Set to adorn new Parliament, ‘Sengol’ was prized possession of Allahabad Museum for seven a few years
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LUCKNOW: The historic Sengol (sceptre), to be put in inside the new Parliament developing all through its inauguration on May 28, was one in all many prized possessions of the Nehru Gallery of the Allahabad Museum for over seven a few years.
The Sengol, obtained by the nation’s first PM Jawaharlal Nehru as a brand of the change of power from British rule to unbiased India in 1947, was shifted to Allahabad Museum inside the latter half of 1950 along with fairly a couple of devices gifted to Nehru in the meanwhile and was one in all many highlights of the Nehru Gallery.
Initially, it was obtained by Allahabad Museum curator SC Kala. Museum authorities acknowledged the Sengol and totally different devices gifted to Nehru have been shifted from Anand Bhawan, the ancestral residence of India’s first PM, to Allahabad Museum. According to officers of the Allahabad Museum, the selection to place the Sengol inside the new Parliament developing was taken remaining November when the Union Ministry of Culture had requested the Allahabad Museum authorities helpful over the Sengol to the National Museum, Delhi.
It was the ultimate Governor General of India, C Rajagopalachari, who had urged to Nehru to acquire the sceptre as a brand of India’s freedom from British rule.
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Vice-Chancellor of Prof Rajendra Singh (Rajju Bhaiya) State University, Prayagraj, Prof AK Singh, acknowledged he was the officiating director of the Allahabad National Museum in November 2022 when he purchased a letter from the Union Ministry of Culture saying that the Sengol be shifted to the National Museum, Delhi.
“We had signed an MoU with the National Museum, Delhi, before handing over the Sengol which was one of our prized collections, exhibited at the Nehru Gallery of the museum,” acknowledged director, Allahabad Museum, Rajesh Prasad.
Prof Yogeshwar Tiwari, a excellent historian and former head of division of Medieval and Modern History, Allahabad University, acknowledged that sooner than the Sengol was moved from Allahabad Museum to the National Museum in New Delhi, he was requested to guage the historic piece as a result of the shifting could not be carried out with out transit insurance coverage protection.
“Being priceless for all Indians, I valued it at Rs 10 crores and it was then shifted to the National Museum, Delhi,” acknowledged Prof Tiwari.
In actuality, Prayagraj has been a witness to many such historic firsts. As per Prof Tiwari, it was in Prayagraj that the first rights of tax assortment have been accorded to the East India Company and later the change of power from the East India Company to British Crown was moreover carried out inside the Sangam City.
LUCKNOW: The historic Sengol (sceptre), to be put in inside the new Parliament developing all through its inauguration on May 28, was one in all many prized possessions of the Nehru Gallery of the Allahabad Museum for over seven a few years.
The Sengol, obtained by the nation’s first PM Jawaharlal Nehru as a brand of the change of power from British rule to unbiased India in 1947, was shifted to Allahabad Museum inside the latter half of 1950 along with fairly a couple of devices gifted to Nehru in the meanwhile and was one in all many highlights of the Nehru Gallery.
Initially, it was obtained by Allahabad Museum curator SC Kala. Museum authorities acknowledged the Sengol and totally different devices gifted to Nehru have been shifted from Anand Bhawan, the ancestral residence of India’s first PM, to Allahabad Museum. According to officers of the Allahabad Museum, the selection to place the Sengol inside the new Parliament developing was taken remaining November when the Union Ministry of Culture had requested the Allahabad Museum authorities helpful over the Sengol to the National Museum, Delhi.googletag.cmd.push(function() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
It was the ultimate Governor General of India, C Rajagopalachari, who had urged to Nehru to acquire the sceptre as a brand of India’s freedom from British rule.
ALSO READ | Modi’s Nehru second: Historic ‘Sengol’ accepted by first PM to be put in in new Parliament
Vice-Chancellor of Prof Rajendra Singh (Rajju Bhaiya) State University, Prayagraj, Prof AK Singh, acknowledged he was the officiating director of the Allahabad National Museum in November 2022 when he purchased a letter from the Union Ministry of Culture saying that the Sengol be shifted to the National Museum, Delhi.
“We had signed an MoU with the National Museum, Delhi, before handing over the Sengol which was one of our prized collections, exhibited at the Nehru Gallery of the museum,” acknowledged director, Allahabad Museum, Rajesh Prasad.
Prof Yogeshwar Tiwari, a excellent historian and former head of division of Medieval and Modern History, Allahabad University, acknowledged that sooner than the Sengol was moved from Allahabad Museum to the National Museum in New Delhi, he was requested to guage the historic piece as a result of the shifting could not be carried out with out transit insurance coverage protection.
“Being priceless for all Indians, I valued it at Rs 10 crores and it was then shifted to the National Museum, Delhi,” acknowledged Prof Tiwari.
In actuality, Prayagraj has been a witness to many such historic firsts. As per Prof Tiwari, it was in Prayagraj that the first rights of tax assortment have been accorded to the East India Company and later the change of power from the East India Company to British Crown was moreover carried out inside the Sangam City.
