Indian Parliament building in Gujarat

Bhuj, 3 August, 2014

People will be able to visit the second parliament (Sansad) building in India in Kutch in Gujarat from January next year.

The parliament building, replica of original parliament building in New Delhi is being constructed at Hiralakshmi Memorial Craft Park in Bhujodi near district headquarters Bhuj in Kutch district of Gujarat.

The parliament building part of the Vande Mataram museum project. The museum project involves exhibition of events during year 1600 to 1947. It is conceived by Ashapura group’s Chetan Shah. When Shah spoke to then Chief Minister of Gujarat Narendra Modi about the project, Modi agreed to inaugurate the museum.

Apart from the parliament building, the museum campus will also have replica of Delhi’s India Gate, Ahmedabad’s Sabarmati Gandhi ashram and more places.

It will have fiber statues of freedom fighters including Rani Lakshmibai and Mahatma Gandhi. The statues are being made in Vijayvada in Andhra Pradesh.

The museum will have mixture of history, art and technology. It will have LCD screens, light and sound arrangements and other facilities.

The museum will showcase Jahangir’s durbar where Britishers came to propose permission for trade, 1857 Kranti, 1905 Bang bhang, 1919 Jalianwala bag, 1927 Simon commission, 1930 Dandi yatra, parliament bombing, 1931 death penalty to Bhagatsingh, 1932 round table conference, 1942 Azad Hind Fauj, 1942 Quit India movement, 1947 flag hoisting and power to Nehru, Gandhiji’s arrival in India and Gujarat’s role in freedom struggle etc.