Kharagpur, India
Nehru Museum of Science and Technology
The Nehru Museum of Science and Technology is a museum in Kharagpur, West Bengal, India. It was founded in 1990 at the Hijli Detention camp building, later the IIT-Kharagpur Heritage Building, which is now named as Hijli Saheed Bhavan. The imposing building, bearing resemblance to the Byzantine style of architecture, was used by the British rulers of India to detain the freedom fighters during the 1930s.
- City
- Kharagpur
- Country
- India
- Category
- Museum
- Suggested visit
- About 120 minutes
Background: Wikipedia