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Government of India
Ministry of Culture
27 JUL 2026 4:16PM by PIB Delhi
“MUSEUMS AND MEMORIALS ON INDIAN FREEDOM MOVEMENT”

The details of the Museums, Memorials and interpretation centres dedicated to the Indian freedom movement, freedom fighters and the national independence struggle is given at Annexure.

The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) undertakes maintenance and upgradation of museums and exhibitions relating to India's freedom movement, subject to requirement. ASI organises outreach programmes on important occasions such as Independence Day, Republic Day, World Heritage Day and Week and International Museum Day, in association with local schools, educational institutions and heritage stakeholders, to create awareness among children and youth about the legacy of India's freedom movement. 

Further, various programmes/exhibitions are carried out throughout the year as per the events in the museums of the Ministry of Culture to preserve and promote the legacy of India's freedom movement.

This information was given by Union Minister for Culture and Tourism Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat in a written reply in Lok Sabha today

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ANNEXURE

 

  • MUSEUM ADMINISTERED BY ARCHEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA, DELHI

(Rs. in lakhs)

Sl. No.

Name of the Museum

State/U.T.

Year of Establishment

Financial year

Expenditure

01.

St. Fort George Museum, Chennai

Tamilnadu

1948

2021-2022

19.099

2022-2023

61.899

2023-2024

30.00

2024-2025

30.35

2025-2026

35.049

02.

1857 Memorial Museum, Residency, Lucknow

Uttar Pradesh

1970

2021-2022

78.353

2022-2023

98.428

2023-2024

109.095

2024-2025

123.073

2025-2026

28.169

03.

1857 – India’s first war of Independence

 

 

Delhi

 

 

2019

2021-2022

225.42

04.

Yaad-e-Jallian

 

2022-2023

247.94

05.

Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose and INA

2023-2024

279.67

06.

Azaadi-ke-Diwane

2024-2025

170.10

2025-2026

528.96

07.

Museum on Mahatma Gandhi, Aga Khan Palace, Pune

Maharashtra

2019

The permanent exhibition within the ASI Protected Monument was developed, maintained by the Gandhi Memorial society.

 

 

  • NATIONAL COUNCIL OF SCIENCE MUSEUMS (NCSM), KOLKATA

 (Rs. in lakhs)

Sl. No.

Description

State

Year of establishment

Managing Institution

Financial year

Expenditure

01

The permanent exhibition titled "Uniting India: Sardar Patel", a highly interactive digital gallery

Delhi

2016

National Science Centre, Delhi

2021-22

17.03

2022-23

20.14

2023-24

2.95

2024-25

-

2025-26

-

02

‘Gandhipedia’ is an AI-enabled digital repository and interactive web portal dedicated to the life, philosophy and complete literature of Mahatma Gandhi.

West Bengal

Gujarat

2023

NCSM in collaboration with IIT Kharagpur & IIT Gandhinagar

2021-22

16.57

2022-23

3.63

2023-24

5.13

2024-25

45.00

2025-26

-

03

Digital exhibition titled The Father of the Nation: A digital tribute based on the life and works of Mahatma Gandhi

West Bengal, Odisha, Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Goa,

Tamilnadu, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Haryana.

2020

 

The exhibition was organized at 14 NCSM units from 10th November, 2020 to 30th January, 2021

NCSM in collaboration with Vigyan Prasar, DST & MoC, Govt. of India

2021-22

904.01

2022-23

-

2023-24

-

2024-25

-

2025-26

-

04

Temporary Exhibition on ‘Gandhi and Science’

West Bengal, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana,

Delhi,

Assam

2019

NCSM

-

05

National Level Quiz on ‘Mahatma Gandhi: Life & Works’: As a part of 150 years of celebration 

West Bengal

2019

(30.01.2019)

NCSM

­-

 

VICTORIA MEMORIAL HALL, KOLKATA

(Rs.in lakhs)

S. no.

Gallery Name

Year of Establishment

Description of Gallery

Expenditure
  1.  

Biplobi Bharat Gallery

 2022

Celebrated Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav and on the occasion of Shaheed Diwas, and the Biplobi Bharat Gallery - a new gallery on the revolutionary nationalists of India

268.00

  1.  

Great Indian Reformers Gallery

2024

A gallery titled - Great Indian Reformers.  The gallery displays paintings of great Indian reformers such as Raja Rammohun Roy, Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, Mahatma Gandhi, Dr B.R. Ambedkar, Swami Vivekananda, Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and Rabindranath Tagore.

 

  • ALLAHABAD MUSEUM, PRYAGRAJ, UTTAR PRADESH

(Rs.in lakhs)

S. no.

Gallery Name

Year of Establishment

Description of Gallery

Financial Year

Expenditure

  1.  

Azad Gallery

 2023

Dedicated exclusively to the Indian freedom Movement, freedom fighters and the national independence struggle

2021-22

-

2022-23

4.684

2023-24

1.977

2024-25

9.273

2025-26

1.055

 

Commemoration of 125th Birth Anniversary of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose

(Rs. in lakhs)

Sl.

No.

Name of the Institutions /Organizations

State

 

 

 

 

Financial Year

Name of the Commemoration

Purpose

Total

Approved Amount

Amount Released

 

 

 
 

Department of Art & Culture Govt. of Manipur.

Manipur

2023-24

125 Birth Anniversary of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose.

For Development of INA Marty's War Memorial Complex Moriang under 125 Birth Anniversary of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose.

1383.29

909.14
  1.  

Young India, Konarak, Puri, Odisha

Odisha

 

 

2023-24

Construction of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Cultural and Community Media Centre at Odisha under the commemoration of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.

587.96

440.97
  1.  

Department of Art & Culture Govt. of Nagaland

Nagaland

2023-24

2025-26

For construction of Memorial Park in Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose and INA at Ruzazho Village under Phek District, Nagaland 

1000.00

750.00

 
  1.  

Department of Art & Culture, Government of Nagaland

Nagaland

2023-24

For construction of Netaji Subhas Bose Auditorium at Tizu Island compound, Akhahu, Zunheboto, Nagaland

800.00

400.00
  1.  

Department of Art & Culture, Government of Nagaland

Nagaland

2022-23

Construction of Netaji Subhash Memorial Hall Indoor Stadium at Kigwema, Kohima District, Nagaland

830.00

800.00

 

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