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[02.08.2007 15:26]
Date published
Jul 2007
80 out of 100
Gateway of India
"Derived from the Muslim styles" of 16th-century Gujarat, this "yellow basalt arch of triumph" was built in 1924. Lonely Planet reckon that it's an "exaggerated colonial marker", which was commanded after King George V's visit in 1911. It is through the arch that in 1948, the "last British regiment ceremoniously departed". Nowadays, the arch is a [more...]
"Derived from the Muslim styles" of 16th-century Gujarat, this "yellow basalt arch of triumph" was built in 1924. Lonely Planet reckon that it's an "exaggerated colonial marker", which was commanded after King George V's visit in 1911. It is through the arch that in 1948, the "last British regiment ceremoniously departed". Nowadays, the arch is a [more...]
Article
[18.02.2007 20:10]
Date published
Feb 2007
90 out of 100
The Gateway of India in Mumbai
Frommers describes the Gateway as the "most recognizable remnant of the British Raj". It is a "Gujarati-inspired" structure made of yellow basalt which was conceived as a memorial to mark a royal visit - however when King George V and Queen Mary visited in 1911 they found a " fake cardboard structure" because the gate wasn't finished - in fact it [more...]
Frommers describes the Gateway as the "most recognizable remnant of the British Raj". It is a "Gujarati-inspired" structure made of yellow basalt which was conceived as a memorial to mark a royal visit - however when King George V and Queen Mary visited in 1911 they found a " fake cardboard structure" because the gate wasn't finished - in fact it [more...]
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