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News India Live, Digital Desk: New layers of history: Changes in the way of teaching history in the country are once again in discussion. This time the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has included some facts about the Mughal Empire in the new history book of its class 8, which were not previously presented in the same detail or from a different perspective. This new book claims to highlight some such incidents and aspects related to Mughal rulers like Babur, Akbar and Aurangzeb, which some people are seeing as their ‘rigid truth’.
This change has come at a time when there is a continuous debate in the country to review history and teach it according to Indian context. In the new book, it is expected that students will also be introduced to the rule of the Mughal emperors, their policies and the aspects of their behavior that were probably not as much prominently in the textbooks. This means that students will not only get to read about the achievements of the Mughal rulers and their contribution to art and culture, but will also get a new perspective on their cruel decisions, religious policies and methods of empire expansion.
This change is an attempt to see the pages of history in a new light, so that students can better understand the complex and multidimensional form of Indian history. For example, acts such as Aurangzeb’s policies or temples breaking can be discussed in more detail, which were not reported as prominently in the first textbooks. Similarly, Babur’s attack and subsequent political upheaval can also be presented from a new perspective.
There may be a debate between education experts and historians about how balanced and factual this new approach is, but it is certain that this new book of NCERT will give rise to a new discussion about the teaching and understanding of history in the coming time.