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Gateway of India, Mumbai
Gateway of India, Mumbai
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Mumbai's most famous monument, this is the starting point for
most tourists who want to explore the city. It was built as
a triumphal arch to commemorate the visit of King George V and
Queen Mary, complete with four turrets and intricate latticework
carved into the yellow basalt stone.
Ironically, when the Raj ended in 1947, this colonial symbol
also became a sort of epitaph: the last of the British ships
that set sail for England left from the Gateway. Today this
symbol of colonialism has got Indianised, drawing droves of
local tourists and citizens. Behind the arch, there are steps
leading down to the water. Here, you can get onto one of the
bobbing little motor launches, for a short cruise through Mumbai's
splendid natural harbour.
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.
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.
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