BJP leader Sujeeth Kumar on Friday urged the Centre to remove the title 'Lord' when referring to British Viceroys and Governor Generals in school textbooks, NCERT publications, government documents and official websites, saying the practice perpetuates a "colonial mindset" even 75 years after Independence.

Raising the issue during Zero Hour in the Rajya Sabha, Kumar highlighted the widespread use of the title across educational and official materials. "I did a random check of all these websites, documents, and school textbooks, and this is what I found," he said.

The BJP MP pointed out that NCERT history textbooks for Classes 8 and 12 contain numerous references to Lord Curzon, Lord Mountbatten, Lord Dalhousie and Lord Leighton, among others.

Similarly, he claimed that official websites

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