LONDON, Dec 29: How the legacy of partition -- with the formation of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) and West Pakistan -- still influences the Indian subcontinent today will be taught in British schools as a history unit looking at the legacy of the Raj.

The Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) has said the course for 11-14-year-olds is intended to give a valuable insight into the shared history of Britain and (undivided) India, The Times reported on Thursday.

The course, which is to be covered in 15 hours, would help pupils evaluate different interpretations of the massacre.

The bloody massacre of hundreds of Indians by a British general in Amritsar's Jallianwalah Bagh in 1919 will also form part of this history course.

The massacre was one of the most notorious incidents of the Raj rule when Brigadier-General Reginald Dyer ordered troops to fire on unarmed civilians holding a meeting in the park.