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Kapil Dev is declared out from textbooks

NEW DELHI, JULY 23: With last week's raid on cricketers, the Gujarat government is sure that at least one hero has fallen from grace. The ...

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NEW DELHI, JULY 23: With last week8217;s raid on cricketers, the Gujarat government is sure that at least one hero has fallen from grace. The government today decided to remove a chapter on former Indian captain Kapil Dev from the Class X curriculum following allegations against him in the match-fixing scandal.

Gujarat Education Minister Anandiben Patel said the government has decided to delete the chapter on Kapil Dev after the recent raids by Income-Tax officials on his office and residential premises.

8220;The issue had been under consideration of the State Government ever since the match-fixing controversy broke out and the I-T raids clinched our decision,8221; she said.

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