Post # 027 Architecture of India , Victoria Memorial

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 The Victoria Memorial is a large marble building in Kolkata, West Bengal, India, which was built between 1906 and 1921. It is dedicated to the memory of Queen Victoria (1819–1901) and is now a museum and tourist destination under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture The memorial lies on the Maidan (grounds) by the bank of the Hooghly River, near Jawaharlal Nehru Road (better known as Chowringhee Road).

In January 1901, on the death of Queen Victoria, The 1st Baron Curzon of Kedleston (later created The 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston), the then Viceroy of India, suggested the creation of a fitting memorial. Lord Curzon proposed the construction of a grand building with a museum and gardens. Curzon said,

"Let us, therefore, have a building, stately, spacious, monumental and grand, to which every newcomer in Calcutta will turn, to which all the resident population, European and Native, will flock, where all classes will learn the lessons of history, and see revived before their eyes the marvels of the past."

The Prince of Wales, later King George V, laid the foundation stone on 4 January 1906, and it was formally opened to the public in 1921.
In 1912, before the construction of the Victoria Memorial was finished, King George V announced the transfer of the capital of India from Calcutta to New Delhi Thus, the Victoria Memorial was built in what would be a provincial city rather than a capital. The Victoria Memorial's architect was William Emerson (1843–1924), president of the Royal Institute of British Architects.The design is in the Indo-Saracenic revivalist style which uses a mixture of British and Mughal elements with Venetian, Egyptian, Deccani and Islamic architectural influences. The building is 338 feet (103 m) by 228 feet (69 m) and rises to a height of 184 feet (56 m). It is constructed of white Makrana marble. The gardens of the Victoria Memorial were designed by Lord Redesdale and David Prain. Emerson's assistant, Vincent Jerome Esch, designed the bridge of the north aspect and the garden gates.

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Howrah Bridge is a bridge with a suspended span over the Hooghly River in West Bengal, India. Commissioned in 1943, the bridge was originally named the New Howrah Bridge, because it replaced a pontoon bridge at the same location linking the two cities of Howrah and Kolkata (Calcutta). On 14 June 1965 it was renamed Rabindra Setu after the great Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore, who was the first Indian and Asian Nobel laureate. It is still popularly known as the Howrah Bridge.
The bridge is one of four on the Hooghly River and is a famous symbol of Kolkata and West Bengal. The other bridges are the Vidyasagar Setu (popularly called the Second Hooghly Bridge), the Vivekananda Setu, and the newly built Nivedita Setu. It weathers the storms of the Bay of Bengal region, carrying a daily traffic of approximately 100,000 vehiclesand possibly more than 150,000 pedestrians, easily making it the busiest cantilever bridge in the world. The third-longest cantilever bridge at the time of its construction, the Howrah Bridge is currently the sixth-longest bridge of its type in the world

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Post # 018 Sunil Manohar Gavaskar- "Sunny" Indian cricketer in matchbox 1980's

 

Sunil Manohar "Sunny" Gavaskar is a former Indian international cricketer who played from the early 1970s to late 1980s for the Bombay cricket team and Indian national team. 

Born: 10 July 1949 (age 69 years), Mumbai

Height: 1.65 m

Test debut (cap 128): 6 March 1971 v West Indies

ODI debut (cap 4): 13 July 1974 v England

Last ODI: 5 November 1987 v England

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Post # 017 Krishnamachari Srikkanth Indian cricketer in matchbox 1980's

Krishnamachari Srikkanth also known as Kris Srikkanth is a former captain of the Indian cricket team and former chairman of the selection committee. He represented Tamil Nadu in the Indian domestic circuit. 

Born: 21 December 1959 (age 58 years), Chennai

Spouse: Vidya Srikanth (m. 1980)

Date joined: 27 November 1981 (India national cricket team)

Education: St. Bede's Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School, MORE

Parents: C.R. Krishnamachari, Indira Krishnamachari

Siblings: Srekala Bharath, Krishnamachari Srinath

 

 

 

 

Post # 016 Kapil Dev Nikhanj Indian cricketer in matchbox 1980's

Kapil Dev Nikhanj, better known as Kapil Dev, is a former Indian cricketer. He was named by Wisden as the Indian Cricketer of the Century in 2002, Dev captained the Indian cricket team that won the 1983 Cricket World Cup.

Born: 6 January 1959 (age 59 years), Chandigarh

Height: 1.83 m

Nickname: The Haryana Hurricane

Spouse: Romi Bhatia (m. 1980)