Governor Ram Naresh Yadav has directed the State Government to correct the word ‘Sindhu’ to ‘Sindh’ in the National Anthem published incorrectly in various textbooks of the Madhya Pradesh State Board. Yadav said he had also observed in some universities in the State that people made the same mistake while singing the anthem and issued directives in this regard last month.
“I had observed during my visit to universities and other educational institutions that ‘Sindh’ was sung as ‘Sindhu’ in our National Anthem. In textbooks (MP State Board) as well, Sindh was mentioned as ‘Sindhu’, following which I have written a letter to the Government and the Vice-Chancellors of different universities to rectify it,” the Governor said. Even the 2014 official diary of the Madhya Pradesh Government mentions ‘Sindhu’ in place of ‘Sindh.’
In a similar faux pas, Yadav said, errors were published in Classes X and XII textbooks of the MP State Board regarding the Maratha leader of the 1857 uprising, Tatya Tope.
Yadav, who has also penned the book, ‘Amar Shaheed Tatya Tope’, mentions in the book that during a visit to Shivpuri district he came to know that errors were printed in two textbooks about hanging of Tatya Tope. Yadav mentioned in the preface of his book, “In a 10th standard Social Science book’s Chapter Seven, page number 110 stated that Tatya Tope was hanged by Britishers after trial on April 18, 1959 and in the same book at page number 145, it was mentioned that he was arrested because one of his friends ditched him and later he was hanged in Shivpuri.” “In Chapter Six of Class 12th Hindi textbook ‘Swati’, it was mentioned that in place of Tatya Tope the Britishers hanged someone else,” the Governor highlighted.
The Governor said that after verifying the facts he had written a letter to the Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister and the School Education Minister in this regard early this year, following which the chapters were removed from the Social Science and Hindi textbooks for the current academic session and instructions were given to include the chapters from next year with facts.