All 15 "Hindu" hits sit inside the Quaid-e-Azam unit's Two-Nation exposition — "The Hindus and the British hostile to the demands of Muslims for a separate [state]" (p.41). One positive: the Pakistani Culture unit credits "mehendi, barat from the Hindu marriage culture" (p.112).
A theme can outrun its own syllabus
Punjab's English reader delivers the Two-Nation Theory a year before the History syllabus reaches it, asking pupils at class 7 to explain how the author justifies that Hindus and Muslims were two nations. Across three passes the claim degrades from argued, to stipulated, to eternal.
The reader gets there first. In Punjab's English 7 every one of the fifteen “Hindu” mentions sits inside the Quaid-e-Azam unit's Two-Nation exposition (p. 41), and the pupil is asked to explain how the author justifies that Hindus and Muslims were two nations — a year before the History syllabus reaches the topic. By History 8 the claim has hardened into disposition: unity failed “due to the negative attitude of Hindus” (p. 20). By Pakistan Studies 9 it is no longer argued at all but dated to the arrival of Muslims. Argued, then stipulated, then eternal — and Punjab's own two books disagree about its origin one year apart, with neither flagging it as contested.
What the books say
Each entry below is the catalogue's own record for that book on that
axis, printed as it stands. Pages marked PDF p. are counted from the first page of the scanned file, which is how most of this corpus was read; pages marked printed p. are the folio printed on the paper. The two differ by however many unnumbered cover leaves a volume carries, so the label matters when you go to check.
Bloc noun with collective disposition, carried past 1947. "In the beginning, Sir Syed Ahmed Khan made efforts for Hindu-Muslim unity which could not be successful due to the negative attitude of Hindus." (p.20). "Hindus' mentality was exposed as they were not ready to accommodate Muslims." (p.52). "The Quit India meant the withdrawal of the British Government from India and handing over powers to Hindus. Hindus, in their majority provinces, created the problem of law and order by setting Government-buildings on fire and disconnecting electric wires" and "Hindus would never provide justice to Muslims." (p.65). Causes of the 1965 war open with: "Pakistan was established against the wishes of Hindus. They had never accepted Pakistan as an independent country. Progress and stability of Pakistan was a major concern for Hindus. So, they started launching aggressive actions against Pakistan." (p.87). Pirpur Report allegations reported as fact (p.58); Congress ministries "planned to eliminate the identity of the Muslims" (p.58).
Limits
Punjab's own books disagree about its origin one year apart — History 8 credits Sir Syed, Pakistan Studies 9 dates it to the arrival of Muslims — and neither flags it as contested.
Boards and confidence
Punjab high confidence
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Source
Punjab English 7, 2022-23 edition — PDF p. 41; Punjab History 8, 2022-23 edition — printed p. 20
The class-7 exercise is at printed p. 40, PDF p. 41.
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Textbook Evidence Project, “A theme can outrun its own syllabus”. Evidence from 2 textbooks (Punjab). Corpus version 210 records. Retrieved from https://textbookevidence.com/findings/two-nation-outruns-syllabus/
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