The National War Museum is a result of common public’s initiative to set up some museums in fond memory of the Indian soldiers who laid down their lives for the nation. The citizens of Pune, under the Express Citizens’ Forum established the War Memorial Fund. Thus funds were collected from the citizens of the country for this noble cause. From the rich business executives to the common man, all contributed to this fund according to their abilities. Then the foundation of the National War Museum was laid in November 1977 and finally opened for the public in October 1998. This is the only war museum in the entire South Asia that has been constructed as the consequence of the contributions made by the citizens.

About the collection: National War Museum Pune popularly known as the National War Memorialt has a brown-colored, granite-made pillar which is 25-feet high. The eight-foot tall marble plaques encompass this memorial on all the sides. Each plaque highlights the names of the soldiers engraved on it who gave up their all while defending India in wars since the independence of the nation. This museum also displays a Mig 23 BN that was used in the Kargil war and a model of INS Trishul that aided Indian the Indo-Portuguese and the Indo-Pak (1971) wars