Actor Akshay Kumar who is gearing up for his next release Mahrana Pratap on Wednesday issued an appeal to union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan.
The Bollywood star wants the Narendra Modi govt to include stories related to Indian kings like Prithivi Raj and Mewar's Pratap Singh I who is popularly known as Maharana Pratap in history textbooks.
"I would like to appeal to the education minister to look into this matter and see if we can change it," he said.
Speaking to news agency ANI, Akshay Kumar claimed "nobody is there to write about it (history of Indian kings)...".
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