Nepalâs King Suggested That Nepal Be Made An Indian Province, But Nehru rejected It: Pranab Mukherjee Memoir
Former president Pranab Mukherjee. (Arvind Yadav / Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
The late President Pranab Mukherjee says in his autobiography, The Presidential Years,â that the first Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru rejected an offer to make Nepal a province of India, reports
News 18. After the Rana rule was replaced by the monarchy in Nepal, he wished for democracy to take root. Interestingly, Nepalâs king, Tribhuvan Bir Bikram Shah, had suggested to Nehru that Nepal be made a province of India. But Nehru rejected the offer on the grounds that Nepal was an independent nation and must remain so,â writes late Mukherjee in his latest autobiography.
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PM Modi to join centenary celebrations at AMU today
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be the first sitting PM since Lal Bahadur Shastri to attend an event at the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU). The prime minister will be releasing a postal stamp, apart from his address, during the celebration, the PMO said. (File photo)
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Updated: Dec 22, 2020, 06:55 AM IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is slated to address the centenary celebrations of the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) today (December 22), the Prime Minister s Office (PMO) said on December 20.
The prime minister will be joining the 100-year anniversary event via video conferencing at 11 am, according to a press release by the PMO. This is the first time that PM Modi will be participating in an event at the AMU.
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