| The museum has been primarily developed as a personal museum, with such rooms as the bedroom, the drawing-room and the study room. The museum portrays through visual media the life and works of the leader of India's struggle for freedom, the architect of modern India, and definitely a passionate champion of world peace.
Apart from highlighting his achievements, the visual display describes Nehru's Kashmiri lineage, years at Harrow and Cambridge, his budding career as a barrister and his activities as a young radical who entered nationalist politics in 1917 by participating in the Home Rule Movement.
A display of popular interest is the Gifts Gallery, which has some of the priceless gifts received by Nehru during his travels in India and overseas. Among the exhibits is the Bharat Ratna medal awarded to him in 1955.
An object of great interest to visitors is the Jawahar Jyoti, the eternal flame, symbolizing the ideals for which Jawaharlal lived and worked during his lifetime. It is kept burning day and night. A massive granite rock put up in the front lawn is inscribed with short extracts from the historic tryst with destiny speech delivered by Nehru in the midnight session of the Indian Constituent Assembly on August 14th –15th, 1947.
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