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India Today
23-07-2025
- Politics
- India Today
Naveen Patnaik slams NCERT for omitting Paika Rebellion from textbook
Former Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has voiced his disappointment over the exclusion of the 1817 Paika Rebellion from the latest Class 8 history textbook released by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT). Describing the uprising as a "watershed moment in Odisha's history," Patnaik said leaving it out is an injustice to the legacy of the Paikas, who led an armed revolt against British rule nearly 40 years before the 1857 uprising, widely recognised as India's First War of to X (formerly Twitter), Patnaik said, 'I had urged the central government several times to acknowledge the Paika Rebellion as the first war of Independence. Its absence in NCERT's new textbook is deeply disrespectful to the valour of the Paikas, especially over two centuries after their sacrifice.'Deeply concerned to know that the National Council of Educational Research and Training (@ncert) has dropped #Odisha's Paika Rebellion or Paika Bidroha from its text books. The Paika rebellion was a watershed moment in Odisha's history as our brave Paikas fought with— Naveen Patnaik (@Naveen_Odisha) July 22, 2025He further appealed to current Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Majhi and Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan to take appropriate steps to recognise the importance of the Paika Bidroha and do justice to the people of Odisha. In response to the criticism, NCERT issued a clarification, explaining that the textbook in question, Exploring Society: India and Beyond, is the first part of a two-volume series for Class 8 Social Science. The second volume, which will cover significant regional resistance movements such as Odisha's Paika Rebellion and Punjab's Kuka Movement, is in its final stages and is expected to be published by September or October a press release dated July 16, 2025, NCERT stated that the new textbooks have been developed in line with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 and the National Curriculum Framework for School Education (NCF-SE) 2023. The updated content is intended to provide students with an interdisciplinary and student-friendly understanding of India's historical, economic, political, and geographical evolution from the 13th century to the mid-19th emphasised that the new textbooks are designed to reduce content overload and promote critical thinking. They also noted that all the information in the book is sourced from credible primary and secondary academic material. A special box titled History's Darker Period has been included on page 20 to offer deeper historical context and help learners reflect more critically on the events covered.- EndsMust Watch
Hans India
23-07-2025
- Politics
- Hans India
Naveen unhappy over dropping Paika rebellion from textbook
Bhubaneswar: Former Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday expressed anguish, stating that the 'omission' of Paika rebellion from NCERT textbook was a 'huge dishonour' to the State's heroes. Patnaik, the chief of the Opposition BJD, said the Paika rebellion was a watershed moment in Odisha's history as they fought with extraordinary courage against the oppressive British way back in 1817. 'Deeply concerned to know that the National Council of Educational Research and Training (@ncert) has dropped #Odisha's Paika Rebellion or Paika Bidroha from its textbooks,' he said in a post on X. 'I had urged the Govt of India many times to declare it as first war of Independence,' he added. Patnaik, the Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly, said Paikas came together to fight against the tyranny of foreign, colonial rule with unparalleled bravery. 'The omission of the epic rebellion from NCERT textbooks, which took place 40 years before the sepoy mutiny, is a huge dishonour to our brave Paikas, 200 years after the rebellion- which became torchbearer for people's movement against British rule,' he said. Patnaik urged Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi and Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan to ensure that 'justice is done to Paika Bidroha and Odisha'. The NCERT, in a statement, noted that 'the said textbook happens to be the 1st volume of this textbook'. 'The second volume is in final stages of development and is expected to be released in Sept-Oct 2025. Topics relating to the regional resistance movements/armed uprisings such as the Paika rebellion/Khurda uprising of Odisha, the Kuka movement/rebellion of the Sikhs in Punjab etc, will be handled in this volume,' it said. Paika, an Odia word, was derived from 'Padatika', meaning foot soldiers. They were members of local militias, which comprised people from different communities, who fought for the erstwhile kings.
Deccan Herald
22-07-2025
- Politics
- Deccan Herald
'Huge dishonour': Patnaik expresses anguish over 'omission' of Paika rebellion from NCERT book
Deeply concerned to know that the National Council of Educational Research and Training (@ncert) has dropped #Odisha 's Paika Rebellion or Paika Bidroha from its text books. The Paika rebellion was a watershed moment in Odisha's history as our brave Paikas fought with…
