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Q&A: ‘The word Hindu is Arabic. Why don’t they throw it out?’

Indian historian Irfan Habib is a globally renowned authority on the Mughals [Anupam Tiwari/Al Jazeera]

Aligarh, India – India’s Hindu nationalist government has removed chapters on centuries of Muslim rule in the subcontinent, including those of the Mughals, from some school textbooks.

The government, led by the right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), has also removed references to the contribution of Muslims in the country’s freedom struggle against the British colonial rulers.

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