Pakistan is known as the born-rival of India since its origin in the independence year 1947. The long and hard-fought independence struggle with the British Empire has not only divided India into 2 parts but has also slowly and gradually sectioned the mindset of these two nations on communal and religious lines. The historical events that took place since then have brought bitter turns in the relations of these two countries and injected disbelief between us.
This is clearly been witnessed in the textbooks of the small children of these two countries as they depict different versions of the same historical events. Children are made to read, write, recite and learn the self-satisfying depictions of actual facts and infected with the hate disease. The narratives of Indian and Pakistani textbooks are not educating children rather they are only white-washing the brains of innocent children and injecting antipathy for the other nation.
For instance, the Indian textbooks have portrayed Mohammed Ali Jinnah as the key man behind the partition in 1947 whereas Pakistani’s textbooks blame Mahatma Gandhi for the same.
Following are some more examples of this blame game:-
1. The Civil Disobedience Movement (1930-34)
This Movement is considered as the mass movement which tied all Indians into a bond and collectively,
they boycott the British laws and commands as per the Indian Books but there is no mention of it in the Pakistani textbooks.
2. The Partition of Indian British Empire (1947)
3. The riots of 1947 during Partition
4. The Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
5. The Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
6. The Kashmir Conflict from 1947 to present
As per the Wall street Journal, “The Indian textbooks say armed intruders from Pakistan attacked Kashmir in 1947. Hari Singh, then ruler of the state, signed an agreement to join India, after which the Indian army went to defend Kashmir. Whereas the Pakistani textbook says, “Mr. Singh started a violent campaign against Kashmiri Muslims. When they revolted, with Pakistan’s support, he was forced to ask for India’s help. The Indian government agreed on the condition that Kashmir would sign an agreement to join India, the textbooks say.”
