The Martyrs's Memorial (Shaheed Smarak) being constructed at Ambala Cantonment in Haryana will be one of its kind in the country and give a new identity to innumerable unsung warriors and fighters at the national and international level, since the first freedom struggle of 1857, Additional Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister and Director General, Information, Public Relations, Language and Culture Department Dr Amit Agrawal said on Monday.

Chairing a meeting at Haryana Bhawan, New Delhi with the historians, who are the members of the Shaheed Smarak Nirman Samiti. Dr Agrawal said that the visitors coming to the memorial will get to know about the rich history of Haryana and it would become a sure 'destination visit' for the tourists and locals. He said that the contribution of people of Haryana will be attractively displayed so that the youth can draw inspiration from the life and valor of the martyrs. This monument will have a unique confluence of technology and history. The construction of the Shaheed Smarak is in the final stage, he added.

 It was apprised in the meeting that in the next 15 days, a detailed plan of the memorial will be prepared and shared with all the members of the committee. After taking their suggestions, a final decision will be taken in this regard.

The DG said that apart from installing photo panels in this memorial, with the help of light and sound, efforts will be made to display the glorious journey of modern Haryana from pre-history to the present stage journey.  He informed that from the first freedom struggle of 1857 to the contribution of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose INA in the freedom struggle and how the people of Haryana endured the tortures of the then British government. He added that all such important historical information will be vividly displayed with a brief description.

He said that major construction work of this monument has been completed and in the next one and a half months the final decision on the material to be displayed in the monument will be taken and the work will be allotted to the concerned agency. He hoped that by the coming October this memorial will be completely ready and open to the general public.