Gateway of india biography
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Gateway of india biography
Gateway of India
The Gateway of India is a world-renowned sand-coloured monument in Mumbai in honour of the 1911 visit of King George V and Queen Mary.
History of the Gateway of India
King George’s visit to India for the 1911 Delhi Durbar was the first visit of any British monarch to India.
The foundation stone was laid by the governor of Bombay in 1913, with the rest of the monument being built between 1915 and 1924. The Gateway of India is composed of a central arch flanked by chambers and crowned by with an 85-foot high dome surrounded by four turrets.
Ironically perhaps, just 24 years after the monument’s completion, the last British troops to leave India following independence passed through the gateway with a 21-gun salute to signal the end of the Raj.
Today the monument commemorates the legacy of British colonial rule, and has become synonymous with the city of Mumbai – it’s one of the first things those arriving by sea see.