Important Crematoriums by Dr. Gaurav Garg
Sadaiv Atal
● Atal Bihari Vajpayee
● Place – Delhi
● Former Prime Minister of India.
● Year of death – 2018.
● His Birthday ‘25th December’ is celebrated as Good Governance Day.
Rajghat
● Mahatma Gandhi (Father of the Nation).
● Meaning - Royal Steps, Delhi.
● On the bank of Yamuna River.
● Year of death - 1948
● His Death Anniversary ‘30th January’ is celebrated as Martyrs Day. ‘Leprosy Day’
is also celebrated on 30th January.
Vijay Ghat
● Lal Bahadur Shastri
● Meaning - Victory Platform, Delhi.
● Lal Bahadur Shastri - India's second Prime Minister.
● Year of death – 1966
● The victory alluded to in the name of the memorial is India's performance under his
leadership in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.
Kisan Ghat
● Chaudhary Charan Singh
● Meaning - Farmer’s Platform, Delhi.
● 5 th Prime Minister of India.
● His Birthday 23 December – Farmer’s day.
● Year of death - 1987
Veer Bhumi
● Rajiv Gandhi
● Meaning - Land of Brave, Delhi.
● 6 th Prime Minister of India.
● Year of death – 1991
● A large lotus in full bloom carved out of stone surrounded by 46 small lotuses to
signify the years he lived.
● Anti Terrorism Day is observed to mark the death anniversary of Rajiv Gandhi who
was assassinated on 21st May 1991. (He was assassinated by LTTE).
Shanti Van
● Jawaharlal Nehru
● Meaning - Garden of Peace, Delhi.
● 1 st Prime Minister of India.
● Year of death – 1964
Shanti Van
● Sanjay Gandhi
● Meaning - Garden of Peace, Delhi.
● Son of Indira Gandhi.
● Year of death – 1980
Shakti Sthal
● Indira Gandhi
● Meaning - Place of Power, Delhi.
● 1 st Female Prime Minister of India.
● Year of death – 1984 (31st October).
● The structure of the memorial is sixteen feet high and has been made using 60
tonnes of iron ore (brought from Odisha), which signifies the strength and fortitude
of Indira Gandhi’s character.
● She was also known as ‘Iron Lady’.
Abhay Ghat
● Morarji Desai
● Place - Ahmedabad (Ahmedabad is on the bank of Sabarmati River).
● 1 st Non-Congress Prime Minister of India.
● Year of death – 1995
Karma Bhumi
● Dr Shankar Dayal Sharma
● Meaning - Land of Duty, Delhi.
● 9 th President of India.
● Year of death – 1997
Mahaprayan Ghat, Patna
● Dr Rajendra Prasad
● Mahaprayan means Mahapathgaman (death).
● 1 st President of India.
● Year of death – 1963 (28th February)
● Birth - Sivan, Bihar.
Narayan Ghat
● Gulzarilal Nanda
● Place - Ahmedabad.
● Former PM of India.
● Year of death – 1998
● He became Prime Minister twice for a very short period of time, first time was after the death of
Jawaharlal Nehru and second time was after the death of Lal Bahadur Shashtri.
PV Ghat (Buddha Poornima Park)
● PV Narasimha Rao
● Place - Delhi.
● 10 th Prime Minister of India.
● Year of death – 2004
Chaitya Bhoomi
● BR Ambedkar
● Place – Dadar, Mumbai.
● Independent India's first Minister of Law and Justice.
● Year of death – 1956
● Diksha Bhoomi (Nagpur) - It is that place where BR Ambedkar accepted the Buddha Religion.
Nigambhoot Ghat
● Krishna Kant
● Place – Delhi.
● 11 th vice president of India.
● Year of death – 2002
Ekta Sthal
● Giani Zail Singh
● Meaning – Place of Unity, Delhi.
● 7 th president of India.
● Year of death – 1994
Samta Sthal
● Jagjivan Ram (Meera Kumar is his daughter).
● Meaning – Place of Equality, Delhi.
● 1 st labour minister of India.
● Year of death – 1986
Sangharsh Sthal
● Devi Lal
● Meaning – Place of Struggle, Delhi.
● Former Chief minister of Haryana.
● Year of death – 2001
Jannayak Sthal
● Chandra Shekhar
● Meaning – Place of People’s Leader, Delhi.
● 8 th Prime Minister of India.
● Year of death – 2007
Smriti Sthal
● IK Gujral
● Meaning – Place of Remembrance, Delhi.
● 12 th Prime Minister of India.
● Year of death – 2012
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