{"id":11551,"date":"2023-05-28T12:44:14","date_gmt":"2023-05-28T07:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=11551"},"modified":"2025-03-30T03:17:29","modified_gmt":"2025-03-29T21:47:29","slug":"about-sengol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/about-sengol\/","title":{"rendered":"About Sengol"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The Sengol sceptre, measuring an impressive five feet in length, is a remarkable creation made from silver and gold.<\/li>\n<li>It carries a rich history as it was originally handed over to Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru by Lord Mountbatten on August 14, 1947, symbolizing the momentous transfer of power during India&#8217;s Independence.<\/li>\n<li>Subsequently, the sceptre was put on display at The Allahabad Museum, allowing visitors to appreciate its historical significance.<\/li>\n<li>The golden scepter has its origins in the Chola empire, where it was used as a symbol of power transfer from one king to another.<\/li>\n<li>It had a carving of the Nandi atop it, which is said to be a symbol of justice.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1) What does Allahabad Museum have a major collection of?<\/h3>\n<p>The Allahabad Museum has a rich and diversified collection of art, antiquities, paintings ,sculptures, coins, ceramics, archaeological objects, illustrated manuscripts, farmans, decorative art objects, arm &amp; armours, textiles, natural history specimen, photographs , prints.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/newsonair.gov.in\/News?title=PM-Modi-meets-Adheenams-at-his-residence%2c-receives-Sengol-from-them&amp;id=461593\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>PM Modi meets Adheenams at his residence, receives Sengol from them<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It carries a rich history as it was originally handed over to Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru by Lord Mountbatten<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":11552,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-11551","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11551"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11551\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}