"“History and Language textbooks for schools all over India will soon be revised radically. In collaboration with various state governments the Ministry of Education has begun a phased programme to weed out undesirable textbooks and remove matter which is prejudicial to national integration and unity and which does not promote social cohesion....” “Twenty states and three Union Territories have started the work of evaluation according to guidelines prepared by the NCERT...."
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