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Gandhi Smriti |
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| Gandhi Smriti is the house where Mahatma Gandhi
spent his last 144 days of his life before he was assassinated
on the inauspicious day of 30 January 1948. Located on 5, Tees
January Marg, the Government of India later converted it into
a national memorial and dedicated it to Gandhiji. The building
belonged to one the popular business houses of the country,
Birla Group, from whom it was acquired by the Government of
India in 1971. |
| A quiet and calm place to visit, the memorial
has been designed in such a way to highlight various aspects
of the life of Mahatma, his ideas, principles and values. The
museum has kept up his personal belongings along with some rare
photographs, relics, frescos and sayings of Gandhiji that are
on display for the visitors. The room in which he lived as well
as the prayer ground where evening congregations were held have
been preserved in the same way as they were during Mahatma's
lifetime. A concrete footprints trace his last steps from the
room to the prayer ground and a martyr's column marks the place
where this mass leader was assassinated. |
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| An imposing statue of Mahatma Gandhi can also
been seen just at the entrance of the house with a girl and
a boy holding a dove in their hands emerging from a globe. The
sculptor of the statue is the popular artist Ram Sutar who has
tried to convey Gandhiji's message of peace and concern for
the deprived section of the society. |
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