If you see the building
from a distance it may not ring a bell, but on closer look you will read Sudan.
Yes this is the iconic Sudan Block at the National Defence Academy in
Khadakwasla, Pune, India. In recognition of the sacrifices of the Indian troops
in liberation of Sudan in the North African campaign during World War II, Sudan
Government, in 1941, donated one hundred thousand pounds. Pandit Jawaharlal
Nehru laid the foundation in 1949 and the work was completed in 1954. The then
Sudanese Ambassador Syed Rahamatalla Abdulla performed the naming ceremony on May
30, 1959. Earlier in 1958, India offered a six –acre plot in the Chanakyapuri
area of New Delhi for the construction of Embassy of Sudan.
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