The Punjab Government on Wednesday set in motion the process of preserving ancestral house belonging to great martyr Sukhdev Thapar at ludhiana as monument of historical importance.
The Government has issued a notification under the Punjab Ancient and Historical Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1964, for the same.“The ground floor of the house of Shaheed Sukhdev located at Mohalla, Nou Ghara, ludhiana, has already been declared as preserved historical monument by the Punjab Government by its notification issued on May 20, 2008,” said the state Cultural Affairs Minister Sohan Singh Thandal.
He said that Shaheed Sukhdev Thapar sacrificed his life at a very young age for liberating his motherland from yoke of imperialistic British rule. “His sacrifice is exemplary and acting as a light bearer for the younger generations. Keeping his selfless services in mind, the Punjab Government has now decided to preserve the entire structure of his ancestral home at ludhiana under the Punjab Ancient and Historical Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1964,” he said.
Thandal said that now the first and second floor of this house would be preserved.Any person who has any proximity with this house and who has any objection for declaring this house as historical monument could file their objections with the tourism department within two months, he said.“After completing this formality, Punjab Government would issue final notification for declaring the whole ancestral house of Shaheed as historical monument,” he said.