Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna inaugurated the Nehru Heritage centre which was developed by the Culture Department in the premise of old jail where Pt Jawaharlal Nehru was imprisoned four times and wrote some portions of his book Discovery of India while languishing in jail, on Thursday.
In his address, Bahuguna said that the architect of modern India Pandit Nehru was incarcerated here four times. This venue is a Mecca for Indian democracy. After independence, Pandit Nehru laid the foundation for a new India and the nation’s development.
CM further said that he had described dams and industries them as modern pilgrimages Pandit Nehru’s contribution to the formation of secular India could never be forgotten. He took forward the principle of Mahatma Gandhi’s non-violence and spread it in the entire world through the NAM. The Chief Minister also gave his consent to setting up of a library and inclusion of important excerpts from Nehru’s Discovery of India and life stories of other celebrated Indians in students’ academic course material.
State Tourism and Culture Minister Amrita Rawat said that everybody ought to take inspiration from the great national leaders and contribute towards formation of a strong nation. The fund for the Nehru Heritage Centre was approved when ND Tiwari was the CM of the State. The money had been put to use now. The vote of thanks was proposed by the Mayor Vinod Chamoli.
Other dignitaries, including Dehradun Mayor Vinod Chamoli, MlA Rajkumar and former Minister Hira Singh Bisht, amongst and others were present.