Nalanda Univerity Bill Passed in Rajya Sabha

The Upper House of the parliament (Rajya Sabha) has passed the Nalanda University Bill 2010. This historic event will mark the starting of reestablishment of the old glory on Nalanda University which was one of the major centers of education in the world in its prime. Sixteen countries from East Asia have pledged their help for the establishment of university. Nobel Prize winner Amartya Sen would head the group of mentors who are supposed to make planning for the university. It is expected that this university will be the first of its kind in Asia. The old university was burnt by Bakhtiyar Khilji a Muslim ruler whose descendants founded the Khilji Dynasty in Delhi.