Distortion of History in Indian School Textbooks

To:  Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

President of India
Rashtrapati Bhavan
NEW DELHI

Respected Rashtrapatiji

Swami Vivekananda once said "The child is taken to school, and the first thing he learns is that his father is a fool, the second thing that his grandfather is a lunatic, the third thing that all his teachers are hypocrites, the fourth that all the sacred books are lies!". He was describing education in India in the pre-independence era.

Thanks to NCERT, which publishes textbooks for all the state run schools in India , Swamiji's words are more true today than ever before . Consider this ....

1. An NCERT textbook terms great nationalist freedom-fighters like Veer Savarkar, Lala Hardyal, Khudiram Bose etc as terrorist leaders.

2. According to an NCERT textbook the first war of independence was nothing but mutiny.

3. Hindus consider Cow as Holy mother. According to an NCERT textbook Aryans in Ancient India consumed Beef (Cows' Flesh).

4. At other places in NCERT textbooks it is stated that Lord Rama and Krishna are fictitious characters. And that Ramayana and Mahabharata are just myths.

We request your Excellency to ensure that such distortions be removed from our education system forthwith.

Sincerely,

The Undersigned

The Distortion of History in Indian School Textbooks Petition to Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam was created by Shiksha Bachao Andolan Samiti and written by Dinanath Batra (shiksha.bachao@gmail.com).  This petition is hosted here at www.PetitionOnline.com as a public service. There is no endorsement of this petition, express or implied, by Artifice, Inc. or our sponsors. For technical support please use our simple Petition Help form.

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