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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.
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