The latest ones for class 8 were released last month. Responding to the map on the Maratha empire and objection to it, Michel Danino, chairperson of the NCERT’s curricular area group for the new ...

Amid growing debate over the depiction of the Maratha Empire in a Class 8 social science textbook, the NCERT has constituted a review panel. While the council maintains that textbook revisions follow ...

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The NCERT’s latest Class 8 Social Science textbook has sparked controversy over a map that depicts the city of Jaisalmer as part of the Maratha empire in 1759. A member of the erstwhile royal family ...

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In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Singh said: “The map shown in the NCERT Social Science textbook for Class 8 (Unit 3, page number 71) depicts Jaisalmer as a part of the then Maratha Empire ...

The controversy centers on a map featured on page 71 of Unit 3 in the chapter The Rise of the Marathas, which depicts Jaisalmer as part of the Maratha Empire.

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"Misleading, factually baseless": Erstwhile Jaisalmer Royals object NCERT textbook map showing city under Maratha Empire In a post on X, Singh termed the map "factually incorrect and misleading ...