In which of the following country, recently the Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s statue was vandalised?

August 21, 2021

Daily Current Affairs Quiz 21 August 2021

In which of the following country, recently the Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s statue was vandalised?

A. China

B. Afghanistan

C. Pakistan

D. Nepal

Explanation:

A nine-foot-tall bronze statue of the first ruler of the Sikh Empire, Maharaja Ranjit Singh, was vandalised by an activist of the banned Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) at the Lahore Fort in Pakistan’s Punjab province, according to media reports. Maharaja Ranjit Singh (1780-1839) seized Lahore in 1799 after he was invited to rule the city by its Hindu, Muslim, and Sikh elite.