Netaji’s School Register To Be Displayed At Odisha’s ‘Netaji Birthplace Museum’ On Jan 23

Bhubaneswar: Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose was enlisted in serial no 167 in the admission register of the Protestant European School (now Stewart School). He completed his primary education here from January 8, 1902, to December 31, 1908. The register bears the names of students who were enrolled in the institution from 1887 to 1935.

Now, this register will be showcased in the gallery of Netaji Birthplace Museum at Cuttack’s Odia Bazaar on his birth anniversary on January 23.

Stewart School authorities have already handed over the admission register to Netaji Birthplace Museum officials who have completed its binding and are making arrangements for displaying it in the gallery.

According to the curator-in-charge of Netaji Birthplace Museum, JP Ray, though the museum has preserved and showcased the record relating to Bose’s schooling in Ravenshaw Collegiate School, the record relating to his primary education was unavailable. Now that Stewart School authorities have handed it over, it will be displayed in gallery no-1 on Netaji’s birth anniversary on January 23.

Notably, Netaji Birthplace Museum has been decorated with architectural illumination at a cost of Rs 64 lakh and will also wear a new look from January 23. The work, assigned to Odisha Small Industries Corporation Ltd. (OSIC) has already been completed with the Odia Language Literature & Culture department initiating steps for bedecking it with architectural illumination.

The historic building will dazzle with tri-colour and will then glow with colours changing every second. Notably, advanced technology has been adopted in architectural illumination so that it does not stop working in the rain.