Lok Sabha Question No. 642 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-06
Subject: Freedom Fighters Museum
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: Hemant Tukaram Godse

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 642

TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.02.2023

## FREEDOM FIGHTERS MUSEUM

## 642  SHRI HEMANT TUKARAM GODSE:

Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:

- (a) Whether it is a fact that museum related to Vir Sawarkar and other leaders of our freedom struggle, national movement and nationality are either very few in number or they simply do not exist;
- (b) if so, the reasons therefor and the details thereof;
- (c) the steps taken by the Government to increase the number of museums of these valiant leaders and to ensure their maintenance including those on the verge of extinction so as to find a resolution to the said issue; and
- (d) the details thereof, State-wise particularly of Maharashtra State?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF CULTURE, TOURISM AND DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH EASTERN REGION

(G. KISHAN REDDY)

(a)  to  (d) No Sir. There are several museums in our country that are related to leaders of our freedom struggle, national movement and nationality. The details of these museums are enclosed at Annexure.

Besides,  Ministry  of  Culture  operates  a  Museum  Grant  Scheme  under  financial  assistance  is provided  for  setting  up  of  new  museum/development  of  existing  museum  by  Central/State Governments and Public Sector Undertakings, Societies, Autonomous Bodies, Local Bodies and Trust  registered  under  the  Societies  Registration  Act  1860  at  the  regional,  State  and  District level.  In  addition,  Government  develop  maintain  and  upgrade  archaeological  site  museums  to preserve the excavated antiquities recovered during excavation or conservation of monuments.

## ANNEXURE

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  IN  PART  (A)  TO  (D)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  642  DUE  FOR  ANSWER  6.2.2023  REGARDING  'FREEDOM FIGHTERS MUSEUMS'.

|   Sl. No. | State          | Name of Museums                                                                                 |
|-----------|----------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Delhi          | 1857 - India's First War of independence, Red Fort , Delhi                                      |
|         2 | Delhi          | Yaad-e-Jallian, Red Fort, Delhi                                                                 |
|         3 | Delhi          | Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and Indian National Army, Red Fort, Delhi                            |
|         4 | Delhi          | Azaadi-ke- Diwane, Red Fort, Delhi                                                              |
|         5 | Gujarat        | Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel and Vir Vithal Bhai Patel Memorial Museum and Library, Anand, Gujarat |
|         6 | Jharkhand      | Museum on Birsa Munda, Ranchi, Jharkhand.                                                       |
|         7 | Madhya Pradesh | Amar Shahid Pandit Ram Prasad Bismil Museum, Morena, Madhya Pradesh.                            |
|         8 | Maharashtra    | Museum on Mahatma Gandhi at Aaga Khan Palace, Pune, Maharashtra                                 |
|         9 | Manipur        | INA Museum, Imphal, Manipur                                                                     |
|        10 | Orrissa        | Netaji Birth Place Museum, Cuttack, Orissa                                                      |
|        11 | Tamilnadu      | Fort St. George Museum, Chennai                                                                 |
|        12 | Uttar Pradesh  | 1857 Residency Museum, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh                                                   |
|        13 | Uttar Pradesh  | Pandit G.B. Pant Folk Art Museum, Lucknow, uttar Pradesh                                        |
|        14 | Uttar Pradesh  | Freedom fighters Museum by Office of Cantonment Board, Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh              |
|        15 | West Bengal    | Museum by Netaji Research Bureau, Kolkata, West Bengal                                          |