Question: Recently Prime Minister Narendra Modi Inaugurated Renovated ‘Stor Palace’ via video-conferencing located in which of the following city?
(a) Baghdad
(b) Dhaka
(c) Kabul
(d) New Delhi
Ans: (c)
Related facts:
- On 22 August 2016 Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Afghan President Ashraf Ghani Inaugurated Renovated ‘Stor Palace’ via video-conferencing located in Kabul, Afghanistan.
- It was built in the 1880 by Amir Abdul Rehman Khan.
- The Stor Palace also known as Star Palace or Kasre-estar brought back fond memories for Afghans, in and outside of the country ravaged by war and internal strife for decades.
- This place witnessed history in 1919 as the Rawalpindi Agreement that recognised Afghanistan as an independent sovereign state, was signed in one of its rooms.
- Former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh had committed to renovate and restore the Palace, during his Kabul visit in 2011.
- The project was entrusted to the renowned Agha Khan Trust for Culture.
- The work was completed in nearly 48 months instead of the scheduled 36 months with an Indian grant of 5.7 million USD.
Reference:
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=149070
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/kabul-stor-palace-afghanistan-india-prime-minsiter-narendra-modi-ashraf-ghani/1/746094.html