VP pays homage to Syama Prasad Mookerjee on Balidan Diwas at AIU meet
On 23 June 2025 at Gautam Buddha Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar paid homage to Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee on his Balidan Diwas while opening the 99th Annual Meet of the Association of Indian Universities.
Summary
Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar paid homage to Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee on his Balidan Diwas on 23 June 2025 while addressing the inaugural session of the 99th Annual Meet and National Conference of Vice Chancellors (2024â25), organised by the Association of Indian Universities (AIU) at Gautam Buddha Nagar, Uttar Pradesh. Dhankhar recalled Mookerjee's slogan 'Ek Vidhan, Ek Nishan, Ek Pradhan', raised during a campaign in Jammu and Kashmir in 1952. He noted that Article 370 was abrogated on 5 August 2019 and that the legal challenge in the Supreme Court failed on 11 December 2023.
Key facts
- Occasion
- Balidan Diwas of Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee
- Event
- AIU 99th Annual Meet and National Conference of VCs (2024â25)
- Venue
- Gautam Buddha Nagar, Uttar Pradesh
- Slogan
- 'Ek Vidhan, Ek Nishan, Ek Pradhan' (J&K campaign, 1952)
- Article 370
- Abrogated 5 August 2019; SC challenge failed 11 December 2023
Practice MCQs 3 questions
Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar addressed the 99th Annual Meet and National Conference of Vice Chancellors on 23 June 2025. Which body organised it?
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Correct answer: C â Association of Indian Universities (AIU)
PIB: the 99th Annual Meet and National Conference of Vice Chancellors (2024â2025) was organised by the Association of Indian Universities (AIU) at Gautam Buddha Nagar.
The slogan 'Ek Vidhan, Ek Nishan, Ek Pradhan', recalled by the Vice-President on 23 June 2025, was given by whom during a campaign in Jammu and Kashmir in 1952?
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Correct answer: A â Syama Prasad Mookerjee
PIB: the Vice-President said Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee gave the slogan 'Ek Vidhan, Ek Nishan, Ek Pradhan' during the campaign in Jammu and Kashmir in 1952.
Consider the following statements made by the Vice-President on 23 June 2025: 1. Article 370 was abrogated on 5 August 2019. 2. The legal challenge to the abrogation failed in the Supreme Court on 11 December 2023. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: C â Both 1 and 2
PIB: the Vice-President said Article 370 was abrogated on 5th August 2019, and the legal challenge to the Supreme Court failed on 11 December 2023. Both are correct.