Badnore to open Gandhi Museum on October 2

Ramkrishan Upadhyay   

Tribune News Service   

Chandigarh, September 29   

A Gandhi museum has been set up at the Gandhi Smarak Bhawan in Sector 16, Chandigarh. VP Singh Badnore, Governor of Punjab and UT Administrator, will inaugurate the museum October 2, 2018.  

KK Sharda, chairman of the Gandhi Smarak Bhawan, said there was no such   museum in the region which depicted the life and works of Gandhi.

“To make young generations aware about the works of Gandhi, we decided to set up the museum. After Delhi this is the only museum in the city as there is no such museum in Punjab, Haryana and Himachal,” said Sharda.

He said people could see Mahatma Gandhi’s contributions i.e. from his salt satyagrah to his jail journey and many other important events have been displayed at the museum. 

Gandhi’s charkha and three monkeys have also been displayed. Gandhi’s jail yatra is the main attraction. About 200 rare photos from his childhood to death have also been displayed. 

Dr Devraj Raj Tyagi, director of the Gandhi Smarak Bhawan, said the photos were amazing and people could see his whole life through these photos. Apart from these, his bed, utensils, slippers and spectacles were also on display. 

“One original charkha is on displayed, which was used by Gandhi,” he said.

 A phone has also been displayed and one can hear Gandhi’s voice in Hindi and English while picking up the receiver. One can hear his speech in Hindi, which he delivered on June 11, 1947, at a prayer meet in Birla House. His speech in English at the Asian Conference held in 1947 can also be heard. 

A world map is also displayed here. One can see all 150 countries marked which issued postage stamps in the name of Gandhi. 

Dr Devraj Raj Tyagi said the material for the museum was collected from various sources in Ahmedabad to Delhi and some collection from private persons.