Goa, Aug. 16 -- A new special module by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) on Partition Horrors Remembrance Day (August 14) identifies Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the Congress leadership, and then Viceroy Lord Mountbatten as key figures responsible for the Partition of India. The section, titled "Culprits of the Partition", states: "Jinnah, who demanded it; second, the Congress, which accepted it; and third, Mountbatten, who implemented it."

The module, prepared for Classes 6 to 8, also includes excerpts from Jawaharlal Nehru's July 1947 speech: "We have come to a stage when we must either accept division or face continued conflict and chaos. Partition is bad. But whatever the price of unity, the price of civil wa...