Question

Which government is behind the 'The Nalanda Proposal' proposing Nalanda as an ideal site for establishing a 21st century learning institution.

• A. Singapore
• B. India
• C. U.K
• D. China

Hint:

Its Foreign Minister George Yeo forwarded the idea to India in 2006.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is A

The correct answer is Singapore. The Nalanda Proposal was put forward by the Singapore government, championed by its then Foreign Minister George Yeo, who forwarded the idea to India around 2006. The proposal suggested reviving the ancient site of Nalanda in Bihar as a modern international university, an icon of Asian learning for the 21st century, drawing students and scholars from across the region the way the original Nalanda university did over a thousand years ago.

The idea gained wide backing when it was endorsed by the sixteen nations attending the East Asia Summit in Cebu, Philippines, in January 2007. This international support eventually led to the Nalanda University Act being passed by the Indian Parliament in 2010, and the revived university held its first academic session in 2014.

India is the host country where Nalanda is actually located and where the university was eventually built, but the original proposal itself did not originate from the Indian government, it came from Singapore. U.K and China are incorrect since neither government put forward this specific proposal, though China was among the many nations that later endorsed the revival plan.