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Nehru Wiki entry edited by someone in Modi government?

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DailyBiteJul 01, 2015 | 20:10

Nehru Wiki entry edited by someone in Modi government?

As Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ambitious Digital India campaign kicked off on Wednesday, it was haunted by a controversy over malicious changes made to a Wikipedia profile of former PM Jawaharlal Nehru from a Government of India Internet Protocol (IP) address.

In the provocative changes to Nehru's profile, it was stated that Nehru's grandfather Gangadhar Nehru was a Muslim called Ghiasuddin Ghazi, that he was born in a red-light district of Allahabad and vulgar details of his "relationship" with Edwina Mountbatten, wife of Lord Mountbatten, India's first Governor General, who signed on the declaration of India's independence. Read more here.

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Last updated: July 01, 2015 | 20:10
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