Controversy regarding textbooks on Indian history is also raging in California (USA) with academicians alleging that changes made on the behest of Hindu organisations have resulted in hiding “true history”.





Hindu organisations mainly The Vedic Foundation and Hindu Education Foundation and individual parents persuaded the California’s Board of Education (CBE) to make changes in textbooks dealing with India and Hinduism.





Their suggestions were initially reviewed and approved by an ‘Ad-Hoc Committee,’which included renowned Indologist Prof Shiva Bajpai. But a final decision will be taken only next month.





California mandates the study of world religions in its public schools and every six years, state textbooks come up for review, which includes public hearings.





India and the erstwhile Communist USSR are the only countries in the world enjoying the dubious distinction of having text books for schools and colleges written at the behest of the State.