Indira Gandhi Museum
Indira Gandhi Museum is located on the Safdarjung Road in the south of Delhi. It was established in the year 1959 and was dedicated to the late former prime minister of India, Mrs. Indira Gandhi. About the Indira Gandhi Museum it is the same place were Indira Gandhi used to reside before her assignation.
This place was the residential place of her while serving as the prime minister of India. She was assassinated on 31st October in the year 1984 by her Sikh bodyguards. After her death this place was totally dedicated to her remains properties.
About Indira Gandhi Museum
The main feature of this museum is the photograph of the Gandhi and Nehru families which makes this place special from other museum. The belongings of Indira Gandhi were also preserved in this museum so that the upcoming generation can know more about her. The garden in which Mrs. Indira Gandhi was murder have some megaphones hidden in the bushes which continues play the speeches of Mrs. Indira Gandhi that she used to give during her prime minister section.
The blood spot of Indira Gandhi where she was murdered are preserved in a glass frame for the people display. The history of Indria Gandhi museum is pretty simple and sober as it does not have those huge hanging paintings and lights. It was a modest Bungalow where her whole family including her grandchildren Rahul, Priyanaka and Varun used to live with each other. Now it is open for the public display and the timing for visiting the museum is from 9.30 in the morning to 5.00 in the evening.
National Gallery of Modern Art
National Gallery of Modern Art was established by the government in the year 1954. The national gallery was a variety of collection of arts from not only indigenous arts but foreign artist too.
The collection of Rabindranath Tagore, Raja Ravi etc are having their home in the gallery. About national gallery of modern arts, it comprises of more than 14000 arts sculptures made by various artists across the global.
About National Gallery of Modern Art
The national gallery of modern art is situated near to the Raj part and it faces towards the Indian Gate. The building in which the gallery is established was the residential palace of the Maharaja of Jaipur and was formerly known as “Jaipur House”. The history of national gallery of modern arts relates to the idea of the late prime minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru. It was inaugurated in the presence of Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru and Vice president Dr. S. Radhakrishnan. The first curator was a German art after which there was an addition of numerous sculptures.
There was an addition of a new wing in the year 2009 which was about six times of the present gallery. The new wing consists of a new auditorium, a theatre and a library which adds up to the knowledge of the visitor coming to the gallery. The gallery also has an exhibition of Anish Kapoor from November 2010-february 2011 which was first in this history.
The gallery has a documentation centre for the collection of all the modern and old age sculpture data. The restoration service in the gallery is used to renovate the sculptures which are becoming older day by day
Chor Minar
Chor Minar or we say the “Tower of Thieves” is a minaret which is situated near to the Aurobindo Marg in Hauz Khaz area of the south of Delhi. It is having more than 200 holes in it which makes its name more meaningful. The construction of this minaret was done by the Alaudiing khiliji of the khiliji dynasty which made the style of architecture in the khiliji style.
The history of Chor minar reviles that this was the place where the head of thieves were displayed to the loyal people through the holes in the minaret although some people said that it was for the Mongolian people who made a settlement with the khiliji ruler. The Mongolian settled them in a nearby region of Delhi which is now a day’s known as”Mongolpuri”. About 8000 Mongol prisoners were executed during the raid of Ali beg and Traghi in the year 1305.
About Chor Minar
The Chor Minar took about 3 decades to get whole construction. About the Chor minar it is said that it was the only place liked the Khiliji dynasty for the execution of the prisoners that were captured from some crime. The Chor Minar in modern Hauz khas has got a lot of demolition and encroachments due to which all of its more than 200 holes have suffered a major destruction. The renovation work is need to this medical time period building which is staying standing high on its feet.
During the wars and invasion the Chor minar suffered the most as foreign rulers tried to destroy it.
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