Questions on triple talaq in BHU exams
A section of BHU students alleged that these questions were not a part of the medieval history syllabus, but featured in the question papers due to the ongoing controversy raging over these issues
It seems that the Benaras Hindu University (BHU) functions on a totally different tangent. History students of the university were asked questions on triple talaq, Halala, Alauddin Khilji, and Rani Padmavati’s Jauhar.
In the MA Second year history paper on Society and Culture in Medieval India, held on November 22, the students were asked “What do you mean by Johar tradition? Describe Rani Padmavati’s Jauhar in the period of Alauddin Khilji.” In the same paper they were also asked questions such as: “Discuss triple talaq and Halala as social evils in Islam” and “The rate of wheat fixed by Allauddin Khilji.”
On the question on triple talaq, a student said, “There was nothing on triple talaq in our Medieval India studies syllabus. But special lectures were delivered on it. That is how we managed to answer the question. The class was part of a lesson on the wretched condition of women, especially Hindus, during the era of the Delhi sultanate.”
A section of BHU students alleged that these questions were not a part of the medieval history syllabus, but featured in the question papers due to the ongoing controversy raging over these issues.
Rajiv Srivastava, assistant professor, History, defended the questions asked in the paper. “All these questions are very much a part of medieval history. It was distorted and we are trying to teach the correct history,” he told mediapersons.