Question : Which State Government has banned the term GorakhDhanada?
(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Rajasthan
(c) Madhya Pradesh
(d) Haryana
Answer : (d)
Related facts :
- The Haryana government has banned the use of the term “GorakhDhanda”.
- The expression is generally used to describe unethical practices.
- The delegation of the Gorakhnathcommunity urged Haryana Government to banthe phrase as it hurts the sentiments of the followers of Saint Gorakhnath.
- Gorakhnath was an 11th century Hindu yogi, considered to be the founder of the Nath Hindu monastic movement in India.
- The Gorakhnath Math and Gorakhpur city in Uttar Pradesh are named after him.
BY: AMIT GUPTA