New Delhi, Aug. 30 -- The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has strongly rejected the Indian History Congress' (IHC) criticism of its new modules on "Partition Horrors Remembrance Day," dismissing the allegations of communal bias and exoneration of the British as "unfounded and false." Responding point-by-point to four major accusations, NCERT said it was "unfortunate that the IHC resolution seeks to mislead the unsuspecting public."

The council's response came on Thursday night, three days after IHC on August 25 passed a resolution against NCERT's modules for classes 6 to 8 (middle stage), and another for classes 9 to 12 (secondary stage) on India's partition released on August 14. NCERT's modules on "Partiti...