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| Location | India Gate,New Delhi, India |
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| Coordinates | 28°36′46″N77°13′52″E / 28.6128793°N 77.2311301°E /28.6128793; 77.2311301 |
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| Type | statue |
| Material | Granite |
| Length | 10 feet |
| Width | 8 feet |
| Height | 28 feet |
| Beginning date | 2021 |
| Opening date | 8 September 2022; 3 years ago (2022-09-08) |
| Dedicated to | Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose |
Statue of Subhas Chandra Bose, also known as theNetaji's Statue, is amonolithic statue made of black granite, dedicated toNetaji Subhas Chandra Bose, Commander-in-Chief of theAxis-alignedIndian National Army.[1] The statue 28 feet (8.5 m) in total height, including a 8 feet (2.4 m) in total width.[2] It is placed under the canopy behindIndia Gate inDelhi.[3] The statue was sculpted byMysuru-based sculptorArun Yogiraj, whose other prominent works include the Statue of Adi Shankaracharya inKedarnath.[4][5][6] Prominent attendees at the dedication ceremony in 2022 included PMNarendra Modi, members of his cabinet,MPHardeep Singh Puri,G. Kishan Reddy andArjun Ram Meghwal.[7][8]
Subhas Chandra Bose was anIndian nationalist who served as a 2nd leader ofIndian National Army and head of theProvisional Government of Free India. First, joined the National Congress and was elected twice as president, he later forming theAll India Forward Bloc.[9] In 1941, Subhash Chandra Bose was put under house arrest by the British government. During this time theCID kept his house under surveillance. However, he managed to escape to Germany viaAfghanistan and theSoviet Union.[10][11][12][13] Later he arrived in Singapore from Germany. In 1943, Subhash Chandra Bose revived the idea of forming an army for independence. At a meeting held inSingapore in July,Rasbihari Bose handed over control of theIndian Independence League to Subhash Chandra Bose. Subhash Chandra Bose was able to reorganize the army and mobilize widespread support among the Indian diaspora in Southeast Asia.
In 1936, a statue of King-EmperorGeorge V was installed on the canopy ofIndia Gate. The statue stood in its original location for two decades after the country's independence in 1947, but some political parties increasingly objected to its continued presence in its central location, especially after the tenth anniversary of independence and the centenary of theIndian Rebellion of 1857. Others, including India's first prime ministerJawaharlal Nehru, objected to removing colonial-era statues, Nehru arguing that they reflected an integral part of India's history.[14] On the night of 12–13 August 1958, George V's royal insignia and the Tudor crown above the canopy were removed.[15]
With increasing pressure from socialist members of Parliament, then Deputy Home MinisterLalit Narayan Mishra said in May 1964 that all British statues would be removed from thenational capital by 1966.[14] Two days beforeIndependence Day in 1965, members of the Samyukta Socialist Party overpowered two constables guarding the site, beating one and knocking the other unconscious, tarred the statue and mutilated its royal crown, nose and one ear, leaving a picture ofSubhash Chandra Bose on the monument. This vandalism was widely condemned by India's English-language press.[14] Finally, in late 1968, the statue was removed from its position under the canopy.[14][16] The statue of the Emperor is now located inCoronation Park, Delhi.
Indian Prime MinisterNarendra Modi announced the construction of Statue of Subhas Chandra Bose in 2021.[1] He said that the statue would be installed in the canopy ofIndia Gate to mark 'Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav', commemorating75 years of independence as well asBose's 125th birth anniversary.[5][17]
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On 23 January 2022, Subhas Chandra Bose's hologram statue was installed on the occasion of 'Parakram Diwas'. The hologram statue of Subhas Chandra Bose was unveiled by thePrime MinisterNarendra Modi.[18][19]
The statue was formally dedicated on 8 September 2022.[7][8] Prime MinisterNarendra Modi dedicated the statue ofNetaji Subhas Chandra Bose to the nation nearIndia Gate inNew Delhi.[7][8][16] In the inauguration ceremony, the Prime Minister said, "Today theRajpath ceases to exist and has become aKartavya Path. Today when the statue ofNetaji has replaced the mark of the statue ofGeorge V, then this is not the first example of the abandonment of slavery mentality. This is neither the beginning nor the end. It is a continuous journey of determination till the goal of freedom of mind and spirit is achieved."[7][8]
The statue is sited in the center of C-hexagon, and it is surrounded byIndia Gate, Param Vir Memorial,National War Memorial and Children's Park. The statue is in a canopy, and the canopy is situated in a water body. There are fountains in the water body.[citation needed]
The black granite statue measures 28 ft (8.5 m) tall, 10 ft (3.0 m) long, and 8 ft (2.4 m) wide.[2] It weighs approximately 65 Tn (65,000 kg).[2]Subhas Chandra Bose is depicted as a commander of theIndian National Army, wearing his military uniform; A long belted jacket, boots and a hat. He is standing in the posture ofsalute.
A large black granite stone was selected for the statue and brought fromTelangana toDelhi. The 280 metric tonne granite block[16] was quarried from a quarry in Khammam, Telangana. A temporary road had to be built to transport the stone from the quarry to the highway. A 100-feet long truck with 140 wheels was specially designed to transport it to theNational Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA) in thenational capital.[16][20] The granite block traveled from Khammam toNagpur, then traveled through Maharashtra's other parts,Madhya Pradesh andUttar Pradesh to reachFaridabad in Haryana. Finally reached NGMA,Delhi. A team of sculptors from Granite Studio India spent a total of 26,000 man-hours of intense artistic effort to bring the statue to life.[16][20] The entire sculpting work was done at NGMA. The statue is a completely handcrafted sculpture using traditional techniques and modern tools.[20] The statue was designed by a team under theMinistry of Culture led by SculptorArun Yogiraj.[4]
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