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PNS | Shimla



Renowned painters Sobha Singh and Nicholas Roerich have replaced artist MF Husain in Himachal Pradesh text books, an official said on Thursday.



“We have decided to replace the chapter on MF Husain in the NCERT Hindi book of class XI from this session,” Himachal Pradesh Board of School Education chairman Chaman Lal Gupta told IANS.



He said that now a chapter on renowned artists Sobha Singh and Nicholas Roerich would be included in the text books.



“A chapter on Sobha Singh and Nicholas Roerich would be taught to the class XI students as they could play an important role to ignite the young minds, whereas Husain’s chapter was totally irrelevant,” he said.



The decision to introduce the new chapter was taken by the Board at its meeting held on Wednesday, Gupta said.



“The decision to remove Husain’s chapter from the next session was taken last year. At yesterday’s (Wednesday) meeting, we decided to include the chapter on Sobha Singh and Nicholas Roerich,” the official added.



“The changes in the NCERT-prescribed book were taken as per the guidelines of the NCERT. Every State has a right to change up to 20 per cent of the content of NCERT books, so there is nothing wrong in this regard,” he said.