Sikh History Highly Distorted in New Book; Oversight Committee to Write Book Afresh

:dateline:The Six member Oversight Committee, setup by the Congress led Punjab government on May 7 to review the secondary class history syllabus imposed by PSEB, has clarified that the facts of Sikh history have been highly distorted in the newly published books. ��

�We are shocked at the level of knowledge and commitment of the persons who contributed to the Class-12 book,� said a committee member.

The committee led by historian Prof. Kirpal Singh has sought a copy of the NCERT guidelines which the board claims to have followed while compiling the book. The committee will meet again on June 8 to suggest ways to write the book afresh.

�I think those who have supplied the contents have not done justice to any portion of the book,� said one of the committee members. �Facts of Sikh history have been distorted,� he said, adding that the committee wanted to know how such a book got printed.

The committee also comprises of former vice chancellor of Guru Nanak Dev University Prof J S Grewal, former pro-vice chancellor GNDU Prof Prithipal Singh Kapur, Emeritus Professor of History Punjab University Prof Indu Banga, Sikh intellectual Dr. Inderjit Singh Gogoani and Sikh historian Dr. Balwant Singh Dhillon.