New Delhi: The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has removed chapters on the Mughal empire from the history textbook for Class 12.

This is one of the many changes incorporated in the revised syllabi for various classes that will be reflected in the books of the upcoming academic session 2023-24.

The chapter on ‘Kings and Chronicles; the Mughal Courts’ from the Class 12 history textbook ‘Themes of Indian History: Part 2’ has been removed.

Similarly, certain poems have been excluded from the Hindi book. The Civics book of Class 12 ‘Indian Politics After Independence’ has also been revised by dropping the lessons ‘American hegemony in world politics’ and ‘Era of one-party dominance’.

Changes have also been effected in the textbooks of Classes 10 and 11. The lessons ‘Democracy & Diversity’, ‘Popular Struggles & Movements’, and ‘Challenges of Democracy’ have been excluded from the Class 10 book ‘Democratic Politics-2’. Similarly, the lessons ‘Central Islamic Lands’, ‘Clash of Cultures’, and ‘Industrial Revolution’ have been deleted from the Class 11 textbook ‘Themes of World History’.

The NCERT, the top advisory body for the Centre and the State on school education, pointed out that the changes are part of the syllabus revision exercise being carried out every year.