Grand Netaji Statue shall be constructed at the India Gate site in New Delhi.
A statue of freedom icon Subhash Chandra Bose shall be installed at India Gate in Delhi, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his twitter handle.
Until the statue is ready, a hologram of the Subhash Chandra Bose, also called as Netaji, will be put up at the spot, he said, sharing an image.
The Netaji statue will be 28 feet by 6 feet. It will stand at the spot that once featured a statue of England’s King George V. That statue was removed and shifted in 1968.
“At a time when the entire nation is marking the 125th birth anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, I am glad to share that his grand statue, made of granite, will be installed at India Gate. This would be a symbol of India’s indebtedness to him,” the Prime Minister said in tweets.
“Till the grand statue of Netaji Bose is completed, a hologram statue of his would be present at the same place. I will unveil the hologram statue on 23rd January, Netaji’s birth anniversary,” he added.
Recently, the government announced that Netaji’s birth anniversary – January 23 – would mark the start of Republic Day celebrations instead of a day later.
In fact, Netaji’s birthday has also been termed as “Parakram Divas”.