Relations between Nicola Sturgeon and Alex Salmond broke down when he took her government to court

Alex Salmond has accused Nicola Sturgeon of “rewriting history” after his pivotal role in the rise of the SNP was removed from the party website.

The former first minister’s photograph alongside the story of his landslide vistory in 2011, which paved the way for the independence referendum, has been deleted from the party history.

The history now jumps straight from the first SNP minority government in 2007 to the independence referendum, without any mention of Mr Salmond who led the party until the failed bid for independence on September 18 2014.

The history now describes 2014 as the “momentous year Nicola Sturgeon had been appointed Scotland’s first female first minister” and “held a sold-out event at Glasgow’s Hydro arena”.

Mr Salmond told The Scottish Sun