“Editor of fraud-accused National Herald claims ‘Shivaji’s army’ raped women: The lies, perversion of history, the Bengal conquest and what we know”, Op India, April 11, 2023:
“Several media reports had widely speculated that the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has amended its publications, notably the 12th-class History book, and removed certain chapters on the Mughal empire. Islamists and Mughal sympathising liberals on social media started insinuating that future generations would never know about Mughals because of this change in the course books.
Such tweets soon came under constructive criticism that future generations should know about Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj far more than Mughal tyrants and when they study the tyrants, they should lean about the full extent of their atrocities instead of the glorification they are taught today.
Defending the Mughal-sympathising point of view, Sujata Anandan – the editor of the fraud-accused Congress mouthpiece National Herald – tweeted, “Taj Mahal is no abomination. It is one of the seven wonders of the world and India gets maximum tourist returns from that monument. Chhatrapati Shivaji was great, of course. But his exploits would be reduced to nothing without the Moghuls he fought against. Defied them. Was captured by them. Escaped their high-security dungeons. Defeated them in many battles. Was a constant thorn in the side of Emperor Aurangzeb who could never overcome Shivaji. Take away the Moghuls and you take away the raison d’etre of Chhatrapati Shivaji….”
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