When the Delhi University’s history syllabus was changed mid-semester in 2016, students were assured that changes were minor. It was felt that the changes were restricted to the BA Programme and that honours students would remain unaffected. It’s been more than a year and while education boards and universities have often been in news for attempting to rewrite history, revision of the DU history syllabus has largely gone unnoticed.
It’s not that the changes have been minor or inconsequential. The revised syllabus has not only changed the time-period of papers, but also the content and that is where it gets disturbing.
