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PM Modi unveils 28-feet statue of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose at India Gate

Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday unveiled a 28-feet statue of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose at India Gate. A team of sculptors spent 26,000 man-hours of "intense artistic endeavour" to carve a grand statue of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose from a monolithic block of granite weighing 280 MT, the Culture Ministry said on Wednesday. The prime minister had on January 21 assured that a grand statue of Netaji made of granite will be installed at India Gate as a symbol of the nation's "indebtedness" to him. "The unveiling of the statue of Netaji would be accompanied to the tune of Kadam Kadam Badhayeja, the traditional INA song," the statement said.

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