The module states that three actors were responsible for Partition: “1. Jinnah, who demanded it. 2. The Congress, which accepted it. 3. Mountbatten, who formalized and implemented it.”Terming NCERT’s new modules on ‘Partition Horrors Remembrance Day’ as “falsehoods, with a clear communal intent,” a resolution by the Indian History Congress (IHC) — an association of historians — said that “distorted polarizing history” is “being fed to tender minds of school going children.”The resolution, dated August 25, said, “Turning history completely upside down, the modules hold not only the Muslim League but also the Indian National Congress responsible for the Partition of the country. Quite in tune with the loyalist stance of the communal forces during the freedom struggle, the British colonial rulers are given a clean chit in these modules.”The NCERT modules – short publications on specific topics – on Partition Horrors Remembrance Day were released earlier this month, one for the secondary stage (Classes 9 to 12), and another for the middle stage (Classes 6 to 8).The module states that three actors were responsible for Partition: “1. Jinnah, who demanded it. 2. The Congress, which accepted it. 3. Mountbatten, who formalized and implemented it.”The IHC resolution stated that the “reality is very different from what the modules argue.”“The partition of India was the result of a long-term strategy of the British pursued since the 19th century of divide and rule, particularly after the revolt of 1857, which Hindus and Muslims fought together, shoulder to shoulder… “ it said.“All descriptions in the modules refer to Hindus and Sikhs killed and humiliated and no mention of the retaliatory horrors inflicted on Muslims,” it added.© The Indian Express Pvt LtdTags:NCERT