In Madhya Pradesh, Sanskrit Textbook Says India Won The 1962 War Against China
印度梵文教科书妄称：1962年印度战胜了中国
With Indian and Chinese troops standing eyeball to eyeball at Doklam, a Sanskrit book being taught in several CBSE-affiliated schools in Madhya Pradesh is telling students that India won the 1962 war.
据《印度时报》网站8月10日的消息：日前，中印军队在洞朗地区对峙。而印度中央邦教育中央委员会部分附属中学的学生所接受的教育却是：印度在1962的年战争中击败了中国。
声称印度赢了1962年战争的教科书截图
"What famously came to be known as Sino-India war of 1962 was won by India against China," this is the sweeping claim in the Sanskrit textbook 'Sukritika', volume-3, meant for class 8 students.
这是一本名为“Sukritika”系列教科书中的第三册，是8年级学生的教材。该书一概而论地声称：“众所周知的1962年中印战争，其结果是印度战胜了中国。”
声称印度赢了1962年战争的教科书截图
Published by the Lucknow-based, Kriti Prakashan Pvt Ltd, the book is written by five authors, including professor Umesh Prasad Rastogi and grammar expert Somdut Shukla, both of whom have passed away.
印度勒克瑙市的克里特博卡山公司是该教科书的出版商。本书共由5名作者撰写，其中尤曼什·普拉萨德•拉斯托吉教授、语法专家索姆达特·舒卡拉尚已去世。
印度中学生（资料图）
The three others include Madhu Singh, Lalita Sengar and Nisha Gupta. The bizarre misinformation appears in the eighth chapter, titled, 'Shri Jawaharlal Nehru'. Listing Nehru's achievements, it narrates how the first PM of India mobilised forces and morale after China invaded India. "During Jawaharlal Nehru's tenure as Prime Minister, China waged war against India in the year 1962. With efforts of Nehru, India defeated China," the book says.
令人匪夷所思的错误说法赫然出现在该书第八章“尼赫鲁先生”一文中。文章列出了尼赫鲁的诸多成就，讲述中国“入侵”印度之后，印度首任总理如何调动三军和提振士气。文章声称，“在尼赫鲁总理执政期间，中国在1962年对印度发动了战争，但在尼赫鲁的努力下，印度击败了中国。”
And thousands of schoolkids are growing up with this distortion of history. The 1962 War took India by surprise and although Indian soldiers often fought to the last man and last round, it was a Chinese victory.
数以千计的学生在这种被扭曲的历史下成长。1962年的战争让印度猝不及防，尽管印度士兵经常战斗到最后一人、最后一刻，但那是一场属于中国人的胜利。
TOI tried repeatedly to contact the publishers but there was no answer. The three other authors couldn't be contacted. The head of Sanskrit department of Lucknow University, Ram Sumir Yadav, told TOI that Prof Rastogi passed away last year."I can't comment on what he has written in the book," he said.
《印度时报》多次尝试联系出版商，但未获回复。其他在世的3名作者也联系不上。勒克瑙大学梵语系系主任拉姆·苏米尔·亚达夫在接受《印度时报》采访时表示，尤曼什·普拉萨德•拉斯托吉教授于去年逝世。他说：“我对他在书中所写的内容不予评论。”
Teachers and parents are outraged by this misinformation in a school textbook. Madhya Pradesh Parents' Association secretary Prabodh Pandya said: "This is exactly what we have been fighting over for years but unfortunately our pleas fell on deaf ears. How much proof does government need to say no to books by private publishers? Isn't this blooper serious enough to make NCERT books mandatory?" said Pandya.
许多印度教师和家长对教课书中出现的谬误表示愤慨。中央邦家长联合会秘书潘狄亚说：“实际上我们也在要求更正教材，但很不幸我们的请求却被当作耳旁风。印度政府到底需要多少证据才能禁止私人出版商的教科书呢？难道这一荒唐的错误还不足以让国家统一审订教材吗？”
