Punjab government bans 3 books for distorting facts related to Sikh history

The Punjab School Education Board has banned three books for allegedly distorting facts related to Sikh history officials saidPunjab Education Minister Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer on Sunday said action will be taken against writers and publishers for allegedly distorting facts related to Sikh history in the booksSikh history is invaluable to all of us and future generations Wrong facts related to Sikh history were presented in the History of Punjab book of Class 12 On the directions of chief minister BhagwantMann orders have been issued to take action against writerspublishers and ban the use of books he tweetedThe minister said the main objective of the government is to provide good education to students and also to make them aware of the history of Gurus the Sikh world and PunjabThe books which have been banned are Modern ABC of history of Punjab written by Manjit Singh Sodhi History of Punjab written by Mahinderpal Kaur and History of Punjab by M S Mann for class 12These books have been published by three different Jalandharbased publishersThe decision to ban these books was taken following a report by an inquiry committeeThe committee was formed following a complaint by farmer leader Baldev Singh Sirsa who had said that these books contained some remarks which were not in accordance with Sikh historyPSEB chairman Yograj Singh on Sunday confirmed that the three books have been banned for distortion of factsThe school education department principally accepted the contents of the inquiry report with the directions that these books be banned for sale and not be taught in schools in the state of Punjab he saidThe order of the state government has been conveyed to the Director SCERT State Council of Educational Research and Training and all district education officers for its compliance with immediate effect the official saidYograj further said based upon the findings of the inquiry report various followup action have been suggested or directed by the government to fix responsibility of various officers or officials who were at the helm of affairs at relevant time when these books were allowed to be notified by the boardMany organisations had earlier held protests outside the Punjab School Education Board PSEB office demanding that these history books be banned for distorting facts related to Sikh historyThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever