In Uttar Pradesh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be the chief guest at the virtual centenary celebrations of Aligarh Muslim University tomorrow.<br />''<br />''AIR correspondent reports, this is for the first time in over five decades that any Prime Minister of India will attend a function at Aligarh Muslim University.<br />''<br />''Earlier to this Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri attended an event at AMU in 1964. Before Lal Bahadur Shastri, then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru had visited AMU four times. He visited the AMU campus first time in 1948 and lastly in 1963.&nbsp; The preparations are in full swing and People are very much enthused and happy to see the Prime Minister at the campus.<br />''<br />''&nbsp;AMU Vice Chancellor Tariq Mansoor said the AMU community is thankful to the Sri Modi ji for accepting the invitation to participate in the celebrations marking 100 years of the university. According to University officials Prime Minister Sri Modi will release a special postal stamp to mark the occasion. Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank will also join the event via videoconferencing.<br />
News On AIR | December 21, 2020 12:54 PM
PM Modi to be chief guest at virtual centenary celebrations of Aligarh Muslim University