Kameshwar Singh Darbhanga Sanskrit University

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Kameshwar Singh Darbhanga Sanskrit University
Kameshwar Singh Darbhanga Sanskrit University logo.png
Type Public
Established1961(65 years ago) (1961)
Chancellor Governor of Bihar
Vice-Chancellor Laxmi Niwas Pandey
Location
Darbhanga
,
Bihar
,
India
Campus Urban
Affiliations UGC
Website https://ksdsu.bihar.gov.in
Kameshwar Singh Darbhanga Sanskrit University

Kameshwar Singh Darbhanga Sanskrit University (KSDSU) is a state university located at Darbhanga, Bihar, India, dedicated to the teaching and promotion of Sanskrit.[ citation needed ]

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History

Sanskrit University Building at Darbhanga donated by the Maharajadhiraj. Sanskrit University Building at Darbhanga donated by the Maharajadhiraj.jpg
Sanskrit University Building at Darbhanga donated by the Maharajadhiraj.

KSDSU was established in 1961, with the scholar Umesh Mishra as its first Vice-Chancellor. The then Education Minister of unified Bihar, Satyendra Narayan Sinha, announced the instigation of the university. Kameshwar Singh donated his ancestral Anand Bagh Palace to the government of Bihar as a university for the promotion of Sanskrit. Currently, this palace is the head office of the university.[ citation needed ]

It has held one awareness campaign. Sanskrit scholar and poet Ram Karan Sharma was the vice chancellor from 1974 to 1980. [1]

Campus

Kameshwar Singh Darbhanga Sanskrit University is located in Laxmishwar Vilas Palace, also known as Anand Bag in Darbhanga.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Gayatree Sharma (29 December 2008). "Sanskrit has never been dead". The Times of India . Archived from the original on 23 March 2012. Retrieved 2 March 2009.


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