National Gallery of portrates was opened on September 11,1977 with photographs and paintings of 125 prominent figures of India's Independence movement.The exhibits are intended to chronicle the struggle for freedom from 1857 to 1947.The gallery now contains 1066 photographs plus facsimiles of original writings, sculptures, ceramic murals and glass-box tableaux depicting turning points in the independence movement. The gallery's library contains some 1300 books on the freedom struggle. One can also hear the taped voices of many of India's patriots.