In a recent speech in the Lok Sabha, HRD Minister Smriti Irani brought up an school textbook about Indian history, saying it promoted an anti-national mindset amongst students. The book contained content dealing with Shivaji and the Mughals, and was allegedly discontinued over a decade ago. While she was asking for school syllabi to be revised so that there are no anti-national elements in them, someone took her message too seriously and started the hashtag #RemoveMughalsFromBooks on Twitter.
And, of course, Twitter had some of the most hilarious responses.
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Step 1) #RemoveMughalsFromBooks
Step 2) ???
Step 3) #RemoveBooks— Eggamind (@Stupidosaur) March 2, 2016
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#RemoveMughalsFromBooks
Mughal-e-Azam was based on Azam Khan
Lal Qila was a commie hideout
Agra is known 4 its mental asylum nothing else— Aditya Menon (@AdityaMenon22) March 2, 2016
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Birbal and Tansen were two guys who just sat and stared at each other.#removemughalsfrombooks
— Sahil Shah (@SahilBulla) March 2, 2016
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HRD minister trying to #RemoveMughalsFromBooks pic.twitter.com/dQ2r641IS7
— Rofl Gandhi (@RoflGandhi_) March 2, 2016
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Before you #RemoveMughalsFromBooks, can you please remove calculus?
— Kamlesh Singh (@kamleshksingh) March 2, 2016
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Is trending.. But don’t remove them from restaurants.. 😀🍖🍗
— why so serious??? (@tweet_Serious) March 1, 2016
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#RemoveMughalsFromBooks Really liked that Gowarikar movie Jodha Akash
— dorku (@Dorkstar) March 2, 2016
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“Shivaji was a brave fighter. In 1659 he fought a war against…Mu..ermm..against Mutants. Yeah, mutants are real”#RemoveMughalsfromBooks
— M (@dhaansu_handle) March 2, 2016
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Not sure if I want to #RemoveMughalsFromBooks ,but I surely want to remove Digital Signal Processing,Strength of Materials,EMT etc from them
— The-Lying-Lama (@KyaUkhaadLega) March 2, 2016
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#RemoveMughalsFromBooks and add DLF, Parsvnath, Lodha group and Amrapali group in history because they have constructed more than Mughals
— Rahul Raj (@bhak_sala) March 2, 2016
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Scene in school After #RemoveMughalsFromBooks ..
Who build Tajmahal? – Teacher
Shenshah Narendra Damodar das Modi – Students
— arnab (@justicearnab) March 2, 2016
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Here’s what Bhakts look like when they say #RemoveMughalsFromBooks pic.twitter.com/bUi9q4elFn
— Gina Kholkar (@BabaJogeshwari) March 2, 2016
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We can #RemoveMughalsFromBooks and just tell our future generations that the documents dating from 1526 to 1707 were stolen by Umar Khalid!
— Ratnpriya Mishra (@jimmy9_girl) March 2, 2016
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You can #RemoveMughalsFromBooks but you cannot and should not #RemoveBiriyaniFromMughals
— Comedian Praveen (@Funny_Leone) March 2, 2016
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#RemoveMughalsFromBooks
And aunty aap woh anarkali wali DP bhi utaar do.— Ammu. (@Nomnombiar) March 2, 2016
