Chandigarh, March 22 -- Even as there has been much hue and cry over alleged cancellation of an inaugural lecture on Master Tara Singh by Panjab University (PU), varsity's history department has refuted the claims by clarifying that the event was not even finalised yet.

The controversy was stoked by Rajya Sabha member of Parliament Tarlochan Singh who wrote to the V-C regarding cancellation of the event. He called it very odd that the university has not recognised the role of Singh who led the Sikh community to choose India and not go with Muhammad Ali Jinnah's offer.

Speaking on the issue, chairperson of history department prof Jasbir Singh said, "We were planning to hold a memorial lecture on Master Tara Singh, however, we hadn't fixe...