NCERT textbook revives debatable theory on Sengol handed to Nehru

The Class 9 social science textbook links mottos such as Satyameva Jayate to Mundaka Upanishadand Supreme Court’s Yato Dharmastato Jayah to the epic MahabharataThe Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government’s claim that Sengol, which is a sceptre anointed by Hindu religious leaders, marked the transfer of power in 1947 when India became independent, finds a mention in the National Council of Educational Research and Training’s (NCERT) newly released Class 9 social science textbook.