India, July 8 -- The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has introduced several changes in its revised Class 8 social science textbook, including modifications to the chapter on India's Partition, the addition of references to VD Savarkar, and the removal of mentions of Adolf Hitler and Nazi ideology.

The revised edition of Exploring Society: India and Beyond comes months after the previous version was withdrawn following controversy over content related to the judiciary. The Supreme Court had directed NCERT to revise the chapter after finding certain portions objectionable.

Among the key changes is the textbook's treatment of the 1947 Partition. The revised version states that Partition was "widely opposed eve...