Smriti Irani slayed the Parliament with her ferocious speech. While she was clamouring for school syllabi to be revised so that there are no anti-national elements in them, someone took her message too seriously and started the hashtag #RemoveMughalsFromBooks on Twitter.
And, of course, Twitter had some of the most hilarious responses.
1. This engineering student who was truly tired.
Not sure if I want to #RemoveMughalsFromBooks ,but I surely want to remove Digital Signal Processing,Strength of Materials,EMT etc from them
— The-Lying-Lama 2.0 (@KyaUkhaadLega) March 2, 2016
2. This foodie who knew the country’s priorities.
You can #RemoveMughalsFromBooks but you cannot and should not #RemoveBiriyaniFromMughals
— Comedian Praveen (@Comedy_Praveen) March 2, 2016
3. This quick escalation of trends.
Step 1) #RemoveMughalsFromBooks
Step 2) ???
Step 3) #RemoveBooks— #DestroyTheAadhaar #BanDigitalElections #DefeatCIA (@Stupidosaur) March 2, 2016
4. This perfect video analogy.
HRD minister trying to #RemoveMughalsFromBooks pic.twitter.com/dQ2r641IS7
— Rofl Gandhi 2.0 (@RoflGandhi_) March 2, 2016
5. This prediction of changes made in the country.
#RemoveMughalsFromBooks Really liked that Gowarikar movie Jodha Akash
— dorku (@Dorkstar) March 2, 2016
6. This ‘comic’ twist to the trend.
https://twitter.com/dhaansu_handle/status/704873384711049216
7. These important things every student needs to learn.
#RemoveMughalsFromBooks History Text Books Be Like..
1. Modi Selfies in 2015
2. Smiti Irani's Parliament Haran
3. Banistan-The golden era— Rosa Barks (@therosabarks) March 2, 2016
8. This person who grabbed the opportunity.
Please Sell #Tajmahal to me before #RemoveMughalsFromBooks
— atique mohammed (@atiquemohammed) March 2, 2016
9. This revelation of facts about Akbar’s courtiers.
https://twitter.com/SahilBulla/status/704974678771666944
10. This true story that happened in history.
#RemoveMughalsFromBooks because Anna hazare actually conquered lodhi dynasty and ruled india after that.
— -Chanprit (@chanpritbhatia) March 2, 2016
11. This simplification of the trendstarters.
#RemoveMughalsFromBooks am sure was started by some school student who doesn't want to study for the exam
— adheesh (@adheesh_h) March 2, 2016
12. This guy who juxtaposed our favourite talker in the trend.
arnab birble ki kahani kaisi rahegi??? #RemoveMughalsFromBooks
— Suraj Singh (@suraj21081991) March 2, 2016
13. This true story that no one thought about.
Jo log #RemoveMughalsFromBooks trend kara rahe hain, ye wahi log hain jo Jodha Akbar dekh k history exam de ke aaye the
— Mudita Priyadarshini Shukla (@catastrochic) March 2, 2016
14. This direct connection to Smirti Irani.
#RemoveMughalsFromBooks & add how Mihir Virani who was killed in family warfare miraculously returned & helped his wife become HRD minister.
— • (@Gutkha_Mukesh) March 2, 2016
15. This procedure every Indian will have to follow.
Before reading about Mughals , you have to shout 'Vande Mataram' twice.#RemoveMughalsFromBooks
— आत्मनिर्भर Rooney (@TheChaoticNinja) March 2, 2016
16. This blatant advertisement of constructors.
https://twitter.com/DarpanSinghi/status/704965494063824896
17. This excellent logic by every supporter of the trend.
https://twitter.com/_rahul_bansal_/status/704964884421853184
18. This person who knew what people hate.
https://twitter.com/gunnyganatra/status/704963899431387136
19. This lady who took the trend quite seriously.
https://twitter.com/Nomnombiar/status/704962547988824064
20. This rearrangement of storylines for Bollywood.
Prithviraj Kapoor nailed it as the over-enthusiastic property owner Amar in that real-estate ad for 'Mahal-E-Araam' #RemoveMughalsFromBooks
— shubhankar.c (@monkeypreneur) March 2, 2016
21. This funny man’s truthful acceptance.
https://twitter.com/PiratedSardar/status/704988113613901824
22. This guy who got really tired of mathematics.
Before you #RemoveMughalsFromBooks, can you please remove calculus?
— KAMLESH SINGH / BANA (@kamleshksingh) March 2, 2016
23. This guy whose satire game was on point.
https://twitter.com/puram_politics/status/704888101852704768
24. This very important question.
Sanghis are tweeting Historical facts about contemporary rulers with the hashtag #RemoveMughalsFromBooks.! Yaar,ye kis grah se ae log hain!😂
— R (@jimmy9_girl) March 2, 2016
25. This lover of Mughlai cuisine.
Is trending.. But don't remove them from restaurants.. 😀🍖🍗
— ನಾಯಕ್ 🇮🇳 (@ravindraten) March 1, 2016
This is yet another example of extremists blowing up a seemingly harmless topic and getting it to trend on Twitter. Thank the smart people of Twitter to keep the atmosphere light.