NEHRU MEMORIAL MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SOCIETY

About:

• Status: The Nehru Memorial Museum & Library (NMML) is an autonomous institution under the Ministry of Culture, Government of India.
  
  
• Background: It was established in 1964 in the memory of First Prime Minister (PM) of India, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru (1889 - 1964).
  
  
• Location: It is located in the Teen Murti House, Delhi (the official residence of the first PM).
  
  
• Administration: Prime Minister of India Is the President of the NMML.
  
  
• NMML Society: It is responsible for all the key decisions regarding the functioning of the memorial.
  
  
• Units: It has four major constituents namely –
  1. a Memorial Museum,
     
     
  2. a Library on modern India,
     
     
  3. a Centre for Contemporary Studies and
     
     
  4. Nehru Planetarium.
     
     
  
  
  

Recent Development:

• The new NMML society members are –
  • Ram Bahadur Rai: Former journalist, He is also the chairman of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts,
    
    
  • Jaishankar: Former Foreign Secretary
    
    
  • Arnab Goswami: Journalist
    
    
  • Vinay Sahasrabuddhe: Bharatiya Janata Party MP; also the president of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations.
    
    
  
  
  
• The term of the nominated members will be up to April 26, 2020, or until further orders, whichever is earlier.
  
  
• The order comes days after the foundation stone for the “Museum for all Prime Ministers” was laid on the Teen Murti Estate premises despite objections from the Congress.