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Nation Pradhanmantri Sangrahalaya

FACTS THAT HELP YOU LEARN MORE ABOUT PRIME MINISTERS

n In the Pradhanmantri Sangrahalaya, there is Gujarat for many years before joining the freedom
information about governance and handling movement.
challenges as well as information related to their n Chaudhary Charan Singh was deeply committed
personal life. Objects of special contexts have to the abolition of Zamindari. He also wrote an
also been given place. Read some here... important book on the abolition of zamindari,
n Lal Bahadur Shastri accepted only a spinning which is kept in the museum.
wheel as a wedding gift from his in-laws. That n Many people are unaware that Prime Minister
spinning wheel is kept in the museum, as is his Chandrashekhar participated in a padyatra from
post office passbook, which shows his meagre Kanyakumari to Delhi known as the "Bharat Yatra."
savings, honesty, and simplicity. From January 6 to June 25, 1983, he walked
n Morarji Desai worked as a Deputy Collector in approximately 4,260 kilometres.
ALSO VISIT THESE MUSEUMS

n INDIAN MUSEUM: This museum located in n THE NATIONAL WAR MEMORIAL is located in New
Kolkata was founded in 1814. It is not only Delhi. It was built in memory of the soldiers who
the oldest and largest in India, but also in the made the ultimate sacrifice. The Amar Jawan Jyoti is
Asia Pacific region of the world. There is a rare now lit here.
collection of antiquities, weapons and jewellery, n THE NATIONAL POLICE MEMORIAL is located in
fossils, skeletons, old preserved carcasses, and New Delhi. Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated
Mughal paintings in this museum. the National Memorial to Police and Paramilitary
n NATIONAL RAIL MUSEUM, NEW DELHI: There Forces to the nation on October 21, 2018. There was
is an opportunity to see and learn about Indian no National Police Memorial in the country after
Railways' 140-year history. Here one can see the decades of independence.
Fairy Queen, steam engines, models of coal-fired n JALLIANWALA BAGH MEMORIAL: The
vehicles, as well as the Maharaja's Rolling Salon. reconstruction of the complex and the opening of
The museum also houses the world's oldest memorial galleries have been done by the present
continuously running train, whose engine was built government.
in 1855. n BIPLOBI BHARAT GALLERY is in Kolkata. Here,
n RBI MONETARY MUSEUM, MUMBAI: The history the symbols of revolution are being made attractive
of the development of coins and rupees can be through modern technology. Here an attempt has
seen in this museum. Everything from 6th century been made to bring out the contribution of Azad Hind
coins to present day e-money is present. Fauj from the pages of history.
n VIRASAT-E-KHALSA is associated with the n BHAGWAN BIRSA MUNDA TRIBAL FREEDOM
Museum of Sikhism, which is in Anandpur Sahib, FIGHTER MUSEUM in Jharkhand, has been
Punjab. The museum was built in celebration of dedicated to the nation. The country's National
500 years of Sikh history and the 300th anniversary Tribal Freedom Fighters Museum is being built in the
of the Khalsa. It is based on the scriptures of the Narmada district of Gujarat, in which 16 galleries will
tenth and last Guru, Gobind Singh, and is on record be dedicated to the tribal freedom movements all
as the most visited museum in Asia. over India. This museum is about 6 km away from
n THE KITE MUSEUM: It is in Ahmedabad. This kite the Statue of Unity.
museum is the first and only kite museum in the museum on January 19, 2019. The museum
country and the second in the world. Starting on provides an intuitive understanding of various film
February 26, 1975 and known as Sanskaar Kendra, personalities' struggles as well as the history of the
this museum, apart from the largest kite of 22 X Indian entertainment industry.
16 feet, not only provides information about the n THE CALICO TEXTILE MUSEUM in Ahmedabad
history of kites but also displays rare kites from preserves India's clothing heritage. This museum,
around the world. which opened in 1949, not only displays Mughal-
n THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF INDIAN CINEMA era clothing but also provides information on the
is housed in Mumbai's Gulshan Mahal building. development of the textile industry in various parts
Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated the of the country.
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