The Murder of History : A Critique of History Textbooks used in Pakistan By K K Aziz

K K Aziz worked as an adviser to Z. A. Bhutto and was the chairman of the National Commission on Historical and Cultural Research. He was made to leave the country. He returned his "Sitara e Imtiaz" (the third highest honour and civilian award in Pakistan) in protest of this treatment.

He for the first time made an in-depth study of 66 history textbooks and tried to explore many fairy tales and plain lies; especially those peddling falsehoods against India (say Hindus).

The book can be downloaded from archive.org.

My favorite gems-

....at last, frightened [dar kar) of the Pak Army and' the people of  Pakistan, Bharat sued for peace…. In 1965,’the Pakistan Army conquered several areas of India, and when India was on the point of being defeated she requested the United Nations to arrange a cease-fire. After the 1965 war, India, with the help of the Hindus living in East Pakistan, instigated the people living there against the people of West Pakistan, and at last in December 1971 herself invaded East Pakistan. The conspiracy resulted in the separation of East Pakistan from us. All of us should receive military training and be prepared to fight the enemy

In the 1965 war India "suffered great losses" and "her casualties (dead, not just wounded) were ten times those of Pakistan

....In the subcontinent the Muslim rulers based their administrative system on Islamic principles, and for this reason their rule was more popular than that of the non-Muslim rulers

The advent of Islam in India reformed Hindu society. Shaikh  Ali Hujvcri, Khwaja Muinuddin Chishti, Bahauddin Zakria, Bakluiar Kaki, Baba Farid Shakar Ganj, Nizamuddin Auliya and other holy men "won over the people" (Hindus) of India. Their teachings dispelled many superstitions of the Hindus and reformed their bad practices. Thereby Hindu religion of the olden times came to an end.

...The Muslims came to this country bringing with them a clean and elegant culture and civilization. The Hindus were influenced by the Islamic civilization. The Hindus are indebted to Muslim culture and civilization today.

....Urdu is the only language, which, with minor variations, is spoken and understood in the subcontinent right from Peshawar (Pakistan) to Ras Kumari (Bharat) even today.

...Many of the European and Hindu writers have tried to paint him [Aurangzeb] as a religious zealot, which he was not. He followed most of the policies which were really originated during the reign of Akbar. Even his enemies admit that he was tolerant, large-hearted and accommodating.