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'Bharat', 'India' to be used interchangeably in textbooks, debate over it useless: NCERT chief

IndiaTimes Monday, 17 June 2024
"Bharat" and "India" will be used interchangeably in NCERT textbooks as is the case in the country's Constitution, National Council of Educational Research and Training Director Dinesh Prasad Saklani has said. The comments assume significance in the wake of a high-level panel working on the social science curriculum recommending that "India" should be replaced with "Bharat" in school textbooks for all classes.
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