Visva-Bharati university in Kolkata will replace controversial plaques that sparked a row by not mentioning Rabindranath Tagore, the institution s founder and India s first Nobel laureate. The plaques, which bear the names of India s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the former vice-chancellor Bidyut Chakrabarty, were installed in October to mark the inclusion of Santiniketan township in the UNESCO world heritage list. The move prompted protests and calls for their removal. The university said on Monday that the plaques would be replaced soon. | Latest News India
Last month, three plaques commemorating UNESCO's honour were installed at different places on the campus of Visva-Bharati with names of then vice-chancellor Bidyut Chakrabarty and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the chancellor of the central university, inscribed on them.
Santiniketan town, where Tagore built Visva-Bharati over a century ago, was included in the Unesco’s world heritage list in September | Latest News India