PM Modi to dedicate renovated complex of Jallianwala Bagh Smarak on Today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will unveil the revamped complex of Amritsar-situated Jallianwala Bagh Smarak today (August, 28) via video conferencing. He will also inaugurate museum galleries developed at the Smarak.

The event will also showcase the multiple development initiatives taken by the government to upgrade the complex. The Prime Minister’s Office informed in a statement on Thursday.

Jallianwala Bagh Smarak is a memorial to those who were martyred in the infamous incident on April 13, 1919.

“At 6:25 PM this evening, a programme will be held that will interest the people. The renovated complex of Jallianwala Bagh Smarak will be dedicated to the nation. India will never forget the martyrs of Jallianwala Bagh, PM Modi tweeted.”

“A tribute to the bravehearts who lost their lives on April 13, 1919. Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will dedicate renovated complex of Jallianwala Bagh Smarak to the nation”, BJP’s official Twitter handle tweeted.

A sound and light show has been arranged to show the events of April 13, 1919. The monument of Jallianwala Bagh serves as a remembrance of the indiscriminate killing of unarmed people who had gathered at the garden 102 years ago to protest the arrest of nationalist leaders Dr Satyapal and Saifuddin Kichlew over their agitation against the Rowlatt Act.

Union Minister of Culture, Union Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs, Ministers of State for Culture, Governor and Chief Minister of Punjab; Chief Ministers of Haryana, Uttarakhand, and Himachal Pradesh; all Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha MPs from Punjab, members of Jallianwala Bagh National Memorial Trust, among others, will be present on the occasion.

The event will take place at 6:25 in the evening on August 28, 2021.