Guj recalls book on Ambedkar referring to mass conversion of Hindus

August 12, 2015 20:38

The Gujarat government has withdrawn a school book on Dalit icon B R Ambedkar that contains vows he prescribed during the mass conversion

programme of 1956 for not conforming to the prescribed format.

The book was introduced as reference reading material to students of class VI-VIII in government primary schools across the state.

It mentions 22 'vows' Ambedkar prescribed during the mass conversion programme held at Nagpur in 1956, wherein his followers shed Hinduism to embrace Buddhism, said P A Parmar, the writer of the book.

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