<p><strong>New Delhi:&nbsp;</strong>Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to soon make the significant announcement of setting up a &lsquo;Museum of Royal Kingdoms&rsquo;, acknowledging the contributions of erstwhile royal families who integrated their states with India after independence.</p>
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<p id="2">The proposed museum, a first of its kind acknowledgement of the contributions of the 562 princely states of the country in giving current shape to India, will be at Ekta Nagar, Kevadia, adjacent to the Statue of Unity of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, which is the tallest in the world.</p>
<p id="3">&ldquo;This is the first such museum depicting the contributions of the royal kingdoms of our country. The announcement by the Prime Minister will also be a major shift from the culture of looking at royal families as villains,&rdquo; said a senior government functionary. He confirmed that the Prime Minister is set to make the announcement at Kevadia, where he will be present to attend the birth anniversary celebrations of Sardar Patel and address the gathering on the occasion.</p>
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<p id="2">Painted for long as parasitic and stooges of the English, the erstwhile royals are gradually being reappraised. The &ldquo;image correction&rdquo; has been helped by researchers who have dug deep into the archives to bring to light how many of the former rulers tried to introduce elements of modern education, besides being patrons of the arts.</p>
<p id="3">The descendants of many of these rulers, in any case, continue to be held in high esteem by their former &ldquo;subjects&rdquo; . The official said that even earlier, the PM in his speech from the Red Fort had hailed the wealth creators of the country, yet another shift from the trend of looking at them with &ldquo;negativity&rdquo;.</p>
<p>&ldquo;The Prime Minister&rsquo;s message is loud and clear that each one has contributed to the country&rsquo;s journey after it attained independence. The country should pay its gratitude to all of them,&rdquo; the official said. Sources said that the PM himself mooted the idea that the &ldquo;Museum of Royal Kingdom&rdquo; be set up at Kevadia near the statue of Sardar Patel, who succeeded in his mission of unifying the country thanks to the prompt response of the princely states, who readily agreed to accede to India.</p>
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<p>Sources said that the design of the proposed museum is at an advanced stage and its construction will be taken up immediately after the announcement. Although discussions were taking place in the Gujarat government over the construction of the project and over 20 royal family members of erstwhile princely states from Saurashtra, Kutch, central Gujarat and Rajasthan had hailed the proposal earlier, formal announcement was still awaited.</p>
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<p id="2">Spread over an area of 15 acres, the proposed museum will showcase the glorious history, art, culture, dresses, language, dialects, administration, tradition and historical events of the erstwhile princely states that had merged into India after securing independence.</p>
<p id="3">Modi will also dedicate two more tourist attractions &mdash; a Maze (labyrinth) Garden and Miyawaki Forest &mdash;at Ekta Nagar. Sprawled over three acres with a pathway of 2,100 metres, this is the largest maze garden in the country and has been developed in a short span of just eight months. As many as 1,80,000 saplings have been planted near the Maze Garden including Orange Gemin and Madhu Kamini.</p>
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