Question: Resolutions have been passed to rename the Jammu University in the name of?
(a) Maharaja Hari Singh
(b) Syama Prasad Mukherjee
(c) Maharaja Gulab Singh
(d) Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Answer: (c)
Related facts:
- On 3rd March, The Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) has proposed to name the state-run University and Airport here after Dogra kings.
- To rename Jammu Airport and the Jammu University after Hindu Dogra monarchs Maharaja Hari Singh and Maharaja Gulab Singh, respectively.
Dogra Dynasty:
- The Dogra dynasty (or Jamwal dynasty) was a Hindu Dogra Rajput dynasty that formed the royal house of Jammu and Kashmir.
- The founder of the dynasty, Gulab Singh, was an influential noble in the court of Maharaja Ranjit Singh of Lahore.
- The last ruling Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir was Hari Singh, who contributed troops to the British war effort in World War II and served on Churchill’s Imperial War Cabinet.
- Hari Singh’s reign saw the accession of Jammu & Kashmir to the newly independent Indian Union in 1947.
- In June 1952, Hari Singh’s rule was terminated by the state government of Indian-administered Kashmir.
Links:
https://www.thekashmirmonitor.net/jmc-proposes-to-name-jammu-airport-university-after-dogra-kings/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogra_dynasty#The_last_ruling_Maharaja_of_Jammu_and_Kashmir
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/jammu-varsity-airport-to-be-renamed-after-dogra-monarchs/article30964937.ece