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Petition to incldue Sankaradeva in NCERT

An online petition campaign to NCERT has been launched by Society for Srimanta Sankaradeva in order to get life and works of Srimanta Sankaradeva incorporated in school curriculum. The link  petition is here.

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Please incorporate life and works of Srimanta Sankaradeva in school curriculum. 

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