Statues of Tagore, Kalam, others to be erected in Chennai
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Minister for Information and Publicity M.P. Swaminathan announced on Tuesday that statues of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore, former President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam and former Finance Minister V.R. Nedunchezhian would come up in Chennai. The statue of Tagore will come up on the campus of Queen Mary’s College, of Kalam in Anna Univerity and that of Nedunchezhian in front of the State guest house in Chepauk. Replying to the debate on the demand for grants for his Department, the Minister said statues of Veerapandiya Kattabomman and Marudu Brothers would be erected on the campus of Gandhi Mandapam in Guindy.More Related News
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