Mughals
- India
New NCERT Class 8 textbook calls Mughals ‘mass murderers’, ‘temple destroyers’
The newly released Class 8 history textbooks of NCERT (National Council of Educational Research and Training), Mughal rulers Babur, Akbar, and Aurangzeb are described as “brutal mass murderers” and “destroyers of temples.”…
- India
‘Saffronisation’: SIO condemns NCERT’s decision to drop Mughals, Delhi Sultanate
The Students Islamic Organisation of India (SIO) have strongly condemned the National Council of Educational Research and Training’s (NCERT) decision to completely drop references to Mughals and the Delhi Sultanate from the newly…
- India
Mughals, Delhi Sultanate completely dropped from new NCERT textbooks
New Delhi: All references to Mughals and Delhi Sultanate have been dropped from class 7 NCERT textbooks, while chapter on Indian dynasties, ‘sacred geography,’ references to Maha Kumbh, and government initiatives like…
- Mumbai
Aurangzeb’s tomb is a protected monument, but won’t allow glorification: Fadnavis
Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday said whether people like Mughal emperor Aurangzeb or not, his tomb is a protected monument, but his glorification will not be allowed. Talking to…
- Delhi
‘Mughal family member’ seeks possession of Red Fort, Delhi HC trashes plea
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Friday dismissed a plea in which a woman claiming to be the widow of the great-grandson of Bahadur Shah Zafar II from the Mughal dynasty…
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Modi likens oppn to Mughals for meat consumption during Sawan, Navratri
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday, April 12, slammed opposition INDIA bloc members Rahul Gandhi and Lalu Prasad Yadav for allegedly consuming mutton during the month of Sawan last year, accusing them…
- India
Historians Swapna Liddle, Alka Pande talk about Mughal art, architecture
Kolkata: Historians Swapna Liddle and Alka Pande discussed what lives on from the legacy of Mughal art and architecture at the Apeejay Kolkata Literary Festival (AKLF). The session titled, ‘The Mughals and…
