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Showing posts with label gateway of india mumbai india. Show all posts
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Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Monday, March 21, 2011
Monochrome mania
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Saturday, January 8, 2011
Saturday Photohunt - Free week
Pigeon coming in for a landing against the backdrop of Gateway of India!To view images from around the world or to participate in the hunt please click here
Saturday, July 12, 2008
Gateway inscription
The inscription on the Gateway of India which states the time and reason for it being erected.Wishing all a super weekend!
Friday, July 11, 2008
Taj (crown) of Mumbai!
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The 2 prominent and most famous landmarks of Mumbai. One is the Gateway of India and behind it is the Taj Hotel. The boats in the foreground are used for joyrides or to ferry passengers to the Elephanta caves.Sunday, March 30, 2008
Gateway of India
Built in the Indo-saracenic style, the Gateway of India is meant to commemorate the visit of King George V and Queen Mary to Bombay, prior to the Darbar in Delhi in December 1911. The foundation stone was laid on March 31, 1911 and George Wittet's final design sanctioned in August 1914. Between 1915 and 1919 work proceeded on reclamations at Apollo Pier for the land on which the gateway and the new sea wall would be built. The foundations were completed in 1920.
The Gateway is built from yellow Kharodi basalt and reinforced concrete. The central dome is 48 feet in diameter and 83 feet above ground at its highest point. The whole harbour front was realigned in order to come in line with a planned esplanade which would sweep down to the centre of the town. The cost of the construction was Rs. 21 lakhs, borne mainly by the Government of India. For lack of funds, the approach road was never built, and the Gateway now stands at an angle to the road leading up to it.
The construction was completed in 1924, and the Gateway opened on December 4, 1924 by the Viceroy, Earl of Reading.
Ironically, the last British troops to leave India, the First Battalion of the Somerset Light Infantry, passed through the gate in a ceremony on February 28, 1948.
Above info sourced from http://theory.tifr.res.in/bombay/architecture/building/gateway.html
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