NCERT Revises Class 8 History Textbook, Says ‘Congress Widely Opposed Partition’
Last Updated:July 12, 2026, 4:25 PM IST The new edition removes a sentence from the earlier version which stated that “the Congress leaders were helpless” as communal violence spread across subcontinent during Partition The chapter also adds that whether the Congress leadership’s decision to accept Partition was “the only way forward” remains a matter of…