Nehru Memorial Museum & Library - New Delhi

It's a very good place to visit for people having interest in history. The museum is home of Pt. Nehru and has a huge collection of his personal photographs and gifts. You can see girts received from different countries which are really beautiful. It also shows different rooms of Pt. Nehru, like study room,bedroom.It shows the story of Independence through pictures from history. It has a peaceful atmosphere and should be visited atleast once. The garden outside is very large and maintained.

Awesome place to visit for both photography lover and history/museum lovers...... Former PM Nehruji residence...... His belongings, his library, his gifts galary, his timeline with India's independence timeline, a complete packet of knowledge and a page of indian history....... Very well maintained. History and knowledge seeking will relate with it.

The Nehru Memorial Museum & Library (NMML) is a museum and library in New Delhi, India, which aims to preserve and reconstruct the history of the Indian independence movement. Housed within the Teen Murti House complex, it is an autonomous institution under the Indian Ministry of Culture, and was founded in 1964 after the death of India's first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru. It aims to foster academic research on modern and contemporary history. Today, the Nehru Memorial Library is the world’s leading resource centre on India’s first prime minister. Its archives contain the bulk of Mahatma Gandhi's writings, as well as private papers of C. Rajagopalachari, B. C. Roy, Jayaprakash Narayan, Charan Singh, Sarojini Naidu and Rajkumari Amrit Kaur. In March 2010 it launched a digitization project of its archives, and by June 2011, 867,000 pages of manuscripts and 29,807 photographs had been scanned and 500,000 pages had been uploaded on the digital library website. Amongst noted publications of the NMML are Selected Works of Jawaharlal Nehru, Man of Destiny by Ruskin Bond, Nehru Anthology (1980) and Nehru Anthology.

No matter how extreme, the anti-incumbency factor has been for the Gandhi family in 2014, you cannot deny the legacy they have had at their peak. I believe, they're school if politics and are like Pheonix, they'll rise again. Agree, that the youngest Gandhi doesn't have the shrewdness or the political filth in him that we've disguised as 'INTELLIGENCE' but for imagine the situation of a kid who has seen so much of bloodshed. This museum took me to a nostalgic lane of stories I had heard in my childhood, of the assassinations, the aftermath which was Anti Sikh Riots, taking away thousands of lives and yes, nothing can justify it. But, looking at the pictures, the newspaper articles, the memorabilia, you just cannot help but go imagining the situation if you've heard or read about the times. My favourite one being the one where the flames of Rajiv's cremation is warping the face of Rahul and someone clicked that. Such darkness, numbness and heartbreak; you just feel blank.

Teen murti bhawan which was the residence of the first prime minister of India Shri. Jawahar Lal Nehru. The buliding has now been converted to a museum. The museum houses all the presents received by the PM along with his Bharat Ratna. The museum is free to visit. They also provide a guide which is free. You can see his bedroom, guest room, his study among other things.

The Nehru Memorial Museum & Library (NMML) is a museum and library in New Delhi, India, which aims to preserve and reconstruct the history of the Indian independence movement. Housed within the Teen Murti House complex, it is an autonomous institution under the Indian Ministry of Culture, and was founded in 1964 after the death of India's first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru. It aims to foster academic research on modern and contemporary history. Today, the Nehru Memorial Library is the world’s leading resource centre on India’s first prime minister. Its archives contain the bulk of Mahatma Gandhi's writings, as well as private papers of C. Rajagopalachari, B. C. Roy, Jayaprakash Narayan, Charan Singh, Sarojini Naidu and Rajkumari Amrit Kaur. In March 2010 it launched a digitization project of its archives, and by June 2011, 867,000 pages of manuscripts and 29,807 photographs had been scanned and 500,000 pages had been uploaded on the digital library website. Amongst noted publications of the NMML are Selected Works of Jawaharlal Nehru, Man of Destiny by Ruskin Bond, Nehru Anthology (1980) and Nehru Anthology. Nehru Memorial Museum & Library has over the years supported scholars and historians across India. Through its fellowship programme, the Nehru Memorial Fellowship, it has funded some of India’s best academics such as Chief Information Commissioner OP Kejriwal. It is also one of the best libraries in Delhi for the social sciences as it has a huge collection on labour related issues in the form of PhD dissertations, reports, books, journals and news papers. On 26 April 2016 a dagger gifted to former prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru by Saudi Arabia was stolen from the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library. Nehru Memorial Museum and Library is known as Teen Murti Bhawan (sculptor: Leonard Jennings of Britain), after the three statues established in 1922 in honor of the three Indian princely states Jodhpur, Hyderabad and Mysore after their contribution in World War I by serving in the present day Gaza Strip, Israel, and Palestine. It was designed by Robert Tor Russell who also designed Connaught Place and a few parts of Janpath. Spread over 30 acres, its construction started in 1929 and took around one year to completion. It is a masterpiece of British and French architecture and woodwork. Initially knows as Flagstaff House, it was used by British forces as the residence of the Commander-in-Chief. After Independence, the house was taken over as the residence of Jawaharlal Nehru (1889–1964), first Prime Minister of India. After his death in 1964, it was decided that Teen Murti Bhawan should be converted into a museum and a library which would promote original research in modern Indian history with special reference to the Nehruvian era. Nehru Memorial Museum and Library Society was formed on 1 April 1966. Initially, the museum was set up in the eastern wing and the library in the western wing of the sprawling building, with Bal Ram Nanda as its founder-director, who also curated the museum and library for next 17 years. He received the Padma Vibhushan in 2003. With the passage of time and the rapid growth of research material in the library, more space was required and an exclusive library building was constructed. It was formally inaugurated by President V. V. Giri in January 1974. However, the steady increase in the volume of material required for research further necessitated the construction of an annex building which was completed in 1989. The Centre for Contemporary Studies was set up in this building as a new unit in 1990. Nehru Memorial Museum and Library Society was formed on 1 April 1966. Initially, the museum was set up in the eastern wing and the library in the western wing of the sprawling building, with Bal Ram Nanda as its founder-director, who also curated the museum and library for next 17 years. He received the Padma Vibhushan in 2003.

I'm gonna review the only place I visited in the premises, the Kushak Mahal. This is Kushak Mahal, it is present inside the Nehru memorial premises. Built in the 14th century, it is an interesting place to visit, except vandalism by couples. When my friend and I went inside the monument, we could only see four dogs, looking like Firoz Shah put them there to defend the building, but they could barely defend themselves and ran away.

The newly constructed Prdhan Mantari Sangrahalya is a must visit specially for Youngsters. The renovated structure of PM sangrahalya is a new attraction in New Delhi. You must purchase your tickets through online because the Offline queue for tickets was too long when i arrived so it would be best purchase your tickets through the Official website of Sangrahalya.