UN Charter translated into Sanskrit

3. United Nations Charter Translated Into Sanskrit For The First Time

Question: Who among the following has translated the UN Charter into Sanskrit?
(a) Dr. Kesari Nand Tripathi
(b) Dr. Jitendra Kumar Tripathi
(c) Prof. Dev Mani Tripathi
(d) Prof. Satpal Singh
Ans: (b)
Related facts:

  • On 7 September 2016 India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Syed Akbaruddin informed that UN Charter, the seminal treaty of the United Nations, has been translated into Sanskrit.
  • The charter has been translated by Dr Jitendra Kumar Tripathi, Secretary of the Lucknow-based Akhila Bharatiya Sanskrit Parishad.
  • The United Nations Charter was signed on June 26 1945, in San Francisco, at the conclusion of the United Nations Conference on International Organisation, and came into force on October 24 1945.
  • The Charter is available in all six official languages( Arabic, Chinese, English,French, Russian and Spanish) of the UN

Reference:
http://www.huffingtonpost.in/2016/09/07/un-charter-translated-into-sanskrit/
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/variety/un-charter-translated-into-sanskrit/article9080484.ece