scholarly views or narratives regarding a historical event, timespan, or phenomenon by introducing contrary evidence or reinterpreting the motivations and decisions of the people involved.

  4. National Council of Educational Research and Training

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    According to historian Sadanand More, the NCERT, as the zenith organization that provides advice and support for the improvement of school education, has been avoiding mentioning in school history books that about half of the Indian subcontinent was ruled by the Maratha Empire for a period before the British East India Company conquered it. [28]

  5. Historiography of India - Wikipedia

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    The historiography of India refers to the studies, sources, critical methods and interpretations used by scholars to develop a history of India.. In recent decades there have been four main schools of historiography in how historians study India: Cambridge, Nationalist, Marxist, and subaltern.

  6. National Curriculum Framework 2005 - Wikipedia

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    Entrance to NCERT campus on Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi. The National Curriculum Framework 2005 (NCF 2005) is the fourth National Curriculum Framework published in 2005 by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) in India. Its predecessors were published in 1975, 1988, 2000.

  7. Pakistani textbooks controversy - Wikipedia

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    The Class VII (ages 11–12) book (Sindh Textbook Board) on Islamic Studies reads: "Most other religions of the world claim equality, but they never act on it." The Class VIII (ages 12–13) book (Punjab Textbook Board) on Islamic Studies reads: "Honesty for non-Muslims is merely a business strategy, while for Muslims it is a matter of faith."

  8. Counter-Enlightenment - Wikipedia

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    It was first mentioned briefly in English in William Barrett's 1949 article "Art, Aristocracy and Reason" in Partisan Review. He used the term again in his 1958 book on existentialism, Irrational Man; however, his comment on Enlightenment criticism was very limited. [2] In Germany, the expression "Gegen-Aufklärung" has a longer history.

  9. Anti-art - Wikipedia

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    Additionally, some forms of anti-art reject art entirely, or reject the idea that art is a separate realm or specialization. [10] Anti-artworks may also reject art based upon a consideration of art as being oppressive of a segment of the population.