The Indian government has edited out some sections from history textbooks for students in grades 6 through 12 in India. The edited sections include references to the Mughal or Muslim rule of India, as well as anti-Muslim riots that took place in 2002. Raksha Kumar reports from Mumbai that historians are protesting the changes.
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