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Another
national museum has been built at 1 Safdarjung Rd in memorium of
Indira Gandhi, on May 27, 1985. Indira Gandhi was assassinated by her
own body guard on 31 Oct, 1984. A glass cage has covered the spot
where her body fell down. Before being bullet sprayed in from point
blank range, Indira was on her way along the garden road out of her
residence.
At that place Czechoslovak Govt made a artificial water flow by
crystal on steel plate of 33´25 m. The crystal stream on the steel
plate is designed and planned by the Czech architect Jaroslav Mirich.
3 rooms are full with articles which were in use by Indira.
Photographs of Indira are also there. The blood-stained sari and other
dress materials of Indira are chemically preserved in the museum. You
may go inside the private chambers to view reading room, dinning room,
Dewan-i-Aam, Dewan-i-Khas etc.
Except Monday open everyday from 10-00 to 17-00 3010094.
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