1857 Revolt

04 Nov

Home Minister Amit Shah To Inaugurate 1857 Martyrs’ Memorial In Ambala On November 5, Over 700 Names To Be Engraved

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Chandigarh (Balwinder Singh): Union Home Minister Amit Shah will visit Ambala on November 5 to inaugurate a memorial dedicated to the martyrs of the 1857 First War of Independence. Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini is also scheduled to attend the event. Haryana Public Health Engineering and Public Works Minister Ranbir Gangwa described Shah's visit as an important occasion for the state and said the memorial would honour the known and unknown freedom fighters who sacrificed their lives during the uprising. According to Gangwa, the names of more than 700 martyrs have been inscribed on the memorial in golden letters.…

09 Jun

Ambala’s Shaheed Smarak Set to Become Asia’s Largest War Memorial, Says Union Minister B.L. Verma

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Chandigarh (Balwinder Singh): Union Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and Social Justice and Empowerment B.L. Verma on Tuesday said the under-construction Shaheed Smarak in Ambala Cantonment is poised to become the largest martyr memorial in Asia and will provide future generations with an opportunity to understand India's freedom struggle through a vivid and immersive historical experience.After inspecting the “Azadi Ki Pehli Ladai Ka Shaheed Smarak” in Ambala Cantonment, Verma expressed hope that Prime Minister Narendra Modi would soon dedicate the memorial to the nation. He said the project would emerge as a major centre of…