Centre plans museum for tribal freedom fighters in Gujarat

The Centre is planning a major tribal outreach by setting up a National Memorial for Tribal Freedom Fighters in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state, Gujarat, and documenting at least 200 lesser-known tribal uprisings across India through tribal museums.

The Centre is planning a major tribal outreach by setting up a National Memorial for Tribal Freedom Fighters in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state, Gujarat, and documenting at least 200 lesser-known tribal uprisings across India through tribal museums.

Modi had given a call in his Independence Day speech in 2016 to recognise tribal freedom fighters. From small memorials, the plan has now expanded to a national project which will entail turning a British-era jail into a museum and using technology to recreate tribal uprisings in multidimensional formats.

The construction of the proposed museum may start this month and it may take shape by the time the Modi government seeks a second mandate in mid-2019, according to people privy to the plan. They said the memorial has been planned close to Sardar Patel’s under-construction Statue of Unity in Gujarat.

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