Ambala, Oct 28: Union Home Minister Amit Shah will inaugurate the Martyrs' Memorial built here in honour of the brave heroes who sacrificed their lives during the 1857 revolution on November 5, Haryana Cabinet Minister Anil Vij said on Wednesday.
The memorial will be inaugurated first, followed by a large workers' rally at Gandhi Ground, he said.
He said the government has also issued instructions for students from various schools and educational institutions in Haryana to be shown the memorial, so that young people learn that the freedom struggle began in Ambala before Meerut in 1857.
He urged people to attend the rally at Gandhi Ground, Ambala Cantonment, in large numbers on November 5, as it will mark the inauguration of a national-level memorial.
Energy, Transport and Labour Minister Vij and BJP state president Archana Gupta held a meeting to review preparations for the Martyrs' Memorial programme scheduled for November 5.
Vij said the complete history of the Martyrs' Memorial dedicated to the First War of Independence of 1857 will be displayed there.
The places where battles were fought in 1857, in Haryana, Bihar, Punjab, and elsewhere, will be presented through modern technology, showing the history of the war.
The Martyrs' Memorial has been built at a cost of approximately Rs 800 crore, and he is confident that people from across India will come to see it.
There will be an open-air theatre with a capacity of about 2,500 people, where an evening light, laser and sound show will be projected on a large lotus-shaped structure.
Vij further said the Martyrs' Memorial includes a 68-metre-high lotus-shaped memorial tower with two high-speed lifts.
