Ambala, May 9 -- "Is it a mutiny or is it a national revolt?" inscribed on the walls at the entry will prompt visitors to seek clues. This impressive structure built on 22 acres will hold all the answers as visitors leave with a sense of patriotism, collectiveness and national awakening from the period of 1857 onward.

May 10 marks the anniversary of that historic uprising. 169 years later, Ambala is set to witness another revolution as history comes alive through holographic image projections, short films, augmented reality, sculptures, models and documents at the Azadi Ki Pehli Ladai ka Shaheed Smarak.

Built over eight years at a cost of nearly Rs.700 crore on the Ambala-Delhi national highway, the war memorial stands tall to narrate t...