Is Indian history in school curriculum all about Mughals, British and the Gangetic valley? Why are Indian school students taught only about Mughals & British? Why are the Indian school books talking only about the Gangetic valley? Has the Indian school books ignored the South Indian history? You will get answers for all these questions here.
Bashing the Indian history curriculum has been a trend on social media especially from the Indian conservative right-wing & the South Indians. History in India is always controversial. When Congress was in power the history curriculum was drafted by the left-wing historians and it has been criticized by the right-wing as they feel that the Marxist version of the Indian history is a blasphemy and it's against Hinduism. Since the current era is lead by the Indian right-wing, there have been many attempts by the right-wing to rewrite history, and the left-wing views it as functionalization of history. Counter arguments to the present version of the school curriculum: Right-wing: Students are taught only about Mughals by ignoring the ancient past. Right-wing: Students are taught only about British & this curriculum doesn't focus on the Indian culture and traditions. South Indians: Students aren't taught about Southern Kingdoms at all and th...