Anand Bhavan Explained

Anand Bhavan
Coordinates:	25.4594°N 81.86°W
Established:	1930
Location:	Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India
Type:	Historic house museum

The Anand Bhavan is a historic house museum in Prayagraj, India, focusing on the Nehru family.^[1] It was bought by Indian political leader Motilal Nehru in the 1930s to serve as the residence of the Nehru family when the original mansion Swaraj Bhavan (previously called Anand Bhavan) was transformed into the local headquarters of the Indian National Congress.^[2] Jawahar Planetarium is situated here, which has been striving to inculcate scientific temper among masses through its sky shows on astronomy and science.^[3]

The residence was donated to Indian government in 1970 by the then Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi,^[4] the granddaughter of Motilal Nehru^[5] and daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru.^[6]

See also

• List of tourist attractions in Prayagraj
• List of museums in India

Notes and References

1. Web site: Here’s What You Must See And Experience in Allahabad. Charu Chowdhary.
2. Web site: Anand Bhawan District Allahabad, Government of Uttar Pradesh. en-US. 2019-04-12.
3. Web site: Anand Bhawan Nehru Portal, Nehru Memorial Museum & Library Ministry of Culture, Government of India. nehruportal.nic.in. 2019-04-14.
4. Book: Carol, Dommermuth-Costa. Indira Gandhi: Daughter of India. registration. Lerner publication company. 2002. 25.
5. Book: Upendra Chandra Bhattacharyya, Shovendu Sunder Chakravarty. Pandit Motilal Nehru: His Life and Work. B.R. Publishing Corporation.
6. Web site: Anand Bhawan. www.museumsofindia.org. en. 2019-04-09. 30 May 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190530033151/https://www.museumsofindia.org/museumdetails.php%3Fnode%3D515. dead.