School in which Atal Behari Vajpayee studied to be developed as Memorial Model School
   Date :25-Dec-2020

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Our Correspondent :
 
GWALIOR,
 
The school, situated in Gwalior where former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee studied, would be developed as his memorial model school by the Gwalior Smart City Development Corporation Ltd, (GSCDCL) his memorial museum would also be established in the building. Gwalior Smart City Development Corporation Ltd (GSCDCL) would also set-up a Vajpayee Memorial Museum on the basis of latest digital technology in the Gorkhi Higher Secondary School in the city. Former PM Vajpayee was born in Gwalior city on December 25 in 1925 and he studied in the Gorkhi school from 1935 to 1938 in classes VI, VII and VIII. The school building was built by the Scindias, the then rulers of Gwalior state as a royal palace in 1810.
 
The school was set-up in 1903 in this palace. “The school building is important to us due to its historic values and so is Vajpayeeji, so we have taken it to develop as a Model School in the country as well as to set-up a museum of the former PM’s memory,” CEO of the GSCDCL, Jayati Singh informed ‘The Hitavada’. “We have called a tender for renovation, strengthening and beautification of the historic building. The Vajpayee Memorial Museum would be set up on the latest digital technology with the help of Information Technology,” IAS, Jayati also informed. She added that it would be managed that the maximum things related to Vajpayee, such as his collection of poetries, important speeches, photographs etc. would be put in the museum.
 
After completing the tender process, the project would begin soon and take its original shape, she added. The main objective of the project was to conserve and reuse of the historic building and set-up it as a memorial of the former PM, Atal Bihar Vajpayee, Jayati also mentioned. The Maharaj Bada, an oval-shaped market built by the Scindia's with elements of Victorian, Greek, Roman, Gothic and Indian architecture, are also being redeveloped and restored by the GSCDCL. Apart from these five buildings, the Gorkhi palace and its complex which is near the Bada are also being developed.
 
The memories of the former PM which are connected to his native place, Gwalior would be saved and displayed in the museum in a part of the existing school. Principal of the school, A K Pathak said that the attendance register of the class which was used to record the presence of Vajpayee is still secured in the school, the school comes under the Mission 1000 and Education for All scheme. The government is planning to convert it into a world-class school soon, Pathak added.