Faridkot, Feb 20: The government of Punjab will undertake a Rs 50-lakh project for facelift and preservation of the police station cell where Jahawarlal Nehru was kept in 1923 during the Jaitu Morcha in present-day Faridkot district, announced tourism minister Navjot Singh Sidhu during a visit to Faridkot on Monday.
The cell is in a state of neglect near the current Jaitu police station. Nehru, who became India’s first prime minister after independence in 1947, had been arrested at Jaitu when he and other freedom fighters reached there on September 21, 1923, to take part in the morcha being undertaken under the gurdwara reforms movement; and was kept in the cell for a few hours before being sent to the Nabha jail.
“Generations will learn about the contribution of Jawaharlal Nehru for the country,” Sidhu said, making the announcement after a request by Sunil Jakhar, the Congress’ state unit president and MP from Gurdaspur.
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