The Nehru Memorial Museum and Library Society housed in Teen Murti Bhavan premises has been renamed by the government as Prime Ministers Museum and Library Society, prompting sharp reactions from the Congress which termed it as a “petty act”.The move to rename the Society comes nearly a year after the Pradhanmantri Sangrahalaya was inaugurated on the premises of the Teen Murti Bhavan, which served as the official residence of first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru.In a special meeting of the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library Society (NMML), it was resolved to change its name, the Culture Ministry said on Friday.At the meeting of the Society held on Thursday, Chairman of the NMML Executive Council Nripendra Misra explained the need for change in the name by emphasizing that the Prime Ministers Museum expresses the nations deep commitment to democracy and so the name of the institution should reflect its new form.About the NMMLThe Teen Murti House was built in 1929-30 as part of Edwin Lutyens imperial capital. It was the official residence of the Commander-in-Chief in India. It was in August 1948, that it became the official residence of Indias first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.Nehru ji lived there for 16 years until his death in May, 1964. Soon after, on Nehrus 75th birth anniversary on November 14, then President S Radhakrishnan dedicated the Teen Murti House to the nation and inaugurated the Nehru Memorial Museum. Two years later, the NMML Society was set up to manage the institution, and had remained so since then.Since April 2022, the Teen Murti campus has been the home to the Pradhanmantri Sanghralaya or the Museum of all Prime Ministers.Housed in a new building the Prime Ministers museum tells the story of how our Prime Ministers navigated the nation through various challenges and ensured all-round progress of the country. It recognises all the Prime Ministers, thereby democratising the institutional memory.
