PM Modi to unveil first underground museum of revolutionaries at Raj Bhavan in Maharashtra, inaugurate saint Tukaram temple in Pune
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According to the Raj Bhavan officials, there will be hundreds of others, known and unknown, who will figure in the museum in its later phases, depicting the entire `Revolution Saga` of 90 years, from the First War of Independence in 1857 to India`s Freedom in 1947.
Mumbai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the country`s first-ever underground `Gallery of Revolutionaries`, a museum dedicated to the luminaries of the Indian Independence Movement, here at the Maharashtra Raj Bhavan on Tuesday (June 14). The gallery, themed `Revolution Saga` has come up in the subterranean network of 13 pre-World War-I (First WW) British era bunkers, and was discovered in the sprawling Raj Bhavan campus in August 2016 during the tenure of the then Governor C Vidyasagar Rao, said an IANS report.
The current Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari then oversaw the setting up of the Gallery of Revolutionaries under the guidance of Dr Vikram Sampat (historian) and help from South Central Cultural Centre, Nagpur. In the first phase, the museum features rebels like Vasudev Balwant Phadke, Damodar Hari Chapekar and Vishnu Hari Chapekar (Chapekar Brothers), Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak, the Savarkar Brothers - Vinayak Damodar Savarkar (Veer Savarkar) and Ganesh Damodar Savarkar (Babarao Savarkar), Anant Laxman Kanhere, Vishnu Ganesh Pingale, Vasudev Balwant Gogate, Krantiguru Lahuji Raghoji Salve, Bhikaiji Rustom Cama (Madam Cama), Shivran H. Rajguru, the country`s first armed fighter organisation `Abhinav Bharat`, `Patri Sarkar`, etc.
According to the Raj Bhavan officials, there will be hundreds of others, known and unknown, who will figure at the museum in its later phases, depicting the entire `Revolution Saga` of 90 years, from the First War of Independence in 1857 to India`s Freedom in 1947. The gallery includes information on the freedom heroes, their role in the Independence movement, sculptures, rare photographs, murals and even details on tribal revolutionaries drawn by school kids.
The stuff on display has reportedly been sourced from the State Archives Department, Asiatic Society, Kesari Archives, Savarkar Museum, etc, and also includes a scene from the historic Coronation of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in the hall of the underground hall of the bunkers.
The Prime Minister will also inaugurate the newly constructed `Jalbhushan`, which houses the Governor`s office and residence, and pray at the historic Shrigundi Temple at Raj Bhavan. Besides the Governor, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, Chief Justice of Bombay High Court Dipankar Datta, other ministers and top officials shall be present for the ceremony, part of the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav celebrations.
