Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday unveiled a 28-ft-tall statue of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose at India Gate.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday unveiled a 28-ft-tall statue of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose at India Gate.

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The statue is part of the Centre's Rs 13,450-crore Central Vista project, which will have a new Parliament building

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PM Modi unveils the statue of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose near India Gate and pays floral tributes to him

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The black granite statue has been carved from a monolithic block of granite weighing 280 metric tonne.

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Modi will also inaugurate the newly-christened Kartavya Path -- a stretch from Rashtrapati Bhavan to India Gate.

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