Educational tour (museum)

·         Educational tours are routine part of school curricula these days.

·         I too went with my school to an educational tour

·         It was to Shaheed Bhagat Singh Museum at Khatkarkalan, Banga

·         I was in 10^th class at that time.

·         I remember how much we enjoyed.

·         We learnt a lot about our freedom struggle also

·         The museum displays memorable belongings of the martyrs of Punjab

·         The museum was inaugurated on the 23^rd March, 1981, on the 50^th martyrdom day of S. Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev

·         The museum reminds us the toil, sweat and the sacrifice which Bhagat Singh gave for the country’s freedom

·         I was awe-struck by the magnificent grandeur of the big bronze statue of Bhagat Singh at the entrance of the museum

·         What moved us most were the half-burnt ashes of S. Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev

·         The blood-stained newspaper in which his ashes were brought is also displayed

·         A copy of the Bhagwad Gita with Bhagat Singh’s signature is also displayed

·         Bhagat Singh’s family photographs, his jail diary and original documents of Lahore conspiracy are also displayed

·         The museum brings alive the life and times of this iconic revolutionary.