Overview

• On August 12, Gogoi sent a representation to Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan demanding prompt corrections to the NCERT Class VIII history chapter ‘Tribes, Nomads and Settled Communities.’
• He disputes the chapter’s claim that the Ahoms migrated from present-day Myanmar, asserting their documented origins lie in Mung Mao, in present-day Yunnan, China.
• The MP argues the Paik system is mislabelled as forced labour when it functioned as a rotational administrative and military service with land grants and avenues for advancement.
• He challenges the portrayal of the 1663 Treaty of Ghilajarighat as an Ahom defeat, describing it instead as a strategic truce that paved the way for the Mughal expulsion.
• Gogoi warns that omitting the Khel administrative network and landmarks like Rang Ghar and Talatal Ghar weakens Assam’s cultural narrative and risks spreading misconceptions.