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Source: The post is based on the article “PM inaugurates ‘Kartavya Path’ and unveils the statue of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose at India Gate” published in PIB on 8th September 2022.
What is the News?
The Prime Minister has inaugurated ‘Kartavya Path’.He also unveiled the statue of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose at India Gate on occasion.
What is the Kartavya Path?
The name of the iconic Rajpath stretching from Rashtrapati Bhavan to India Gate has been renamed as Kartavya Path.
The whole stretch and area from the statue of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose to Rashtrapati Bhavan will now be considered as Kartavya Path.
About Statue of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose
It is a 28 feet tall statue that is a little taller than a two-storey building.
The statue has been carved out of a monolithic block of granite weighing 280 tonnes.
The statue stands at the same place where his hologram statue was unveiled earlier this year by the Prime Minister on Parakram Diwas, January 23 — Netaji’s 125th birth anniversary.
The canopy under which the statue has been placed previously featured a bust of Britain’s King George V, which was removed in 1968. For decades, the canopy housed the Amar Jawan Jyoti, which was merged with the eternal flame of the National War Memorial Torch on Republic Day.
Who was Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose?
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