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On Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the country's first-ever underground `Gallery of Revolutionaries`, a museum dedicated to the luminaries of the Indian Independence Movement.
According to an IANS report it said, The gallery, themed `Revolution Saga` has come up in the subterranean network of 13 pre-World War-I (First WW) British era bunkers, and was discovered in the sprawling Raj Bhavan campus in August 2016 during the tenure of the then Governor C Vidyasagar Rao, said an IANS report.
According to the Raj Bhavan officials, there will be hundreds of others, known and unknown, who will figure at the museum in its later phases, depicting the entire `Revolution Saga` of 90 years, from the First War of Independence in 1857 to India`s Freedom in 1947. The gallery includes information on the freedom heroes, their role in the Independence movement, sculptures, rare photographs, murals, and even details on tribal revolutionaries drawn by school kids.
As per the information, The Prime Minister will also inaugurate the newly constructed `Jalbhushan`, which houses the Governor`s office and residence and pray at the historic Shrigundi Temple at Raj Bhavan. Besides the Governor, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, Chief Justice of Bombay High Court Dipankar Datta, other ministers, and top officials shall be present for the ceremony, part of the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav celebrations.
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