Prime Minister laid the foundation stone for Raja Mahendra Pratap Singh State University in Aligarh on 14th September, 2021.
About Raja Mahendra Pratap Singh
He was born into a royal family in the Hathras district of Uttar Pradesh in 1886. He was an alumnus of the Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental Collegiate School later called Aligarh Muslim University (AMU). He is popularly known as "Aryan Peshwa".
Contributions
Freedom Struggle
He took part in Gandhi’s campaign in South Africa, in 1913.
He set up the first Provisional Government of India from Afghanistan in 1915, declaring himself as the President.
