Netaji museums on cards, Ambedkar’s birthplace to get facelift: Kishan
The Hindu
‘Union Ministers will visit sites of historical importance to hold various programmes’
Union Minister for Tourism and Culture G. Kishan Reddy on Monday said the Centre has decided to convert into full-fledged museums the places where Netaji Subash Chandra Bose stayed in Kolkata, Manipur and Nagaland.
Similarly, B.R. Ambedkar’s place of birth, places where he had studied and lived, including the house in London, will also get a facelift with Prime Minister Narendra Modi scheduled to announce new schemes for Dalits soon.
“It was decided that all the Union Ministers will visit Dr. Ambedkar’s birthplace and other sites of historical importance to hold various programmes and this will be telecast live and on social media for the entire country to watch,” he said at a press conference.