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Different rooms in the Museum

Hello everyone, I hope you are all liking my posts. Well, in my last post I was talking about the Museum. In this post I will be talking about the various rooms inside the museum itself. GROUND FLOOR Guest Room Guest Room When you enter Nehru Memorial Museum the first room you will go through is the Guest Room. This guest room is recreated/rearranged by using the same furniture. The Office The Office After the guest room there comes the library, which was originally the Office of Jawaharlal Nehru. This gallery contains his images as child, it also captures even small and big events of his life; like him wearing a sacred thread, his studeies in England (First in Harrow and then at Trinity College Cambridge), his marriage, etc. External Affair's Room  External Affair's Room Jawaharlal Nehru was a part of External Affair Ministry so thats why the office of External Affair Ministry is reconstructed in the premises of Teen Murti Bhavan.

Nehru Memorial Museum

Hello everyone, I hope you are all liking my posts. Well, today I will be discussing about the Nehru Memorial Museum which is inside the Teen Murti Bhavan. NEHRU MEMORIAL MUSEUM The Nehru Memorial Museum started on 1st April' 1965, by recreating, rearranging all the Nehru Ji's stuff. Since that day, an annual lecture take place in Teen Murti Bhavan on April 1st every year. The lecture is named Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Foundation Day Lecture .  The museum opens is open all week except mondays. It's timings are from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. The museum contains several rooms with manuscripts, letters and pictures from the Nehru’s Office. The whole museum gives you a glance of our pre and post independence movement.  Teen Murti Bhavan comes under the Ministry of Culture. The building is made by Robert Tor Russel (Chief Architecture of the Public Works Department in 1930's) British Architecture who was also the architecture of Connaught Place. It’s architecture

History

Hello everyone, I hope you are finding my blog interesting. As i said in my last blog in this post I will be discussing about the history of Teen Murti Bhavan. HISTORY Teen Murti Bhavan was built in 1930 for the Commander-in-Chief of the British Indian Army . He had the second highest post in the Army. It was at that time called "the Flagstaff House". When India gained independence, the Britishers emptied the place.  Then Jawaharlal Nehru, our first Prime Minister, he accepted the Flagstaff House as his residence. From then it is called the Teen Murti Bhavan. Teen Murti Named after the 3 life-sized statues which stands in-front of the gates of Teen Murti Bhavan. Made in 1922 (made 7 years prior to the building). These statues are made of stone and bronze. Leonardo Jennings was the sculptor. These statues were made to show respect to the brave soldiers of British Indian Army who died in the First World War. These soldiers were Uhlan (Ghursawar), they bel

Teen Murti Bhavan Introduction

Hello everyone, In my last post I talked about my topic Nizamuddin Railway Station, but because of some inconvenience I had to change my topic. Now my new topic is  Teen Murti Bhavan. Teen Murti Bhavan Teen Murti Bhavan The residence of our first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, Teen Murti Bhavan. Teen Murti Bhavan is a really peaceful place which has plenty of greenery along with knowledge.Teen Murti Bhavan has a neo-classical infrastructure with a military base. 3 statues Teen Murti Bhavan is originally named after the three lifesized statues that stands infront of Teen Murti Bhavan. These statues were made my Leonardo Jennings in 1922, to show respect to our brave soldiers who died in World War 1. These statues are made after 3 of our brave soldiers which traditionally belonged to Jodhpur, Mysore and Hyderabad. They served the Brtitish Indian Army. Location Teen Murti Bhavan is located in Teen Murti Marg, New Delhi↓. Tenn Murti bhavan is located South
Life is about learning, and learning comes from experience. Hello everyone, I am a student at Pearl Academy, Noida. We are given this assignment in which we have to study about Hazrat Nizamuddin Railway Station. So we went for several feild trips there. As I was observing everything I thought the information I gather there should be shared. So, here I am writing this post. Nizamuddin Railway Station Well, this time I have got a group assignment on Nizamuddin railway station, which is located in Nizamuddin, Humayun's Tomb, Nizamuddin East, New Delhi. Railway station location Nizamuddin railway station according to me is a good railway station,which beleives in promoting tourism and the slogan  "Incredible India." The Nizamuddin Railway Station has three main gates. All the platform has roofs, making it easier for the people to move around when it rains. Seats are also available. The first platform even contains an escalator. One of the bigg