The Legacy of Muslim Rule in India c6.s6.3

c6.s6.3

The West Bengal Board of Secondary Education issued a notification dated 28 April 1989 addressed to schools and publishers suggesting some corrections in the teaching and writing of Muslim rule in India - like the real objective of Mahmud Ghaznavis attack on Somnath, Aurangzebs policy towards the Hindus, and so on. These guidelines specifically say: Muslim rule should not attract any criticism. Destruction of temples by Muslim invaders and rulers should not be mentioned. One instruction in the West Bengal circular is that schools and publishers have been asked to ignore and delete mention of forcible conversions to Islam. The notification, says the Statesman of 21 May 1989, was objected to in many quarters. A row has been kicked up by some academicians who feel that the corrections are unjustified and politically motivated Another group feels that the corrections are justified.