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The Archive and the Altar: Who Owns a Nation's Memory?

NCERT has released its new Class 9 social science textbook. It includes the Sengol as a symbol of the 1947 transfer of power, links Satyameva Jayate to the Mundaka Upanishad and links the Supreme Court's motto Yato Dharmastato Jayah to the Mahabharata. Historians dispute the transfer-of-power claim, which has renewed debate over how national symbols are presented in school curricula.