NEHRU MEMORIAL MUSEUM AND LIBRARY (NMML)

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• The Prime Minister of India has chaired the Annual General Meeting of the NMML Society.
  • He emphasized encouraging research, and scholarship among the youth and making history more attractive.
  • He also discussed ways to make the PM-Sangrahalaya more popular among youngsters.

Nehru Memorial Museum and Library (NMML)

• The Nehru Memorial Museum and Library (NMML) was established in memory of Jawaharlal Nehru.
  • It is located in the Teen Murti House, New Delhi, the official residence of the first Prime Minister of India.
• It is an autonomous institution under the Union Ministry of Culture.
• It has four major constituents;
  • A Memorial Museum
  • A library on Modern India
  • A Centre for Contemporary Studies
  • The Nehru Planetarium
• The library has been designed and developed as a specific research and reference centre on colonial and post-colonial India with its very rich and varied collection of books, journals, photographs and other resource materials on microfilm and microfiche.
• It has a rich manuscript section.
• It also acquires and preserves private papers of distinguished individuals and records of political and other non-official organizations, associations and societies that played a significant role in the development of modern India.
  • These archival materials are an important primary source of information for research and are made available to scholars.
• The NMML aims to contribute to a better understanding of Modern and Contemporary India, and thus serve as a link with the past and the future of India.

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