Puri: Netaji Museum was inaugurated at Gopal Ballav Road in Puri on Tuesday.
It is actually Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose house, which has been converted into a museum. Revenue and Disaster Management Minister and Puri MLA Maheswar Mohanty inaugurated the museum and unveiled a life-size statue of Netaji on its premises in the presence of Tourism and Culture Minister Ashok Panda.
The Minister also unveiled a life-size statue of Netaji on museum premises in the presence of Tourism and Culture Minister Ashok Panda.
Many photos of Netaji, a gallery on his life, study room, postal stamp and a note on Azad Hind Fauj are part of the museum that has come up in its eight big rooms and a hall.
“The most awaited museum was inaugurated today. State Culture Department has spent Rs 4 crore on it. We hope that tourists coming to Puri will visit this museum,” said Panda.
Visitors will have to pay Rs 10 per head for entry into the museum.
According to reports, Netaji’s father Janakinath Bose had taken about half acre of land near Puri beach in 1916 on lease and constructed a house where he was lived with his family. After his demise, the property was recorded in favour of his sons, including Netaji.
Later, Netaji’s relatives had filed a petition with the Revenue Officer in 1997 to alienate his name from the land records. Since they could not produce his death certificate, the court rejected their petition.
Then, Puri Sambadik Sangha president Jagannath Bastia approached the Minister of Culture to take over the Netaji house and develop it into a museum. INTACH was entrusted the task.
