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&lt;p id=&quot;p_1&quot;&gt;BJP government in Rajasthan has removed first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru's name from the new Social Science text book for students of Class 8 which is all set to turn into political controversy. The book makes no mention of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru either as a freedom fighter or as a leader of Independent India.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p id=&quot;p_2&quot;&gt;&lt;iframe src=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/embed/rgICRqM2hwo&quot; width=&quot;690&quot; height=&quot;500&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; allowfullscreen=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p id=&quot;p_3&quot;&gt;It also fails to mention Mahatma Gandhi's assasination by Nathuram Godse. Rajasthan Congress President Sachin Pilot has demanded that the state government apologise for the glaring omission.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;table width=&quot;100%&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;img title=&quot;nehru-story_050916020802.jpg&quot; src=&quot;https://akm-img-a-in.tosshub.com/sites/dailyo//story/embed/201605/nehru-story_050916020802.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;nehru-story_050916020802.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

BJP rewriting India's history? Drops Nehru from Rajasthan textbook

The book makes no mention of first Prime Minister either as a freedom fighter or as a leader of independent India.