Speed boats anchored off Gateway of India.
Thursday, March 24, 2016
Wednesday, March 23, 2016
Tuesday, March 22, 2016
Rejuvenation!
Green is the order of the day in Bandra east as fresh new leaves have rejuvenated the environment.
Monday, March 21, 2016
Sunday, March 20, 2016
Saturday, March 19, 2016
Friday, March 18, 2016
Skywatch friday
The Mumbai morning sky through bare branches supporting bird life.
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Thursday, March 17, 2016
Gateway of India
The iconic Gateway of India.
Ref Wikipedia
The Gateway of India was built to commemorate the visit of King George V and Queen Mary to Mumbai, prior to the Delhi Durbar, in December 1911. However, they only got to see a cardboard model of the structure since the construction did not begin till 1915. The foundation stone was laid on 31 March 1911, by the governor of Bombay Sir George Sydenham Clarke, with the final design of George Wittet sanctioned on 31 March 1914. The gateway was built from yellow basalt and concrete. Between 1915 and 1919, work proceeded at Apollo Bundar (Port) to reclaim the land on which the gateway and the new sea wall would be built. The foundations were completed in 1920, and construction was finished in 1924. The gateway was opened on 4 December 1924, by the viceroy, the Earl of Reading.
The last British troops to leave India following the country's independence, the First Battalion of the Somerset Light Infantry, passed through the gateway on their way out in a ceremony on 28 February 1948, signalling the end of British rule.
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