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
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
‘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 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
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.
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
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
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
Famous double rupee of #TipuSultan. This famed double rupee is among the most beautiful coins ever minted in India.
Source: https://twitter.com/syedurahman/status/1601036424870256641?s=46&t=BHVb6T81RGBeZqxOUKOAyA
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