Barabanki: The ancestral mansion of Padma Shri Babu KD Singh, a global hockey participant who gained two Olympic gold medals for India, shall be transformed right into a museum. The proposal despatched by the district administration to the federal government to construct a museum has been accepted. In a letter despatched by the Joint Secretary to District Justice of the Peace Satyendra Kumar, it has been mentioned to accumulate the home and begin the additional course of.
On the demand of the folks of Barabanki district, a proposal to make Babu KD Singh’s mansion a memorial and museum was despatched to the federal government on March 15. This course of was stopped because of the imposition of the election code of conduct in between. After that, the proposal was sought once more from the federal government. The federal government, after contemplating it, accepted it on July 10. The federal government has additionally given directions that the land needs to be registered within the identify of the Tradition Division as quickly because the acquisition strategy of this mansion is accomplished. The work of preserving the recollections of Babu KD Singh shall be executed on this museum. Additionally, a gallery of all his memorable issues together with his photos shall be made within the museum for the hockey gamers.
The truth is, the dispute over this kothi with an space of 35 thousand 241 sq. toes was happening between Thakur Raghunath Singh’s sons Kunwar Rajendra Singh, Kunwar Bhupendra Singh, Kunwar Sukhdev Singh, Kunwar Naresh Singh, Kunwar Digvijay Singh (Babu KD Singh) and Kunwar Suresh Singh. A case was happening within the court docket concerning the division among the many heirs of the kothi. Within the yr 2009, the court docket handed an order decree. By which it was determined that each one the events would promote this kothi and divide the cash equally amongst themselves. The case was happening within the court docket for compliance of this decree. On 16 February 2024, the kothi was sealed on the orders of Extra Civil Decide Senior Division Khan Zeeshan Masood. Additionally, the court docket had ordered to public sale this kothi on March 11.
On the identical time, the Chief Minister took the demand of the folks of Barabanki significantly and directed the DM to accumulate the kothi and construct a memorial. Later, the events additionally agreed to construct a museum and to not public sale it. Since then, the mansion is underneath the supervision of the district administration. On this sequence, DM Satyendra Kumar had despatched a proposal to the Tradition Division to construct a memorial, which acquired accepted on Wednesday. DM Satyendra Kumar mentioned that the order to accumulate the mansion has been acquired from the federal government. The federal government will purchase this mansion and deposit Rs 14.5 crore within the court docket. The court docket will divide the events in response to their shares.