A special lecture on the topic "The First Decade of Indian Independence: Some Reflection" was organized in the Department of History, Vinoba Bhave University.The special lecture was presided over by Dr. Ashok Kumar Mandal. Jamia Millia Islamia Professor Dr. Javed Alam was present as a chief guest cum keynote speaker in this special lecture.
While delivering the lecture, Dr. Javed Alam described the events of the time of independence in detail.He discussed in detail the views of prominent leaders of Congress and other parties regarding partition during the period of Interim Government and about the people killed (6 million) and the problems generated during the tragedy of Partition.He explained the process of integration of the princely states, especially Junagadh, Hyderabad and Jammu and Kashmir in India in detail.He also gave detailed lectures on the State Reorganization Commission and the provisions related to secondary education and higher education.
Dr. Ashok Kumar Mandal, Head of History Department presided over the program and in his speech emphasized on quality research and gave important tips to the research scholars and students.Dr. Mandal also said that seminars, workshops, special lectures will continue to be organized in the department.The vote of thanks was done by Dr. Vikas Kumar and the stage was conducted by research scholar Vaibhav Anand.Dr. Ashok Kumar Mandal, Dr. Vikas Kumar, Dr. Hitendra Anupam, Dr. Vanshidhar Prasad Rukhaiyar, Dr. Tanveer Alam, Navneet Kumar Dangi, Bhagwat Ram, Prabhat Kumar, Gangeshwari Kumar, Preeti Kumari, etc. and students of postgraduate department were present in the program. The program started with the welcome song and ended with the national anthem.