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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 [[Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur|IIT-Kharagpur]] Heritage Building, which is now named as Hijli Saheed Bhavan. The imposing building, bearing resemblance to the [[Byzantine architecture|Byzantine style of architecture]], was used by the [[British India|British rulers of India]] to detain the freedom fighters during the 1930s.

== Building history ==

Although there were few other [[detention camp]]s around the country in those days, the Hijli detention camp was the only one to witness the death of two detainees by police firing within jail compound.<ref>{{cite web|title=IIT-Kharagpur remembers its Hijli Jail days|url=http://www.financialexpress.com/news/iitkharagpur-remembers-its-hijli-jail-days/130948|website=financialexpress.com|accessdate=2 July 2014}}</ref> The incident led to strong protest, to register their indignation by prominent national figures like [[Rabindranath Tagore]], [[Subhas Chandra Bose]] and many others. Soon after independence, the building was used to house the first [[Indian Institutes of Technology|Indian Institute of Technology]] (known initially as the Higher Technical Institute).

== Museum contents ==

The museum has many indoor exhibits which include technical models collected from various institutes and organisations across India. The park outside the museum contains 14 open-air demonstrations and outdoor exhibits including a hunter plane, and a steam engine. The museum has an archive room showcasing documents relating to history of the institute and Midnapore district.

==See also==
* [[Swami Vivekananda Planetarium|Swami Vivekananda Planetarium, Mangalore]]

==External links==
*[http://www.nehrusciencecentre.org/ Nehru Science Centre official Site]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050313183514/http://www.iitkgp.ac.in/institute/nehru.php Nehru Museum at Indian Institute of Technology]
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