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    Question

    Recently NMA has recommended Sankalp Bhumi Banyan tree

    campus to be declared as a monument of National importance . Which among the following places it is located?
    A Prayagaraj Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Mohali Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Indore Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Vadodara Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E Jaipur Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    National Monuments Authority has recommended two sites associated with Dr Ambedkar, the Father of Indian Constitution and a great social reformer, to be declared as Monuments of National importance . NMA has recommended that Sankalp Bhumi Banyan tree campus in Vadodara, where Dr . Ambedkar had taken a resolve to eradicate untouchability on 23th September, 1917 be declared as Monument of National Importance . This place is more than hundred years old and a witness to the beginning of social respect revolution heralded by Dr . Ambedkar . NMA has also recommended a place in Satara ( Maharashtra ) where Bhim Rao Ramji Ambedkar received his primary education in Pratap Rao Bhosle High School to be declared as monument of National importance . About National Monuments Authority National Monuments Authority ( NMA ) under the Ministry of Culture, Govt . of India has been setup as per provisions of The Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains AMASR ( Amendment and Validation ) Act, 2010 which was enacted in March, 2010 . Several functions have been assigned to the NMA for the protection and preservation of monuments and sites through management of the prohibited and regulated area around the centrally protected monuments . One amongst these responsibilities of NMA is also to consider grant of permissions to applicants for construction related activity in the prohibited and regulated area .

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