Karnataka revises school textbooks, reintroduces chapters by progressive writers

However, the committee decided not to include chapters on Tipu Sultan and Hyder Ali, which were dropped when the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was in power.

#karnataka #education #textbooks #BJP #hindutva #TipuSultan #HyderAli #IndianHistory #KarnatakaGovt #congress #INC #india

https://www.thenewsminute.com/karnataka/karnataka-revises-school-textbooks-reintroduces-chapters-by-progressive-writers

Karnataka revises school textbooks, reintroduces chapters by progressive writers

In an overhaul of the state’s school curriculum, the Karnataka government has reintroduced chapters by progressive writers such as Girish Karnad, Devanur Mahade

The News Minute

Watch: 'Aurangzeb and Tipu Sultan Gave Many Grants to Temples and Sants'

In conversation with Dr Ruchika Sharma, who uses Youtube and X to counter misleading historical narratives.

#mughals #TipuSultan #IndianHistory #history #histodon #hindutva #DrRuchikaSharma #IndianTemples #india

https://thewire.in/history/watch-aurangzeb-and-tipu-sultan-gave-many-grants-to-temples-and-sants

Watch: 'Aurangzeb and Tipu Sultan Gave Many Grants to Temples and Sants'

In conversation with Dr Ruchika Sharma, who uses Youtube and X to counter misleading historical narratives.

The Wire

‘The Greatness of Tipu Sultan’

The BJP’s textbook 'tukde tukde gang' that brought strife to Karnataka for years over Tipu should read K R Malkani’s India First, writes P. Sainath.

#karnataka #TipuSultan #FreedomStruggle #history #BJP #RSS #KRMalkani #hindutva #india #books #PSainath

https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/main-article/the-greatness-of-tipu-sultan-1225482.html

‘The Greatness of Tipu Sultan’

“I submit that men like Akbar, Dara Shikoh and Tipu Sultan qualify as heroes not as villains. “The more I read about Tipu, the more I am impressed with his rich personality. “… (Tipu Sultan) was the only prince who died fighting the British.

DH News Service

‘The word Hindu is Arabic. Why don’t they throw it out?’

Prominent historian Irfan Habib tells Al Jazeera that lies and falsehoods are being glorified in textbooks by India’s right-wing government.

#interview #IrfanHabib #history #IndianHistory #muslims #mughals #TipuSultan #textbooks #ahoms #hindutva #BJP #india

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/5/10/qa-the-word-hindu-is-arabic-why-dont-they-throw-it-out

Q&A: ‘The word Hindu is Arabic. Why don’t they throw it out?’

The historian tells Al Jazeera lies and falsehoods are being glorified in textbooks by India’s right-wing government.

Al Jazeera

Sultan of Mysore #TipuSultan banned consumption of alcohol due to its social evils.

He impounded excessive properties of upper castes and distributed them among shudrads.

He supported not 1 or 2 temples, but more than 150 temples, reconstructed even those destroyed by Marathas.

Source : https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/Tipu-Sultan-a-secular-internationalist-not-a-bigot/article56845131.ece/amp/

Tipu Sultan: a secular internationalist, not a bigot

Kannada Actor Chetan Kumar Arrested For 'Objectionable' Tweet On Hindutva

Chetan Kumar Ahimsa faces charges of insulting a religion or religious beliefs and making statements that promote enmity between classes.

#karnataka #bengaluru #bangalore #ChetanKumar #hindutva #savarkar #TipuSultan #pseudohistory #misinformation #twitter #FreedomOfExpression #BJP #india

https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/kannada-actor-chetan-kumar-arrested-for-objectionable-tweet-on-hindutva-3879640

Kannada Actor Chetan Kumar Arrested For 'Objectionable' Tweet On Hindutva

Kannada actor Chetan Kumar, popularly known as Chetan Ahimsa, has been arrested by Bengaluru police after his tweet on Hindutva went viral.

NDTV.com

Gurjar queens, Vokkaliga warriors: How BJP is inventing history for a new Hindutva caste politics

Historians suggest that the heroes the BJP is invoking to allegedly attract castes either do not exist or their role is being exaggerated.

#BJP #caste #CastePolitics #history #pseudohistory #FreedomStruggle #karnataka #TipuSultan #vokkaligas #gurjars #muslims #elections #hindutva #india

https://scroll.in/article/1045746/gurjar-queens-vokkaliga-warriors-how-bjp-is-inventing-history-for-a-new-hindutva-caste-politics

Gurjar queens, Vokkaliga warriors: How BJP is inventing history for a new Hindutva caste politics

Historians suggest that the heroes the BJP is invoking to allegedly attract castes either do not exist or their role is being exaggerated.

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BJP propagates fiction as history: 'Uri and Nanje Gowda killed Tipu Sultan'

Historians have long believed that Tipu was killed by the British during the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War in 1798-99. They call the BJP’s new version a sinister design.

#TipuSultan #history #IndianHistory #BritishRule #karnataka #FreedomStruggle #BJP #RSS #pseudohistory #propaganda #hindutva #india

https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/bjp-propagates-fiction-history-uri-and-nanje-gowda-killed-tipu-sultan-174570