The Gateway of India Is One of India's

GATEWAY OF INDIA
The Gateway of India is one of India's most unique landmarks situated in the city of Mumbai. The main objective behind the construction
of the Gateway of India was to commemorate the visit of King George V and Queen Mary to Bombay (Mumbai). In March 1911, Sir George
Sydenham Clarke, who was then the Governor of Bombay, laid down the monument's first foundation. Although, this plan was approved
only in 1914, the reclamations at Apollo Bunder were completed only in 1919. The architectural design of Gateway of India was fashioned
by architect, George Wittet. It took 4 years to complete this monument's construction. The colossal structure was constructed in 1924.
PARLIAMENT HOUSE
Main article: Sansad Bhavan
The Sansad Bhavan (Parliament House) is located in New Delhi. It was
designed by Edwin Lutyens and Herbert Baker, who were responsible for
planning and construction of New Delhi by British government. The

construction of building took six years and the opening ceremony was
performed on 18 January 1927 by the then
Viceroy and Governor-General of India, Lord Irwin. The construction costs
for the building were ₹8.3 million (US$120,000). The parliament is 170

metres (560 ft) in diameter and covers an area of 2.4 hectares (6 acres). The
Central Hall consists of the chambers of Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha, and the
Library hall. Surrounding these three chambers is the four-storeyed circular
structure providing accommodations for members and houses
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RASHTRAPATI BHAVAN
The Viceroy's House after indipendence became the official home of the President
of India, located at the Western end of Rajpath in New Delhi, India which is
popularly known as Rashtrapati Bhavan.The decision to build a residence in New
Delhi for the British Viceroy during the Delhi Durbar in December 1911 that the
capital of India would be relocated from Calcutta to Delhi. When the plan for a new
city, New Delhi, adjacent to and south of Old Delhi, was developed after the Delhi
Durbar, the new palace for the Viceroy of India was given an enormous size and
prominent position.
JAGRAN JOSH
CHHATRAPATI SHIVAJI TERMINUS
Mumbai Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus,
also known by its former name Mumbai Victoria
Terminus and Mumbai Chhatrapati Shivaji
Terminus, is a historic terminal train station and
UNESCO World Heritage Site in Mumbai,
Maharashtra, India.
Opened: May 1888
Architectural style: Indo-Saracenic architecture
Platforms in use: 18
FORT ST.GEORGE
•By the mid-17th-century, trade in the Coromandel Coast was already prospering with the
British East India Company vying for monopoly over its French and Dutch counterparts. To
protect English trade interests in the area, it was decided that an English Fort was needed in the
region. And so, in the year 1639, Francis Day and Andrew Cogan, representatives of the
British East India Company, purchased the strip of land along and inward from the present
Marina Beach from the then Nayak rulers of the region, for the construction of a new Fort that
was dedicated to St. George, the Patron Saint of England. On February 20, Day and Cogan
arrived at the site with two ships and a few dozen workers and began work on a settlement that
would later become Fort St. George. The Fort was finally completed on April 23, 1644, and had
cost the crown nearly £3,000.
•Fort St George on the Coromandel Coast. Belonging to the East India Company of England
STATUE OF MINERVA
Minerva was the goddess of wisdom, war, art, schools,

and commerce. She was the Etruscan counterpart to
Greek Athena. Like Athena, Minerva burst from the
head of her father, Jupiter (Greek Zeus), who had
devoured her mother (Metis) in an unsuccessful
attempt to prevent her birth
SE CATHEDRAL
The word Sé is Portuguese for See. The Se Cathedral was built to

commemorate the victory of the Portuguese under Afonso de
Albuquerque over a Muslim army, leading to the capture of the city
of Goa in 1510. Since the day of the victory happened to be on the
feast of Saint Catherine, the cathedral was dedicated to her.
JOSEPH FRANCOIS
• DUPLEIX, JOSEPH FRANÇOIS (1697–1763), influential governor-
general (1742–1754) of the French East India Company During his
three decades in India, the Marquis Joseph François Dupleix
expanded the commercial, political, and military operations of the
French East India Company (La Compagnie perpétuelle des Indes),
and his administration marked the apex of French colonial
ambitions in India. His accumulation of an enormous personal
fortune led to suspicions about his integrity and, eventually, his
recall to France. Nonetheless, Dupleix successfully protected French
interests from threats from local authorities such as the Marathas,
the nawābs of Arcot, and nizams of Hyderabad.

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GATEWAY OF INDIA

The Sansad Bhavan (Parliament House) is located in New Delhi. It was

designed by Edwin Lutyens and Herbert Baker, who were responsible for

planning and construction of New Delhi by British government. The

for the building were ₹8.3 million (US$120,000). The parliament is 170

cost the crown nearly £3,000.

Minerva was the goddess of wisdom, war, art, schools,

The word Sé is Portuguese for See. The Se Cathedral was built to

general (1742–1754) of the French East India Company During his

three decades in India, the Marquis Joseph François Dupleix

expanded the commercial, political, and military operations of the

French East India Company (La Compagnie perpétuelle des Indes),

and his administration marked the apex of French colonial

ambitions in India. His accumulation of an enormous personal

fortune led to suspicions about his integrity and, eventually, his

recall to France. Nonetheless, Dupleix successfully protected French

interests from threats from local authorities such as the Marathas,

the nawābs of Arcot, and nizams of Hyderabad.

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