Devendra Fadnavis to inaugurate Kusumagaraj Marathi language centre at JNU; lay basis stone of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj particular centre

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and different ministers of the Maharashtra cupboard will likely be in JNU on Thursday (July 24, 2025) night to inaugurate the Kusumagraj Special Centre for Marathi Language, Literature and Culture. The language centre has been named after famend poet and Jnanpith awardee Kusumagraj, and can concentrate on Marathi language, literature and cultural traditions.

The Chief Minister can even lay the muse stone for the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Special Centre for Security and Strategic Studies, which will likely be below the School of International Studies. It will discover indigenous strategic traditions primarily based on the Maratha empire. The centre is envisioned to change into a hub for army historical past, technique and future coverage growth rooted in India’s previous.

The Kusumagraj centre will provide postgraduate and certificate-level programmes to advertise multilingualism and cultural understanding. “It will provide MA in Marathi and certificates programs to go along with the NEP for non-Marathi audio system like those that communicate Tamil. A number of college students from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh have opted for Tamil and there are lots of who communicate Tamil each time we’ve features. This is encouraging as a result of this can unite India and make individuals extra delicate to different languages of the nation. The current state authorities is giving significance to Marathi, which has been declared by the Centre as one of many classical languages, additionally as a result of Marathi is a language of nice reputation and know for its literature,” JNU’s VC Santishree Pandit advised reporters not too long ago.

The State authorities has introduced the funds of ₹10 Crore for every centre. The Marathi centre was first introduced within the 12 months 2007 by then Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh.

Maharashtra authorities desires to assemble an equestrian statue of Maratha king Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj contained in the campus of Jawaharlal Nehru University. “We have held preliminary talks with the Vice Chancellor of the University. She is constructive about it. A statue of our most revered king within the famend college will imply spreading the significance of his valour and about Maratha historical past on a nationwide platform which is holds such a key place within the educational world,” Maharashtra minister Uday Samant advised The Hindu.

“We have sought land from JNU for the undertaking. Once the land is allotted, the State authorities will assemble the statue within the campus. There is an in-principle approval for the State authorities’s proposal,” Mr Samant mentioned.