Lok Sabha Question No. 1087 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-26
Subject: Protection of Heritage Places of India’s Freedom Movement
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: Suresh Pujari

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO. 1087 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.07.2021

## PROTECTION OF HERITAGE PLACES OF INDIA'S FREEDOM MOVEMENT

## 1087.  SHRI SURESH PUJARI:

Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  there  is  any  proposal  of  the  Central  Government  to  protect,  preserve, maintain and improve the heritage places of India's freedom movement on the eve of 75th year of her independence in 2022;
- (b) if  so,  whether  the  Ministry  proposes  to  take  up  'Bara  Pahar'  &  other  places  of Barharh, Jharsuguda and Sambalpur where Veer Surendra Sai and his companions  fought  against  the  British Raj,  28  years  before  the  First  War of Independence of 1857;
- (c) whether the Ministry proposes to give special importance in protecting, improving & beautifying 'GHENS' of Bargarh where two generation of the then Zamindar family, namely Madho Singh, Khate Singh, Airi Singh, Bairi Singh, Kunjel Singh & others were either hanged or killed or were deported, again 28 years before 1857;
- (d) whether there is any proposal from the state government in this regard; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF CULTURE, TOURISM AND DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH EASTERN REGION (SHRI G. KISHAN REDDY)

- (a) Yes  Sir,  Archaeological  Survey  of  India  (ASI)  protects,  preserves  and  maintains several monuments related to India's freedom movement. List of these monuments is placed at Annexure-I.  All these monuments are in a good state of preservation.
- (b) The Government of India has initiated several programmes for Odisha under Azadi
- & Ka Mahotsava in collaboration with the State Government of Odisha.  Proposal for
- (c) Bara Pahar and other places of Barharh, Jharsuguda &  Sambalpur will be taken up once these are received from the State Government of Odisha.
- (d) No such proposal has been received from the State Government.

&

(e)

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a)  OF THE  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1087 FOR 26.07.2021.

## List of Centrally Protected Monuments Associated with Freedom Struggle

|   Sl. No. | Name of The Monument/Site                                                                                                 | Name of Circle   | State/District             |
|-----------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------|----------------------------|
|         1 | Gwalior Fort                                                                                                              | Bhopal           | Madhya Pradesh, Gwalior    |
|         2 | Rahatgarh fort                                                                                                            | Bhopal           | Madhya Pradesh, Sagar      |
|         3 | Dhamoni fort                                                                                                              | Bhopal           | Madhya Pradesh, Sagar      |
|         4 | Chanderi Fort                                                                                                             | Bhopal           | Madhya Pradesh, Ashoknagar |
|         5 | Asirgarh Fort                                                                                                             | Bhopal           | Madhya Pradesh, Burhanpur  |
|         6 | General wali kothi                                                                                                        | Lucknow          | Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow     |
|         7 | Imam Bara of Asaf-ud-daulah                                                                                               | Lucknow          | Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow     |
|         8 | Kaisar Bagh Gates                                                                                                         | Lucknow          | Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow     |
|         9 | Residency Building                                                                                                        | Lucknow          | Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow     |
|        10 | Sikander Bagh Building                                                                                                    | Lucknow          | Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow     |
|        11 | The Building North-West of Dilkusha Palace                                                                                | Lucknow          | Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow     |
|        12 | Memorial wall Garden                                                                                                      | Lucknow          | Uttar Pradesh, Kanpur      |
|        13 | Sawada Kothi, Monuments including flight of steps with the surrounding plateau                                            | Lucknow          | Uttar Pradesh, Kanpur      |
|        14 | Rani Laxmi Bai Mahal                                                                                                      | Lucknow          | Uttar Pradesh, Kanpur      |
|        15 | Jhansi Fort                                                                                                               | Lucknow          | Uttar Pradesh, Jhansi      |
|        16 | Iona Cross Garden.                                                                                                        | Lucknow          | Uttar Pradesh, Kanpur      |
|        17 | Fort Vellore                                                                                                              | Chennai          | Tamil Nadu ,Vellore        |
|        18 | Anjengo Fort                                                                                                              | Thrissur         | Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram |
|        19 | Red Fort                                                                                                                  | Delhi            | North Delhi                |
|        20 | Salimgarh Fort, comprising the main gate on North, Ancient structure near the main gate and the entire fortification wall | Delhi            | Central Delhi              |
|        21 | Humayun's Tomb                                                                                                            | Delhi            | South East Delhi           |
|        22 | Mutiny telegraph Memorial                                                                                                 | Delhi            | North Delhi                |
|        23 | Portion of City Wall near which Brigadier General John Nicholson was mortally wounded on 14th Sept., 1857                 | Delhi            | North Delhi                |
|        24 | The remaining gateways of old Magazine with their adjoining building                                                      | Delhi            | North Delhi                |
|        25 | Lal Darwaza, the northern gate of the outer walls of the Delhi of Shershah                                                | Delhi            | Central Delhi              |
|        26 | Kashmeri Gate                                                                                                             | Delhi            | North Delhi                |
|        27 | Delhi Gate                                                                                                                | Delhi            | Central Delhi              |
|        28 | Vice Regal Lodge, Rashtrapati Niwas                                                                                       | Shimla           | Himachal Pradesh, Shimla   |
|        29 | Ancestral House of Dr. Rajendra Prasad                                                                                    | Patna            | Bihar, Siwan               |
|        30 | House where Mahatma Gandhi was born                                                                                       | Rajkot           | Gujarat, Porbandar         |
|        31 | Agakhan Palace                                                                                                            | Mumbai           | Maharashtra, Pune          |
|        32 | Town Hall                                                                                                                 | Nagpur           | Maharashtra, Nagpur        |
|        33 | Sitabai Arts College Established in 1938                                                                                  | Nagpur           | Maharashtra, Akola         |
|        34 | Sitabuldi Fort, Established in 1923                                                                                       | Nagpur           | Maharashtra, Nagpur        |
|        35 | Residence of Shri. KanhaiyyaLal Dikshit                                                                                   | Nagpur           | Maharashtra, Gondia        |
|        36 | Sewagram Ashram                                                                                                           | Nagpur           | Maharashtra, Wardha        |
|        37 | Residence of Lokagrani Adv. Balwantrao Ragav alias Balasaheb Deshmukh                                                     | Nagpur           | Maharashtra, Chandrapur    |
|        38 | Nagpur Junction Railway station                                                                                           | Nagpur           | Maharashtra, Nagpur        |
|        39 | Raj Bhawan                                                                                                                | Nagpur           | Maharashtra, Nagpur        |

## List of State Protected Monuments Associated with Freedom Struggle

|   Sl. No. | Name of The Monument/Site                                                                         | State/District                                   |
|-----------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Maharani Laxmi Bai ki Chhatri                                                                     | Madhya Pradesh, Gwalior                          |
|         2 | Tatya Tope Smarak Park                                                                            | Madhya Pradesh, Shirpur                          |
|         3 | Sitaram Baba ki Karagar                                                                           | Madhya Pradesh, Multai                           |
|         4 | Chunar Qila                                                                                       | Uttar Pradesh, Mirzapur                          |
|         5 | Talabehat Qila                                                                                    | Uttar Pradesh, Lalitpur                          |
|         6 | Ancient Fort related to Nana Fadanvis                                                             | Uttar Pradesh, Kanpur Dehat                      |
|         7 | Kattabomman Fort                                                                                  | Tamil Nadu, Ottapidaram taluk                    |
|         8 | Marudupandiyar Fort                                                                               | Tamil Nadu, Karaikudi taluk                      |
|         9 | Ramalinga Vilasam palace                                                                          | Tamil Nadu, Ramanathapuram                       |
|        10 | House of freedom Fighter Chembilarayan                                                            | Kerala, Vaikom, Kottayam                         |
|        11 | The Birth house of Freedom fighter Muhammad Abdul Rahman Sahib                                    | Kerala, Thrissur                                 |
|        12 | Tomb of Veera Pazhassi Raia                                                                       | Kerala, Wayanad                                  |
|        13 | Victoria Jubilee Museum Building (Bapu Museum),                                                   | Andhra Pradesh, Vijayawada                       |
|        14 | Ancestral House of Shaheed Bhagat Singh                                                           | Punjab, Khatkar Kalan Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar |
|        15 | Ancestral House of Lala Lajpat Rai at Jagraon& Plot in front of house                             | Punjab, Ludhiana                                 |
|        16 | Ancestral House of Shaheed Kartar Singh                                                           | Punjab, Ludhiana                                 |
|        17 | Ancestral House of Shaheed Sukhdev                                                                | Punjab, Ludhiana                                 |
|        18 | Ancestral House of Shaheed Udham Singh                                                            | Punjab, Sunam, Sangrur                           |
|        19 | Building used by Shaheed-E-Azam Sardar Bhagat Singh and other Freedom Fighters                    | Punjab, Ferozpur                                 |
|        20 | Old Tehsil                                                                                        | Punjab, Amritsar                                 |
|        21 | Jallianwala Bagh, Covered under the Jallianwala Bagh Memorial Act, 1951.                          | Punjab, Amritsar                                 |
|        22 | Jail Almora                                                                                       | Uttarakhand, Dehradun                            |
|        23 | The Indian National Army Martyrs Memorial Complex                                                 | Manipur, Moirang                                 |
|        24 | Swaraj Ashram (19 C.A.D)                                                                          | Odisha, Cuttack                                  |
|        25 | Gallow site of Piyoli Phukan                                                                      | Assam, Sivsagar                                  |
|        26 | Historical Fort & Prison on the hill-cliff                                                        | West Bengal, Alipurduar                          |
|        27 | Birth Place /Residence of SardarVallabhbhai Patel, Hon'ble Former Deputy Prime Minister of India. | Gujarat, Karamsad                                |
|        28 | House of Smt. Kasturba Gandhi                                                                     | Gujarat, Porbandar                               |
|        29 | Lokmanya Tilak Birthplace                                                                         | Maharashtra, Ratnagiri                           |
|        30 | Vasudev Balvant Phadake Birthplace                                                                | Maharashtra, Raigad                              |
|        31 | Birthplace of Shivram Hari Rajguru                                                                | Maharashtra, Pune                                |
|        32 | August Kranti Maidan, Mumbai                                                                      | Maharashtra, Pune                                |

## List of Unprotected Monuments Associated with Freedom Struggle

|   Sl. No. | Name of The Monument/Site                                    | State                                              |
|-----------|--------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Vanchi Maniyachi Railway station                             | Tamil Nadu, Tirunelveli                            |
|         2 | Bharathiyar house at Ettayapuram                             | Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi                            |
|         3 | Bharathiyar House at Triplicane                              | Tamil Nadu, Triplicane, Chennai,                   |
|         4 | Birla House or Gandhi Smriti                                 | N.C.T of Delhi, Connaught Place, Tees January Marg |
|         5 | Old Secretariat                                              | N.C.T of Delhi                                     |
|         6 | Jankinath Bhawan, birth place of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose | Odisha, Cuttack                                    |
|         7 | Birth Palace of Babu Vir Kunwar Singh                        | Bihar, Bhojpur                                     |
|         8 | Gandhi Ashram, Champaran                                     | Bihar, Champaran                                   |
|         9 | Sabarmati Ashram, Sabarmati                                  | Gujarat, Ahamdabad                                 |