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Gateway of India

Gateway of India Gateway of India - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

The Gateway of India is an arch-monument completed in 1924 on the waterfront of Mumbai (Bombay), India. It was erected to commemorate the landing of George V for his coronation as the Emperor of India in December 1911 at Strand Road near Wellington Fountain. He was the first British monarch to visit India. Read more on Wikipedia

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