Notification of the Nicholson statue which have ceased to be of national importance.

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-02122024-259093 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 4786] NEW DELHI, MONDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2024/AGRAHAYANA 11, 1946 7778 GI/2024 MINISTRY OF CULTURE (Archaeological Survey of India) NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 2nd December, 2024 S.O. 5178(E). - Whereas, by the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Culture, Archaeological Survey of India, number S.O. 3036(E), dated the 25th July, 2024, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii), dated the 30th July 2024, the Central Government, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 35 of the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958 (24 of 1958), gave two months' notice of its intension to declare that the monument, namely, the Nicholson Statue and its platform, and the surrounding gardens, paths and enclosure wall, outside the Kashmiri gate, Delhi, which was declared protected vide notification No. 9058-Education, dated the 11th December 1913, published in the Gazette of India, Calcutta, dated the 20th December 1913, has ceased to be of national importance; And whereas copies of the aforesaid notification were made available to the public on the 30th July, 2024; And whereas no objections were received from the public to the making of such declaration by the Central Government. Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 35 of the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958, the Central Government hereby declare that the monument, namely, the Nicholson Statue and its platform, and the surrounding gardens, paths and enclosure wall, outside the Kashmiri gate, Delhi has ceased to be of national importance for the purposes of the said Act. [F. No.-19015/03/2023-M] YADUBIR SINGH RAWAT, Director General