LUCKNOW: To mark the completion of 125 years of Uttar Pradesh’s legislature, the state government will hold a three-day celebration along with a special sitting of the House on January 8, 2013. In an official release issued on Wednesday, the government has also decided to constitute a 10-member committee, comprising chief minister Akhilesh Yadav, chairman of the legislative council and speaker of the legislative assembly, among others, to oversee the preparations for the event. The state’s legislature was constituted in January 8, 1887 under the Indian Council Act of 1861.
Among the preparations that have been proposed to mark the historic event, the government has decided to release a special postal stamp to mark the event, organise an exhibition to showcase the rich history of the House, issue a coin displaying the Vidhan Sabha building, apart from felicitating eminent members of the state legislature and a three-day cultural programme to mark the event.
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