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Re-Writing History Books Negationism To Be Removed And Truthful Narration To Replace The False One
Dt: 12/7/21
Re-Writing History Books Negationism To Be Removed And
Truthful Narration To Replace The False One
Dr T H Chowdary*
One of the greatest harms done to the young in India when they are in schools is the removal of history and substituting it by sociology. Leftist, Marxist “secular “persons were engaged to write themes under sociology. What was written is mostly to describe Hindu society as caste-ridden Brahminical and exploitative and suppression of the lower castes. Another message is that Islam is an egalitarian religion. And that the Muslim invaders -plunderers- ruler-settlers had committed no crimes against Hindus which Hindu king also have not committed in some measure to people of other religions, especially Buddhism. The desecration and destruction of temples and zezia was rationalized. Our heroes like Bappa Rawal, Rana Pratap, Shivaji, Subhas Chandra Bose etc, were dismissed in a few paragraphs and that too, in negative light. It requires great effort to remove this negationism and establish the factual history.
2. India is a civilization state (China is the only other). It was earlier a cultural nation. Sardar Patel converted this cultural nation into nation state politically, administratively and legally . It was the Sanatan Dharma and the culture derived from it that has kept the Indian people irrespective of language and region . So, the first thing that we have to do is to restore history as a subject. From the primary to the SSC standard removing sociology but including social items as part of history itself.
3. Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan produced 10 illustrated books under the Culture Series. They are good for classes I to X. I suggest that whosoever is examining this issue of re-writing history have a look at these 10 books which are not large in volume but very readable. Our cultural history is told in stories from the Ramayana and Mahabharata and such literature. These should be taught in classes I to X.
4. India’s constitution:
Following fundamental features of the constitution must be included in every history book.
· India is not a federation ; but us Union of States; States are created, boundaries altered, regrouped and divided by the Parliament of India.
· India’s Union Government is designed to be strong to override any fissiparous actions of the states or any part of India . Articles - 3, 352, 356, 360 and their significance; that is the Union government can discipline the states; in the concurrent list of the Union and the States, the Union law will prevail on any subject.
· What should be changed in view of the developments since Independence; National Population Policy, National Water Grid, connecting inter-state rivers and building National Reservoirs from which States can draw waters , National Universities , abolition of Minority Commissions and Departments , prohibition of creation of minority districts , caste- wise welfare corporations, hostels, schools (Grukulas) etc.
5. India’s century’s long resistance to Muslim conquests in India : Differences in the conquests and consequences of among native rulers and between the foreigners especially Muslim invaders and rulers on one hand and the native kings on the other. Contrast Shivaji’s conquest and non-conversion of defeated Muslims with the conversion and enslavement of the defeated peoples by the Muslim conquerors.
6. Atrocities committed by Md.Ghori, Aurangazeb , Delhi Sultanate, Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan, Alladin Khalji, the Rajakars under Nizam.
7. Muslim backwardness in what respects and why and how and since when and what should be done to overcome that one.
8. The contents of the books ( Annexed) by the late Sri Sitaram Goel and Ram Swarup published by Voice of India should be incorporated into history books in relevant places.
9. Warnings of History written by Sri Kulapati K M Munshi must also be the contents of the history to be written.
10. Contrast between the Imperial Cholas and other Hindu kings rule over South East Asian territories ( Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Kampuchea, Vietnam…) and the Muslim and the British rule in India.
11. The wonderful architecture and construction engineering of temples in South India under the rule of the above dynasties.
12. The great irrigation systems ( tanks and canals) in South India during the Kakatiya , Chola, Pandya and Vijayanagara rule.
13. Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan published the history of India written in several volumes by Dr R.C Majumdar. Those volumes must be consulted for writing the new history books .
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