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{{Short description|Five planetariums in India}} | |||
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2018}} | {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2018}} | ||
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2018}} | {{Use Indian English|date=December 2018}} | ||
'''Nehru Planetariums''' are the five [[ | '''Nehru Planetariums''' are the five [[planetariums]] in India, named after India's first [[Prime Minister]], [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]. These are located in [[Mumbai]], [[New Delhi]], [[Pune]] and [[Bangalore]], plus there is a [[Jawahar Planetarium]] in [[Prayagraj]], where [[Nehru]] was born. | ||
The Nehru Planetarium in New Delhi is situated on the grounds of [[Teen Murti Bhavan]], officially known as '[[Nehru Memorial Museum & Library|Nehru Memorial Museum and Library]]', earlier the official residence of India's first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru and now a museum in his memory. In 1964, the Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund was set up to promote his ideas and it undertook to build the Nehru Planetarium with its aim being the promotion of astronomy education. This planetarium, like its namesake in Mumbai, was also inaugurated by Smt. Indira Gandhi on 6 February 1984.<ref>[http://pib.nic.in/feature/feyr2001/foct2001/f171020012.html "Features" on ''Press Information Bureau of India'']</ref> One of the major attractions of this place is the [[Soyuz T-10]] which carried India's first [[cosmonaut]] [[Rakesh Sharma]] to space, along with his space suit and mission journal. | The Nehru Planetarium in New Delhi is situated on the grounds of [[Teen Murti Bhavan]], officially known as '[[Nehru Memorial Museum & Library|Nehru Memorial Museum and Library]]', earlier the official residence of India's first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru and now a museum in his memory. In 1964, the Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund was set up to promote his ideas and it undertook to build the Nehru Planetarium with its aim being the promotion of astronomy education. This planetarium, like its namesake in Mumbai, was also inaugurated by Smt. Indira Gandhi on 6 February 1984.<ref>[http://pib.nic.in/feature/feyr2001/foct2001/f171020012.html "Features" on ''Press Information Bureau of India'']</ref> One of the major attractions of this place is the [[Soyuz T-10]] which carried India's first [[cosmonaut]] [[Rakesh Sharma]] to space, along with his space suit and mission journal. | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
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*[http://www.taralaya.org/ Nehru Planetarium, Bangalore] | *[http://www.taralaya.org/ Nehru Planetarium, Bangalore] | ||
*[http://www.nehru-centre.org/planetarium/ Nehru Planetarium, Mumbai] | *[http://www.nehru-centre.org/planetarium/ Nehru Planetarium, Mumbai] | ||