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Chapter On Tipu Sultan Dropped From K’taka Class 7 Textbook

Jul 29, 2020 | Pratirodh Bureau

FILE PHOTO: The BJP and some other organisations have been strongly opposing Tipu Sultan, calling the erstwhile Mysore king a "religious bigot"

The chapter on controversial 18th century Mysore ruler Tipu Sultan and his father Haider Ali are among those that have been dropped from the Class 7 Social Science textbook, following the Karnataka government’s decision to reduce the 2020-21 syllabi due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

However, the chapters on Tipu Sultan have been retained in the Class 6 and 10 books, official sources told news agency Press Trust of India (PTI).

According to PTI, the revised syllabus uploaded on the Karnataka Text Book Society (KTBS) website shows that in Class 7, Social Science text, Chapter 5 that deals with Haider Ali and Tipu Sultan, Historical places of Mysore, and Administration of Commissioners have been dropped.

The Department of Public Instructions decided to reduce the syllabus for the year 2020-21 in view of the pandemic and disruption in the academic calendar for the year, that has been brought down to 120 working days.

Responding to a question on dropping the chapter in Class 7, officials said it should be noted that the students study about Tipu Sultan from Classes 6 and 10.

A couple of months ago, amid the growing clamour from some BJP leaders to remove a Chapter in the textbook glorifying Tipu Sultan, the government had constituted an expert committee to look into it.

The committee, however, had recommended that the ruler cannot be ignored from the school syllabus.

Commenting on the development, Karnataka Congress President DK Shivakumar said that the BJP government was taking such decisions with a political agenda in mind.

Pointing out that Tipu Sultan was a historical figure, Mr Shivakumar had said, “History is history…you cannot change history. We will not accept it. Congress will take it seriously by setting up a committee to look into it.”

Soon after coming to power, the BJP government in Karnataka had scrapped the birth anniversary celebrations of Tipu Sultan, an annual government event the party had been opposing since 2015 when it was launched during the Congress rule, led by Siddaramaiah.

The BJP and some other organisations have been strongly opposing Tipu Sultan, calling the erstwhile Mysore king a “religious bigot”.

Tipu Sultan was considered an implacable enemy of the British East India Company. He was killed in May 1799 while defending his fort at Srirangapatnam against the British forces.

Tipu Sultan, however, is a controversial figure in Kodagu district as Kodavas (Coorgis), a martial race, believe that thousands of their men and women were held captive during his occupation and subjected to torture, death and forcible conversion to Islam.

He was also accused of execution of Mandyam Iyengars at the temple town of Melkote in Mandya district on the day of Deepawali as they supported the then Maharaja of Mysuru.

However, the scale of such suppression is disputed by several historians, as they see Tipu Sultan as a ruler who took on the might of the British.

While BJP and some other organisations see Tipu Sultan as a “religious bigot” and a “brutal killer”, a few Kannada outfits call him “anti-Kannada”, saying he had promoted Persian at the cost of the local language.

Tags: BJP government, British East India Company, Department of Public Instructions, Haider Ali, Karnataka Congress President DK Shivakumar, Karnataka Text Book Society, KTBS, Pratirodh, Tipu Sultan

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