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The details of the Museums, Memorials and interpretation centres dedicated to the Indian freedom movement, freedom fighters and the national independence struggle is given at Annexure.
The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) undertakes maintenance and upgradation of museums and exhibitions relating to India's freedom movement, subject to requirement. ASI organises outreach programmes on important occasions such as Independence Day, Republic Day, World Heritage Day and Week and International Museum Day, in association with local schools, educational institutions and heritage stakeholders, to create awareness among children and youth about the legacy of India's freedom movement.
Further, various programmes/exhibitions are carried out throughout the year as per the events in the museums of the Ministry of Culture to preserve and promote the legacy of India's freedom movement.
This information was given by Union Minister for Culture and Tourism Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat in a written reply in Lok Sabha today
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ANNEXURE
(Rs. in lakhs)
Sl. No.
Name of the Museum
State/U.T.
Year of Establishment
Financial year
Expenditure
01.
St. Fort George Museum, Chennai
Tamilnadu
1948
2021-2022
19.099
2022-2023
61.899
2023-2024
30.00
2024-2025
30.35
2025-2026
35.049
02.
1857 Memorial Museum, Residency, Lucknow
Uttar Pradesh
1970
2021-2022
78.353
2022-2023
98.428
2023-2024
109.095
2024-2025
123.073
2025-2026
28.169
03.
1857 – India’s first war of Independence
Delhi
2019
2021-2022
225.42
04.
Yaad-e-Jallian
2022-2023
247.94
05.
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose and INA
2023-2024
279.67
06.
Azaadi-ke-Diwane
2024-2025
170.10
2025-2026
528.96
07.
Museum on Mahatma Gandhi, Aga Khan Palace, Pune
Maharashtra
2019
The permanent exhibition within the ASI Protected Monument was developed, maintained by the Gandhi Memorial society.
(Rs. in lakhs)
Sl. No.
Description
State
Year of establishment
Managing Institution
Financial year
Expenditure
01
The permanent exhibition titled "Uniting India: Sardar Patel", a highly interactive digital gallery
Delhi
2016
National Science Centre, Delhi
2021-22
17.03
2022-23
20.14
2023-24
2.95
2024-25
-
2025-26
-
02
‘Gandhipedia’ is an AI-enabled digital repository and interactive web portal dedicated to the life, philosophy and complete literature of Mahatma Gandhi.
West Bengal
Gujarat
2023
NCSM in collaboration with IIT Kharagpur & IIT Gandhinagar
2021-22
16.57
2022-23
3.63
2023-24
5.13
2024-25
45.00
2025-26
-
03
Digital exhibition titled The Father of the Nation: A digital tribute based on the life and works of Mahatma Gandhi
West Bengal, Odisha, Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Goa,
Tamilnadu, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Haryana.
2020
The exhibition was organized at 14 NCSM units from 10th November, 2020 to 30th January, 2021
NCSM in collaboration with Vigyan Prasar, DST & MoC, Govt. of India
2021-22
904.01
2022-23
-
2023-24
-
2024-25
-
2025-26
-
04
Temporary Exhibition on ‘Gandhi and Science’
West Bengal, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana,
Delhi,
Assam
2019
NCSM
-
05
National Level Quiz on ‘Mahatma Gandhi: Life & Works’: As a part of 150 years of celebration
West Bengal
2019
(30.01.2019)
NCSM
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VICTORIA MEMORIAL HALL, KOLKATA
(Rs.in lakhs)
S. no.
Gallery Name
Year of Establishment
Description of Gallery
Expenditure
-
Biplobi Bharat Gallery
2022
Celebrated Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav and on the occasion of Shaheed Diwas, and the Biplobi Bharat Gallery - a new gallery on the revolutionary nationalists of India
268.00
-
Great Indian Reformers Gallery
2024
A gallery titled - Great Indian Reformers. The gallery displays paintings of great Indian reformers such as Raja Rammohun Roy, Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, Mahatma Gandhi, Dr B.R. Ambedkar, Swami Vivekananda, Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and Rabindranath Tagore.
(Rs.in lakhs)
S. no.
Gallery Name
Year of Establishment
Description of Gallery
Financial Year
Expenditure
-
Azad Gallery
2023
Dedicated exclusively to the Indian freedom Movement, freedom fighters and the national independence struggle
2021-22
-
2022-23
4.684
2023-24
1.977
2024-25
9.273
2025-26
1.055
Commemoration of 125th Birth Anniversary of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose
(Rs. in lakhs)
Sl.
No.
Name of the Institutions /Organizations
State
Financial Year
Name of the Commemoration
Purpose
Total
Approved Amount
Amount Released
Department of Art & Culture Govt. of Manipur.
Manipur
2023-24
125 Birth Anniversary of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose.
For Development of INA Marty's War Memorial Complex Moriang under 125 Birth Anniversary of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose.
1383.29
909.14
-
Young India, Konarak, Puri, Odisha
Odisha
2023-24
Construction of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Cultural and Community Media Centre at Odisha under the commemoration of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.
587.96
440.97
-
Department of Art & Culture Govt. of Nagaland
Nagaland
2023-24
2025-26
For construction of Memorial Park in Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose and INA at Ruzazho Village under Phek District, Nagaland
1000.00
750.00
-
Department of Art & Culture, Government of Nagaland
Nagaland
2023-24
For construction of Netaji Subhas Bose Auditorium at Tizu Island compound, Akhahu, Zunheboto, Nagaland
800.00
400.00
-
Department of Art & Culture, Government of Nagaland
Nagaland
2022-23
Construction of Netaji Subhash Memorial Hall Indoor Stadium at Kigwema, Kohima District, Nagaland
830.00
800.00
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