New Delhi, Jan 2: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday underlined the need for widening the scope of research on modern Indian history to create better awareness among people about the country’s past.
The Prime Minister also emphasized the need for institutions in the country, in general, to create their well-audited and researched recorded memory for the benefit of the present as well as future generations.
PM Modi was presiding over the Annual General Meeting of the NMML Society, in his capacity as the President of the Society, at 7 Lok Kalyan Marg.
“The Prime Minister underlined the need for widening the scope of research on modern Indian history both in terms of individuals, institutions and themes, so as to create better awareness among people about India’s past,” a statement by the Ministry of Culture said.
Expressing satisfaction over the design and content of Pradhanmantri Sangrahalaya, the Prime Minister underlined the fact that the museum is truly objective and nation-centric, not person-centric, and that it suffers neither from undue influence nor from the unwarranted absence of any required facts.
In order to take the message of the Sangrahalaya highlighting the achievements and contributions of all the Prime Ministers of India to the people, PM Modi spoke on the need to make the Sangrahalaya popular among youth by organizing competitions about its content in colleges and universities across the country.
“He expressed his hope that in the near future the Sangrahalaya would emerge as a central attraction for visitors to Delhi from India and the world,” the statement said.
Mentioning that the 200th birth anniversary of Swami Dayanand Saraswati, the founder of Arya Samaj in 1875 and one of the influential social and cultural figures of modern India, was coming in 2024, PM Modi called upon the academic and cultural institutions across the country to produce well-researched knowledge about the contributions of this great visionary and social reformer to the country as well as about the Arya Samaj which is going to complete 150 years of its existence in 2025.
The Chairman of the Executive Council, Nripendra Misra, spoke on the current working of the Society as well as outlining the vision for the future.
He also highlighted the plans for the Library, which is the leading institution in the field of modern and contemporary Indian history.(ANI)
