Akhand bharat map in new parliament

Nepal’s opposition parties, including the CPN UML, have opposed the map which shows Nepal as part of the ancient Indian landmass and asked the government in Kathmandu to take up the matter with India. Addressing the National Assembly on Wednesday, Prachanda, as the Prime Minister is popularly known, said that the map is not political and he had raised the issue during his recently-concluded India visit during which he met his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi and other top leaders. “We raised the issue of the new Indian map which is placed in Parliament. We have not made a detailed stud but as reported in the media, we raised this issue on a serious note. But in its response, the Indian side said that it was a cultural and historic map and not a political one. This should not be seen as a political way. It needs to be studied. But I have raised it,” he said. Prachanda has been facing ire from opposition parties on his India visit which they termed as not successful and productive as the Prime Minister has been claiming otherwise. Opposition party leaders have been mocking the bringing of 15 Murrah buffalos from India for breeding purposes and termed it as only one successful agreement done in the visit. Prachanda is also facing strong opposition for his proposal to swap land with India in order to resolve the boundary dispute. Citing the suggestions from experts, he had said that Nepal and India could swap the land like what India and Bangladesh did reach a land swapping ag...

• India’s new parliament building has Akhand Bharat map installed denoting 55 places belonging to present day India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh • Ancient Indian polymath Chanakya portrait also adorns new parliament building signifying his great strategy and economic knowledge that India may use in coming years What Is Akhand Bharat? It’s a term that describes ancient India ruled by great kings and dynasties like Ashoka the great, Chandragupta, Cholas etc. At that time ancient India (particularly known as Bharatvarsha) was a vast region with cultural and civilizational unity encompassing present day India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh and other neighbouring countries. Akhand Bharat Map installed inside India’s new parliament building The above Akhand Bharat map installed in India’s new parliament has a mention of around 55 places. Most of them are from Mauryan Empire under which present day Afghanistan and Pakistan were part of India’s landscape. Except those in deep south which were ruled by Cholas and Pandyas the Mauryan Empire controlled major parts of the Indian Subcontinent. So here we’ll take a look at all places mentioned in Akhand Bharat map installed in new parliament. Kanishka Stupa in Peshawar, Pakistan Purushpur (पुरुषपुर) The first place here is Purushpur (पुरुषपुर) which means “City of Men”. The name is derived from Sanskrit language. It is present day Peshawar located in Pakistan. Till 11th or 13th century Kanishka (often known as the 2nd Ashok...

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The installation of a map in India’s Bangladesh’s foreign ministry on Monday sought an explanation from New Delhi over the Akhand Bharat, or Undivided India, map in the new parliament building, inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi late last month. The map includes parts of Afghanistan, and the entire Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Myanmar. The Bangladeshi embassy in the Indian capital has been instructed to contact India’s foreign ministry to get India’s official explanation on the matter, Bangladesh’s junior minister for foreign affairs, Shahriar Alam, told reporters in Dhaka. “Anger is being expressed from various quarters over the map. There is no reason to doubt … the installation of the map. However, we have asked our mission in New Delhi to speak to the Indian ministry of external affairs to find out what their official interpretation is,” Alam said. India’s foreign ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said in a media briefing the mural depicts the spread of the ancient Mauryan Empire and “the idea of responsible and people-oriented governance that [King Ashoka] adopted and propagated”. However, during the inauguration of the new parliament building on May 28, India’s minister for parliamentary affairs as well as coal and mines, Pralhad Joshi, had described the mural as a map of the Akhand Bharat – a decades-old, right-wing fantasy that imagines an ethnic Hindu nation in the subcontinent. “The resolve is clear – Akhand Bharat,” says a translation o...

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Ancient Indian map also known as ‘Akhand Bharat’ has been displayed in the new Parliament building inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The maps show the influence of ancient India in the then Taxila, in present-day Pakistan. “The resolve is clear - Akhand Bharat,” Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi wrote on Twitter. The BJP’s Karnataka unit shared photographs of the artworks inside the new Parliament House, including the murals of ancient India. The prime minister inaugurated India’s new parliament building on Sunday, a modern complex which is part of his Hindu nationalist government’s grand plan to give a makeover to the British colonial-era architecture in the nation’s capital. The inauguration, and the ongoing revamp of the heart of New Delhi based on Indian culture, traditions, and symbols, comes a year before parliamentary elections in which Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will pitch its strong Hindu nationalist credentials, and its performance in office over the last decade, to seek a third term. Early in the morning, Modi held traditional prayers outside the complex in a ceremony that was also attended by top cabinet ministers. He then lit a traditional lamp inside parliament. Later, the prime minister entered parliament to loud cheers from guests, government officials and lawmakers, with many welcoming him with chant of “Modi, Modi”. “This new complex will be evidence of self-reliant India,” he said in an address. The event was boycotted by 2...

Prachanda is also facing strong opposition for his proposal to swap land with India in order to resolve the boundary dispute. Kathmandu: Amid ongoing criticism by the Opposition in Nepal, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Wednesday came to India’s defence over the ‘Akhand Bharat Map’ placed in the new Parliament building. Addressing the National Assembly on Wednesday, Prachanda, as the Prime Minister is popularly known, said that the map is not political and he had raised the issue during his recently-concluded India visit during which he met his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi and other top leaders. “We raised the issue of the new Indian map which is placed in Parliament. We have not made a detailed stud but as reported in the media, we raised this issue on a serious note. But in its response, the Indian side said that it was a cultural and historic map and not a political one. This should not be seen as a political way. It needs to be studied. But I have raised it,” he said. Several agreements and understandings were reached during the visit. Opposition party leaders have been mocking the bringing of 15 Murrah buffalos from India for breeding purposes and termed it as only one successful agreement done in the visit. Prachanda is also facing strong opposition for his proposal to swap land with India in order to resolve the boundary dispute. Citing the suggestions from experts, he had said that Nepal and India could swap the land like what India and Bangladesh did reac...

Synopsis Opposition party leaders have been mocking the bringing of 15 Murrah buffalos from India for breeding purposes and termed it as only one successful agreement done in the visit. Prachanda is also facing strong opposition for his proposal to swap land with India in order to resolve the boundary dispute. "We raised the issue of the new Indian map which is placed in Parliament. We have not made a detailed stud but as reported in the media, we raised this issue on a serious note. But in its response, the Indian side said that it was a cultural and historic map and not a political one. This should not be seen as a political way. It needs to be studied. But I have raised it," he said. Prachanda has been facing ire from opposition parties on his India visit which they termed as not successful and productive as the Prime Minister has been claiming otherwise. The border between Nepal and India is over 1,700Km long and has a complex history that spans several centuries. In his recent visit to India PM Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ raked up border issues between the two countries. An estimated 60,000 hectares of borderland is currently disputed between India and Nepal. In this video, Saurav Kumar of ET Online explains the complex issue between the two nations. Watch! Prachanda is also facing strong opposition for his proposal to swap land with India in order to resolve the boundary dispute. Citing the suggestions from experts, he had said that Nepal and India could swap the ...

Kathmandu, June 7 (IANS) Amid ongoing criticism by the Opposition in Nepal, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Wednesday came to India's defence over the 'Akhand Bharat Map' placed in the new Parliament building. Nepal's opposition parties, including the CPN—UML, have opposed the map which shows Nepal as part of the ancient Indian landmass and asked the government in Kathmandu to take up the matter with India. Addressing the National Assembly on Wednesday, Prachanda, as the Prime Minister is popularly known, said that the map is not political and he had raised the issue during his recently-concluded India visit during which he met his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi and other top leaders. "We raised the issue of the new Indian map which is placed in Parliament. We have not made a detailed stud but as reported in the media, we raised this issue on a serious note. But in its response, the Indian side said that it was a cultural and historic map and not a political one. This should not be seen as a political way. It needs to be studied. But I have raised it," he said. Prachanda has been facing ire from opposition parties on his India visit which they termed as not successful and productive as the Prime Minister has been claiming otherwise. Several agreements and understandings were reached during the visit. Opposition party leaders have been mocking the bringing of 15 Murrah buffalos from India for breeding purposes and termed it as only one successful agreement done in th...

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