Inaugurated by PM Modi in April this 12 months, the museum in Delhi’s Teen Murti Murg showcases the lives and contributions of 14 prime ministers of the nation – from Jawaharlal Nehru to Manmohan Singh.
Nripendra Mishra, president of the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, the nodal company for the museum, advised The Indian Express: “The gallery devoted to PM Modi’s tenure will probably be situated on the bottom ground of the museum, and the content material would be the similar as all different galleries. ,
At the museum’s inauguration, Mishra had advised The Indian Express that the museum was a piece in progress and highlights of PM Modi’s first time period can be added within the coming months.
What was the Nehru Museum has been built-in with the brand new constructing. (Express Photo: Abhinav Saha)
The floor ground has galleries devoted to former PM Gulzarilal Nanda, Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indira Gandhi, PV Narasimha Rao, HD Deve Gowda, IK Gujral, Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Manmohan Singh, whereas the primary ground has galleries devoted to Rajiv Gandhi, V.P. Singh, Chandrashekhar, Morarji Desai and Charan Singh.
The thought of a museum devoted to the Prime Ministers of India was mooted in 2016. The Rs 270 crore mission was authorized in 2018 and NMML was appointed because the nodal company for the mission in May 2019.
Displays embody pictures, speeches, video clips, newspaper interviews and a few unique writing. These had been collected from Doordarshan, Films Division, Parliament TV, Ministry of Defence, Indian and international media homes and information businesses and Toshakhana of the Ministry of External Affairs. Valuable data was additionally sought from the households of the leaders about them.
The thought of a museum devoted to the Prime Ministers of India was mooted in 2016. (Express Photo: Abhinav Saha)
The ministry mentioned that the museum can also be going to launch a quarterly collection of lectures on the life and achievements of Prime Ministers by eminent academicians and public leaders. The first lecture within the collection, it added, will probably be on Atal Bihari Vajpayee and will probably be delivered by former President Ram Nath Kovind. Selected displays will probably be displayed on such events, the assertion mentioned.
A light-weight and sound present can also be deliberate in November 2022 with an inaugural episode on the house program in India.
According to the ministry assertion, the museum had obtained 1,15,161 guests until September 30.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
