Explained: How are history textbooks written? | Explained News,The Indian Express

Education as a subject comes under both the state and central governments according to the Constitution, meaning both the states and central governments have a role to play here.

During a recent interview while promoting his movie ‘Samrat Prithviraj’, actor Akshay Kumar said history of rulers like Prithviraj Chauhan “should be written about” in Indian history textbooks. He also appealed to the Union Education Minister to look into the matter.

Twitter users quickly responded by either supporting Kumar’s view for revised textbooks, or countering him and arguing that textbooks already do teach about the topics he mentioned. This debate has raged over the years, and successive governments at both state and the central-level have often been accused of promoting their own ideologies through textbooks.

But who actually decides the content of history textbooks read by students across the country, and how do they do it?

Who decides the content of Indian history textbooks?

Education as a subject comes under both the state and central governments according to the Constitution, meaning both the states and central governments have a role to play here.

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