15th august approaching the hub of revolutionaries,freedom fighters Bengal,the state govt has such a approach towards our freedom fighters ,its a only country that ridicules their freedom fighters first NCERT BOOKS now text books in bengal .................................................................................................................. Bengal textbook calls freedom fighters terrorists, sparks row The Mamata Banerjee-led government in West Bengal has found itself in the midst of yet another raging controversy for labelling revolutionary freedom fighters as terrorists in the Class 8 history textbooks. A history chapter titled revolutionary terrorism describes the activities of freedom fighters like Shahid Khudiram Bose, Jatindranath Mukherjee and Prafulla Chaki as extremism and terrorism. The issue kicked off a blazing debate with prominent historians in the state dubbing the move by the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education a gross distortion to Indias freedom struggle. They said the flawed interpretation only reaffirmed the British stance against freedom fighters. Those who are using such terminology for great freedom fighters like Khudiram Bose and Prafulla Chaki are anti-nationals. Would you call Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose a terrorist too? These people are not only distorting facts, but damaging the rich tradition of our freedom movement, said Atish Dasgupta, a well-known historian. Read full story on India Today: indiatoday.intoday.in/story/mamata-banerjee-government-history-textbooks-freedom-fighters-terrorists/1/375890.html Bengal textbook calls freedom fighters terrorists, sparks row The Mamata Banerjee-led government in West Bengal has found itself in the midst of yet another raging controversy for labelling revolutionary freedom fighters as terrorists in the Class 8 history textbooks. A history chapter titled revolutionary terrorism describes the activities of freedom fighters like Shahid Khudiram Bose, Jatindranath Mukherjee and Prafulla Chaki as extremism and terrorism. The issue kicked off a blazing debate with prominent historians in the state dubbing the move by the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education a gross distortion to Indias freedom struggle. They said the flawed interpretation only reaffirmed the British stance against freedom fighters. Those who are using such terminology for great freedom fighters like Khudiram Bose and Prafulla Chaki are anti-nationals. Would you call Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose a terrorist too? These people are not only distorting facts, but damaging the rich tradition of our freedom movement, said Atish Dasgupta, a well-known historian. Read full story on India Today: indiatoday.intoday.in/story/mamata-banerjee-government-history-textbooks-freedom-fighters-terrorists/1/375890.html
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