On the occasion of Independence day, we visited the renowned cellular jail in Dehradun and that ward where the first PM of India, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru was jailed many times. It is also known as Nehru Heritage Centre. Pandit Nehru was sent to this jail for the first time in the year 1932 during the British rule. After which he was imprisoned here in 1934, 1935 and 1941 also.
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00:00India is celebrating its 78th Independence Day at the Amritsar Festival of Independence.
00:27It has been a long battle to liberate India.
00:31All the leaders of our country and all the people of our country have fought for freedom.
00:48Today, the whole of India remembers such heritages.
00:53And our heritage is doing the work of decorating and decorating them.
01:01If we turn the pages of history, then every person and every place has some contribution to freedom.
01:12I am in Dehradun right now.
01:14And if we look at the most famous page of Dehradun, then it is Nehru Ward.
01:21It is said that Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru spent about a year here.
01:33But the important thing is that during that time, Nehru was imprisoned here four times.
01:46Now we will show you the picture of that ward.
01:49What is the situation of that ward today?
01:52And how did Nehru live here?
01:57What did Nehru do here?
01:59And what time did he get here before independence?
02:04When India was seeing the time of slavery.
02:08So let's start with its gate.
02:11I would like to show you something.
02:13You can see it written here.
02:15This is Nehru Ward.
02:17And it is clearly written here that during the time of the struggle for independence,
02:22Nehru lived in captivity here in 1932, 1936, 1934 and 1941.
02:33When we try to go inside this ward, we start with this gate.
02:40Let me tell you the beauty of this gate first.
02:44The information here tells us that this gate is made entirely of iron.
02:51It is so solid that there is no binding anywhere.
02:54This is the carving of that time.
02:56You can say that the artistry of the people of that time can be clearly seen in this.
03:01Now we enter the ward.
03:04And the place you can see behind me,
03:09This is the place where Nehru spent four precious moments of his life.
03:19And during that time, Nehru tried to decorate the moments of his life.
03:28In his books, in his letters, Nehru tried to make the next generation understand
03:43how difficult it was for us to fight for freedom.
03:50We have with us a famous person from Uttarakhand, Vijay Bhatt ji.
04:03He calls himself Bhumakkad.
04:05But according to us, he understands the pages of history very well.
04:12And from Uttarakhand's history to Uttarakhand's heritage,
04:17Uttarakhand is a place that our future generations should see and understand.
04:22And they should understand how difficult it was for freedom.
04:26Vijay Bhatt ji, first of all, welcome to All India.
04:28Namaskar.
04:29Namaskar.
04:30Bhatt ji, we have come to the Nehru ward right now.
04:34First of all, we would like to know from your point of view,
04:37what all have you heard about it, read about it, or how much do you know about it?
04:45This is the Nehru ward that you are talking about.
04:48Actually, this is such a place in the history of India's movement for freedom,
04:55which is our heritage.
04:59The next generation should have taken care of this heritage.
05:04We should have done it.
05:06But the governments, as you know, are not able to take care of the heritage properly.
05:13But whatever it is, it is preserved.
05:16And it also holds a very important place in the history of the world.
05:20Because from here, during his journey, Nehru started writing the Glimpse of World History.
05:27Okay.
05:28The Glimpse of World History.
05:30He started writing it here.
05:34He wrote it here.
05:36Actually, Nehru ji has lived here three times, from 1932 to 1941.
05:43Yes.
05:44He comes here three times and stays here.
05:46He travels a lot.
05:48Earlier, there used to be a brothel here, where Pranveer Jailer used to live.
05:52He stayed there for a long time.
05:54He was shifted here because he was a big political leader.
05:59And he used to come to the gate from there.
06:01He used to walk from there.
06:03At that time, from this gate, where the gate of the jail was,
06:06you could see the snow of Himalaya and Mysore.
06:09Okay.
06:10So he described it in his book.
06:12This is between 1930 and 1940.
06:13Yes, yes, yes.
06:14Between 1930 and 1940.
06:15So there was not that kind of weather.
06:19So you could see a snowy mountain in Mysore.
06:23And he used to write a lot to his daughter.
06:25And the letters…
06:26Bhadri ji, I would like to show the heritage here as well.
06:31Sure.
06:32I will try to tell the audience as well.
06:34And the things you are saying are very precious.
06:38Maybe our generation doesn't know about it.
06:41This is Nehru ji's army room.
06:43Yes.
06:44So, Bhadri ji, we would like you to tell us a little about it.
06:48Sure.
06:49Come.
06:50This is a golden throne.
06:53But this table, this chair…
06:55This is a table, this is a chair.
06:58It is said that Nehru ji had a lot of knowledge of writing.
07:03And his sister used to live in Dehradun.
07:06Pandit Vijayalakshmi.
07:08And Indira Gandhi too…
07:10Yes, her daughter was also young.
07:12So he used to arrange ink and pen for her here.
07:16And he had this facility that he could use his pen and ink here.
07:21He lived here during the same period.
07:24But he has written a lot about this place.
07:26And he started writing about the world as well.
07:29Along with that, like a father writes to his daughter…
07:33Emotions.
07:34Emotions.
07:35And Indira Gandhi is understanding it.
07:38And he is telling her about the world, about politics, about Dehradun.
07:44About how he feels, what he sees.
07:46He also expresses his sadness that the father should be with his daughter at this time.
07:51But he is sad that she is not with you.
07:54He called her Hindu.
07:56She is not with you.
07:58We are in jail here, we are here at this time.
08:01So he has a lot of emotional letters and books.
08:05As I said before, he starts here.
08:09This is one of the limitations of world history.
08:13Yes, yes.
08:14We can say that he used to write on this table.
08:18This was a chair.
08:19And this was his bed.
08:23Nehru ji has spent his time here.
08:26You can see the pottery type here.
08:30I will open the camera for you.
08:34You can see this window.
08:37Nehru ji used to meet people through this window if he wanted to talk to them.
08:44No one was allowed to come inside.
08:47Later, this was also covered.
08:49What he tells us here.
08:51Is this true?
08:53It is true that he had a good relationship with the British.
08:59But slowly, after 1942, the Quit India Movement started.
09:04Yes, yes.
09:05Yes, in 1941.
09:07Before that, after the Second World War, the Movement started.
09:12So, he had a little relationship with Nehru ji.
09:16Okay.
09:17So, Nehru ji must have spent his time here somewhere.
09:22Yes, definitely.
09:23Or he must have done it here according to some books.
09:26And I am telling you that he was allowed to go out.
09:30Yes.
09:31Yes.
10:01Okay.
10:02This is an old jail.
10:04Okay.
10:05This is a very old jail, by the way.
10:07He brought it here in the beginning.
10:09Then he shifted it.
10:10He shifted it.
10:11Okay.
10:12There is a little bit about the discovery of India.
10:14People say that he thought about it in Dehradun too.
10:17Or he took it and prepared some parts here.
10:20What is your information?
10:22My information is that the glimpses of world history.
10:25Yes.
10:26We will call it the glimpses of world history.
10:28Yes, yes.
10:30He writes letters in the name of his daughter here.
10:33Yes, yes.
10:34Now, you are talking about the discovery of India,
10:36it must have been written in other jails.
10:38It is possible that some pages are ready here too.
10:40Okay.
10:41But there is no mention that it was written in Dehradun.
10:44So, Dehradun was very good for him.
10:46And the second thing is that along with staying in jail,
10:49the last night was Nehru's.
10:51Okay.
10:52Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru's last night was also from Dehradun.
10:55Okay.
10:56He liked science very much.
10:58Whenever he used to come to Dehradun, he used to stay in Science Dharah.
11:01And in Science Dharah, in the name of Nehru,
11:03now everything is messed up.
11:05There is a house there, where Nehru used to live.
11:08So, it is very difficult for him to come here and stay there.
11:11Okay, the first Prime Minister of India,
11:13Swargya Jawaharlal Nehru,
11:14during his last night,
11:15he stayed here.
11:17And another board has been placed here.
11:20It is written that this is that window,
11:23where Nehruji stood outside
11:25to give blessings to the people who came to see him.
11:28Later, the window was closed
11:30so that he could not see anyone outside.
11:33And a blanket was also placed in the outer door.
11:36That is, if someone wants to see Nehruji from this place,
11:40he wants to communicate with him,
11:42to talk to him,
11:43to give blessings to him.
11:45And as Bhatji said,
11:46how later the British were in danger from Nehruji,
11:50because of this,
11:51they made Nehruji even more powerful.
11:55We are able to see some of this here.
11:57Nehruji's memorabilia have been tried to carve in the form of paintings.
12:02This is his whole family,
12:04Nehruji's whole life has been shown here.
12:08And you can see that Nehruji has different posters.
12:12And you see this.
12:14Yes.
12:15Here Nehruji is Indira Gandhi.
12:17Okay.
12:18I think.
12:19Yes.
12:20Maybe.
12:21I don't know.
12:23But here he is writing his diary.
12:25Yes.
12:26In Jawaharlal Nehru.
12:27Yes.
12:28So while writing this diary,
12:30the work of writing,
12:32the work of writing.
12:33And if a person who writes gets such a place for a year,
12:36then maybe.
12:37Yes.
12:38This is the reason that whatever Nehruji wrote,
12:41it is very inspiring for our generation today
12:46and it can do a lot.
12:48Absolutely.
12:49And here there are different Nehru,
12:51people of that time of Congress.
12:54They have put your picture.
12:57There is a lot.
13:00You can say that this is not just a Nehru ward.
13:05This is the whole life of Nehru.
13:07The history that is happening here.
13:09Absolutely.
13:10This is the history of Nehru.
13:12This is a big part of Nehru's life.
13:15This is not just Nehruji's,
13:17this is a big part of the movement for the freedom of India.
13:20Heritage.
13:21Heritage.
13:22Which we are celebrating the festival of freedom.
13:24Yes.
13:25In that, such heritages should be kept somewhere.
13:28And those things should reach people.
13:30Yes.
13:31Now the arrangement of water here,
13:33here in the lake,
13:35that water was not available at that time.
13:38So the well that was there,
13:40the excavation of Ross in Kacheri,
13:43there is still a part of it.
13:46So a small canal used to come here from the side of that well.
13:52So the water used to come from there.
13:54Oh, the canal.
13:55Yes, the canal.
13:56Yes, there was a proper tap etc.
13:57No, no, there was a tap.
13:58There used to be a canal.
13:59Yes, yes.
14:00So the water of the canal used to come here.
14:02There was a well there.
14:03In Kacheri, where Kacheri is,
14:05there is still a part of it.
14:07Ross was the first sub-intendent here.
14:10After 1816.
14:13That is there.
14:16And you know the old canal of Dehradun.
14:19Yes, the old one.
14:20The old canal that is here.
14:22So this is not a heritage,
14:24you can say that it is also a very big thing for Uttarakhand.
14:28And if we are talking about freedom,
14:30then we are celebrating the festival of freedom.
14:33And if we are trying to decorate the heritage,
14:36then all these things,
14:38especially this Nehru ward,
14:40where Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru,
14:42who was the first Prime Minister of India,
14:44he spent a year here.
14:46During the war of freedom.
14:49So now he is also slowly asking
14:52that this heritage should be found somewhere,
14:55that position should be found.
14:57And all those things should develop here,
15:00which the coming generation should understand
15:02that the moment Nehru spent here,
15:05during the war of freedom,
15:07everyone should understand that
15:09what a difficult time it was.
15:11And how the dream of a free India was seen,
15:14Nehru ji, Gandhi ji,
15:16all the people of that time,
15:18every moment of it,
15:20the people who are coming,
15:22the generation should understand.
15:24From Nehru ward of Dehradun,
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