New Delhi, Feb. 24 -- A new Class 8 social science textbook, published by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), trains the focus on "freedom fighters" and "revolutionaries" such as Birsa Munda, Alluri Sitarama Raju, Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay, Rani Gaidinliu and VD Savarkar.

The history chapter of Part 2 of the NCERT social science textbook also highlighted several freedom fighters, tribal leaders, reformers and nationalist thinkers, including Rani Gaidinliu. It also references the Paika Rebellion of 1817 in Odisha.

The book also highlights the treatment the revolutionaries faced at the Cellular Jail - also known as "Kala Pani"- a colonial prison.

"The Cellular Jail in the Andaman Islands was a huge colonial ...