Haryana Home and Health Minister Anil Vij on Friday said that the construction work of War Memorial of first rebellion of freedom struggle of 1857 is ongoing in Ambala Cantt and it will be ready soon as 80 percent work has been completed.

Vij was presiding over a review meeting of various departments in this regard. The Memorial is being built by the Department of Information, Public Relations and Languages and is being built on an area of 22-acres.

The Minister said that this Memorial would develop into a major tourist hub, which would probably be the largest and will also be equipped with modern technology.

It was informed in the meeting that the Memorial would be developed in three phases.

Under the first phase, the turn of events related to the first battle of independence of 1857 in Ambala will be shown. In the second phase, where the first battle of independence was fought in Haryana will be described and in the third phase the freedom struggle of India, including stories of bravery of Rani of Jhansi, Bahadur Shah Zafar along with other freedom fighters will be described.

It was also informed that this monument would be one of its kind with latest technology in which today's modern digital technology would be used to depict historical events. The plan of this battle of 1857 will also be shown with digital technology and how the freedom struggle continued for the next 90 years.

The memorial will also have a comprehensive description of the economic, political, administrative, religious and social conditions of 1857. Similarly, the museum to be set up in the memorial will display artifacts related to history.

It was further informed in the meeting that digital Sankalp Stambh would also be installed in the memorial so that the people coming would take a pledge towards patriotism.

An open air theater is also being built in the memorial in which the achievements of the Haryana Government will be shown and a light and sound show will also be held there.