Portugal on 9 October 2015 became the first European country to sign the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the establishment of Nalanda University.
The MoU was signed in New Delhi by Portuguese Ambassador to India Ana Martinho and Dr Jitendra Nath Misra, the Ambassador of India to Portugal.
With this, Portugal became the 17th country overall and the fourth outside the East Asia Summit to do so.
About Nalanda University
• The revived university is located at Rajgir in Nalanda District in Bihar.
• It is a non-state, non-profit, secular and self-governing international institution mandated to be engaged in the pursuit of intellectual, philosophical, historical and spiritual studies.
• It was established through Nalanda University Act, 2010 and formally inaugurated on 19 September 2014.
About ancient Nalanda University
The ancient Nalanda University was established in 427 AD during the reign of Gupta king Sakraditya. It was destroyed in 1193 AD by the Turkish army of the Bakhtiyar Khilji, the military general of the army of Qutb-ud-din Aibak.
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