The BJP government in Karnataka has taken down chapters on controversial 18th century figures Tipu Sultan, Hyder Ali from the Class 7 social science textbook. The amended curriculum uploaded on the Karnataka Text Book Society website shows that chapter 5 that mentions Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan in the social sciences textbook of class 7 has been removed. Talking about …
Lesson units that deal with Mysuru ruler Tipu Sultan and some sections on the Indian Constitution are among the casualties as Department of Public Instruction has reduced syllabi by 30% on Monday, in view of the COVID-19 pandemic and disruption in the 2020-21 academic calendar. Among the lessons truncated in Social Studies are Chapter 5 of Class 7 that deal …
