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Distortion of History in Class XII PSEB Book: Oversight Panel Members Get Material to Analyse
May 30, 2018 | By Sikh Siyasat Bureau
Patiala: The oversight committee formed by the state government to analyse the contents of PSEB class XII history book reportedly held its first meeting in Patiala on Monday (May 28).
The committee headed by Prof Kirpal Singh includes former vice-chancellor of Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU) Prof J S Grewal, former pro VC of GNDU Prof Prithipal Singh Kapur, Prof Emeritus of history at Panjab University (PU) Indu Banga and two historians nominated by SGCP — Prof Balwant Singh Dhillon and Inderjit Singh Gogoani.
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Media reports note that the panel members were given the material to analyse during this first meeting.
Notably, the new history book published by the Punjab School Education Board (PSEB) was caught into controversy as the electronic copy (PDF) uploaded by the PSEB on its website revealed that massive portion of Sikh history was removed from the book and various facts were distorted. The state government initially defended the book but later, in wake of widespread opposition, formed a committee to review the book.
“I have not analyzed the complete Class XII history books used in the previous years. I had gone roughly through these books and found lot of objectionable content. We will raise this matter in next meeting,” a report in Times of India (ToI) quotes Prof Dhillon.
“In the first meeting, we have sought the content of history books released by the state government this year so that we can analyze it. We will go through the entire content and submit our comments,” the SGPC-nominated member of the oversight committee reportedly said. He added that any content being published against Sikh history and Gurus couldn’t be tolerated.
Head of the oversight committee Prof Kirpal Singh said all members were present in the meeting and the content was distributed among them.
“They will submit their suggestions after going through the books. We are trying to speed up the work of analyzing the content so that students may get the corrected history content as earliest possible,” ToI quotes Prof. Kirpal Singh.
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