The petitioners also filed an RTI seeking detailed information on the Maratha empire map's removal. File Photo

Descendants of prominent Maratha royal families, along with several citizens, have filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) against the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT)’s decision to remove the map of the Maratha empire from the Class 8 social science textbook.

The petitioners, in their PIL filed through Advocate Ashishraje Gaikwad in the Bombay High Court, claimed that they are “deeply aggrieved” by NCERT’s “unilateral, arbitrary, non-transparent, and procedurally flawed decision” to remove the map from the Class 8 textbook, including Hindi, Urdu, and English social science syllabus of the Central Board of Secondary Education ( CBSE ).

Among the petitioners are Raje Mudhojirao Raje Ajitsinghrao Bhonsle from Nagpur, Shivaji Dattatray Rajé Jadhav, a descendant of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj’s mother Rajmata Jijamata, and Raghujiraje Shahjiraje Angre from Raigad, along…