PM Modi all set to inaugurate Prime Ministers’ museum today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Thursday (April 14) inaugurate the Prime Ministers’ museum, unveiling a rich new look into India’s history through the life and work of the country’s premiers. This museum will reportedly be showcased with technologies such as holograms, augmented reality, kinetic sculptures and interactive kiosks and screens.

It is reportedly said that among the artefacts to be featured are former prime minister Lal Bahadur Shatri’s Fiat car that he purchased for his family soon after taking office in 1964 and a digital feature on the country’s first PM, Jawaharlal Nehru.

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It will capture events from India’s freedom struggle and the making of the Constitution.

All former Prime Ministers and their families have been invited to attend the ceremony. Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s office regretted that they won’t be able to attend due to health reasons.

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The Teen Murti Bhavan has been repurposed as the Prime Ministers’ Museum and after its inauguration on April 14, it will be opened to the public on April 21. Prime Minister Modi will unveil the museum on the occasion of the birth anniversary of BR Ambedkar and as part of the Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav celebrations.

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In a tweet, Union minister G Kisan Reddy said, “The Sangrahalaya, being inaugurated as part of Azadi ka #AmritMahotsav celebrations, showcases the story of India after Independence through the lives and contributions of its PM’s. Spread across 15,600 sq mtrs, the Sangrahalaya has 43 galleries & has displays on freedom struggle and framing of the Constitution. This Sangrahalaya goes on to tell the stories of how our PMs navigated the nation through various challenges & ensured all-round progress of our nation.”

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The new museum has a logo that shows hands of the people of India holding up a chakra, which symbolises the nation and its vibrant democracy. It will capture events from India’s freedom struggle and the making of the Constitution.

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Other objects expected to on display belonging to Shastri include his chakra, that the person mentioned said, which he received as dowry, a vase that he gifted in Tashkent and his badminton racket.

The museum has also digitised several photographs and created a compendium of personal anecdotes.