NEW DELHI, Jun 25: Former Jammu and Kashmir Governor Lt Gen (Retd) S K Sinha met Union Development of North Eastern Region Minister Jitendra Singh here recently and held over an hour-long meeting to discuss different issues related to Jammu & Kashmir and the Northeast, officials in the Ministry for DONER said today.
During his meeting with the Minister, 92-year-old Gen Sinha, a war veteran and a long time Kashmir observer, who first time came to the state of Jammu and Kashmir in 1947 as an Indian Army Major and was associated with the State for the next over half-a-century till he relinquished office as Governor of the State in 2008, when Mr N N Vohra took over, spoke at length about his impressions about the situation in J&K, as it has evolved since Independence.
From his long experience in having dealt with the Northeast, Gen Sinha provided Dr Singh a detailed perspective about how the events have evolved in Assam and the other North-Eastern states over the last 65 years.
Gen Sinha also updated Dr Singh about his current subject of research, which was that of rediscovering the rich heritage of his hometown of Patna, originally known as Pataliputra which had been the capital of India for as many as 700 years.
Dr Singh appreciated Gen Sinha’s commitment and passion for research, and said the inputs provided by him are of immense value. (UNI)
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