Mysuru, Jan. 30 -- "Dr. B.R. Ambedkar had said that only those who have understood history can create history," said Karnataka State Higher Education Council Vice-Chairman Prof. S.R. Niranjana.

He was speaking after inaugurating the 77th Sarvodaya Day (Death Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi) in honour of Mahatma Gandhi, organised by Centre for Gandhian Studies, University of Mysore (UoM) in association with Seshadripuram Degree College at Gandhi Bhavan in Manasagangothri campus here this morning.

Stressing on the need for participating in such programmes in order to understand history, Prof. Niranjana opined that history can then only be created. Maintaining that the UoM has a rich history, he said that Nalanda University which existed in ...