Victoria Memorial Hall
In January 1901, on the passing of Queen Victoria, The first Baron Curzon of Kedleston (later made The first Marquess Curzon of Kedleston), the then Viceroy of India, proposed the making of a fitting dedication. Ruler Curzon proposed the development of a terrific working with an exhibition hall and gardens. Curzon stated,
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"Let us, consequently, have a building, stately, extensive, fantastic and terrific, to which each newcomer in Calcutta (Kolkata) will turn, to which all the inhabitant populace, European and Native, will run, where all classes will take in the exercises of history, and see restored before their eyes the wonders of the past.
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Queen Victoria
The Prince of Wales, later King George V, established the framework stone on 4 January 1906, and it was formally opened to the general population in 1921.
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Lord Curzon, Viceroy of India
In 1912, preceding the development of the Victoria Memorial was done, King George V declared the exchange of the capital of India from Calcutta to New Delhi.Thus, the Victoria Memorial was worked in what might be a commonplace city instead of a capital.
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Visiting the Memorial
Throughout the years the remembrance has not just risen as a standout amongst the most renowned visitor goals of Kolkata yet has likewise remained a most loved spot for family and companions separated from holding an extraordinary place for lovebirds. As dusks, lighting of the Victoria Memorial makes it look considerably all the more hypnotizing.
One can visit the gallery of Victoria Memorial Hall from 10.00 am to 5.00 pm on week days barring Monday. It stays shut on Republic Day, Holi, Independence Day, Id-ul-Fitr, Gandhi Jayanti, Dusserah and Christmas. Passage expense per individual to the exhibition hall is Rs. 10/ - for Indians and Rs. 150/ - for outsiders. Section is free for formally dressed school kids up to 12 years old and for formally dressed armed force faculty.
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Garden territory of the commemoration stays open for guests round the year from 5.30 am to 7.00 pm. Anyway guests might be confined passage to the garden by request of the specialist.
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