Question: Dantan Gramin Mela in West Bengal is organized …
(a) Annually
(b) Half- yearly
(c) Every two years
(d) Every five years
Ans: (a)
Related facts:
- On 19th January, 2017, The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the 28th Dantan Gramin Mela -2017 at Dantan, Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal.
- Speaking on the occasion, the President Pranab Mukherjee expressed concern over growing tensions and difference of opinion in society.
- Referring to the violence in different parts of the world, the President said the general trend of human society is for people to love each other and co-exist, not spread hatred. Rural fairs like Dantan Gramin Mela promote brotherhood, harmony and peaceful co-existence among people.
- The fair was started in 1989.It has crossed multifarious barriers and with a clear and liberal outlook is still winding its way towards coming generation with a nobler brighter and more prosperous future.
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