[Seventh Meeting of the Jawaharlal Nehru Portrait Parliamentary Committee]

Summary

This two-page English-language parliamentary office record, issued by the Lok Sabha Secretariat on 16 November 1965, announces the seventh meeting of the Jawaharlal Nehru Portrait Parliamentary Committee. The meeting was scheduled for 18 November 1965 in the Speaker’s Chamber to discuss a layout plan for installing statues of national leaders in the Parliament House Estate; the notice was addressed to all committee members.

The accompanying memorandum asks the committee to consider sites for statues of Lala Lajpat Rai and Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, including the site corresponding to Motilal Nehru’s statue and the pedestal formerly occupied by Lord Reading’s statue. It also presents a broader plan for future installations: four outdoor places for life-size statues, three pedestals on inner lawns, and six pedestals along the outer walls of the Central Hall. The memorandum notes that Balvantray Mehta had separately sought permission to erect a Lala Lajpat Rai statue as part of a centenary programme, and that a suitable site and statue had already been approved in principle.

Key points

• The document gives notice of the seventh meeting of the Jawaharlal Nehru Portrait Parliamentary Committee.
• The meeting was to take place on 18 November 1965 in the Speaker’s Chamber, Parliament House.
• The committee was to discuss a layout plan for statues of national leaders in the Parliament House Estate.
• The memorandum identifies proposed sites for statues of Lala Lajpat Rai and Maulana Abul Kalam Azad.
• The proposed sites include the location corresponding to Motilal Nehru’s statue and a pedestal formerly occupied by Lord Reading’s statue.
• The memorandum records a wider plan involving four outdoor sites, three inner-lawn pedestals, and six Central Hall wall pedestals.
• The record links the Lala Lajpat Rai statue proposal to Balvantray Mehta’s centenary programme request.