Anand Bhavan

{{Short description|Historic house museum in Prayagraj, India}}

{{distinguish|text=Swaraj Bhavan, the older building which had the same name}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}

{{Use Indian English|date=January 2019}}

{{Infobox museum

| name = Anand Bhavan

| image = Anand Bhawan, Allahabad.jpg

| caption = Facade of Anand Bhavan

| imagesize = 250

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| coordinates = {{coord|25.459376|81.8599815|display=inline}}

| established = 1930

| dissolved =

| location = Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India

| type = Historic house museum

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The Anand Bhavan is a historic house museum in Prayagraj, India, focusing on the Nehru family.{{Cite web|url=https://www.india.com/news-travel/heres-what-you-must-see-and-experience-in-allahabad-3609201/|title=Here’s What You Must See And Experience in Allahabad|last=Charu Chowdhary}} It was bought by Indian political leader Motilal Nehru in the 1930s to serve as the residence of the Nehru family when the original mansion Swaraj Bhavan (previously called Anand Bhavan) was transformed into the local headquarters of the Indian National Congress.{{Cite web|url=https://prayagraj.nic.in/tourist-place/anand-bhawan/|title=Anand Bhawan {{!}} District Allahabad, Government of Uttar Pradesh|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-12}} Jawahar Planetarium is situated here, which has been striving to inculcate scientific temper among masses through its sky shows on astronomy and science.{{Cite web|url=http://nehruportal.nic.in/anand-bhawan|title=Anand Bhawan {{!}} Nehru Portal, Nehru Memorial Museum & Library {{!}} Ministry of Culture, Government of India|website=nehruportal.nic.in|access-date=2019-04-14}}

The residence was donated to the Indian government in 1970 by the then Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi,{{Cite book|title=Indira Gandhi: Daughter of India|url=https://archive.org/details/indiragandhi00caro|url-access=registration|last=Carol|first=Dommermuth-Costa|publisher=Lerner publication company|year=2002|pages=[https://archive.org/details/indiragandhi00caro/page/25 25]}} the granddaughter of Motilal Nehru{{Cite book|title=Pandit Motilal Nehru: His Life and Work|last=Upendra Chandra Bhattacharyya, Shovendu Sunder Chakravarty|publisher=B.R. Publishing Corporation}} and daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru.{{Cite web|url=https://www.museumsofindia.org/museumdetails.php?node=515|title=Anand Bhawan|website=www.museumsofindia.org|language=en|access-date=2019-04-09|archive-date=30 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190530033151/https://www.museumsofindia.org/museumdetails.php%3Fnode%3D515|url-status=dead}}