NCERT text spotlights resistance in medieval India history for Class IX
The new NCERT Class IX social science textbook emphasizes historical resistance against conquest and highlights cooperation across different faiths in medieval India. The curriculum also integrates modern governance concepts and contemporary policy initiatives like NEP 2020.
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Educational curriculum changes often reflect broader shifts in national identity and historical interpretation, influencing how future generations perceive their country's past.
NEW DELHI: NCERT’s new Class IX social science textbook puts those who resisted conquest at the centre of medieval India’s story, recounting, for instance, Queen Naiki Devi’s defeat of Muhammad Ghuri in 1178 near Mount Abu. The account also acknowledges cooperation across faiths, within a wider curricular shift connecting India’s traditions with contemporary governance and lessons in taxation, insurance and entrepreneurship.The new six-chapter Part 2 of “Understanding Society: India and Beyond” covers history, geography, political science and economics. It continues an overhaul of the earlier syllabus in which class IX history opened with the French Revolution, while economics focused on village production, poverty and food security. It follows the National Curriculum Framework for School Education 2023. Its geography chapters cover “Oceans and Life” and “Life on Earth”.“Resistance and Resilience (1000–1700 CE)” foregrounds Maharana Pratap’s resistance, Lachit Borphukan’s victory at Saraighat and Sikh opposition to Mughal persecution.
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