India’s 1st Infantry Museum in Indore, Madhya Pradesh

Current Context: India got its 1st Infantry Museum in Indore and become the World’s 2nd place to have Infantry Museum.

• This museum was set up at the Mhow Cantonment in Indore District, Madhya Pradesh.
• This was set up in remembrance of the 75 years of raising the Infantry School and to celebrate Vijay Diwas.
• The museum was opened to the public on 17th December 2022.
• The Infantry School at Mhow has got a world-class museum.
• The theme of the museum is “Infantry: The Ultimate”.
• The world’s first infantry museum was set up at Fort Benning in Columbus Georgia, United States.
• Indore Infantry Museum will have the record of the Battle of Plassey, Buxar, and Indo-Pakistan wars of 1965 and 1971.
• This building is a 3 storied building constructed across a 2-acre land.

Question:

Q.1 India’s first Infantry Museum was set up in which state?
a. Punjab
b. Maharashtra
c. Madhya Pradesh
d. Karnataka