The West Bengal Government will take over Indira Bhavan, which was the official residence of former Chief Minister Jyoti Basu at Salt Lake.
It would be turned into a museum and a research centre devoted to Kavi Nazrul Islam, “a contemporary of Rabindranath Tagore”.
“The decision to convert Indira Bhavan into Nazrul Bhavan has been taken in public interest and to promote research work on the great rebel poet
The Nazrul Bhavan would house a research centre and museum on the great rebel poet who made a memorable contribution to the country's freedom movement.
The bungalow was named Indira Bhavan during the Congress Session in 1972 when the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi stayed there for the duration of the session.
