. . . . . "Kurukshetra University (Hindi: \u0915\u0941\u0930\u0941\u0915\u094D\u0937\u0947\u0924\u094D\u0930 \u0935\u093F\u0936\u094D\u0935\u0935\u093F\u0926\u094D\u092F\u093E\u0932\u092F) is a university established on 11 January 1957 in Kurukshetra in the Indian state of Haryana, 160 kilometres (99 mi) from the capital, Delhi. It is a member of Association of Commonwealth Universities. The university was the idea of the then Punjab governor, Sir Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh, a Sanskrit scholar, who wanted to set up an institute to promote Indian culture and traditions."@en . . . "Kurukshetra University"@en . . . .