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The Victoria Memorial is a large marble monument in the Maidan in Central Kolkata, having its entrance on the Queen's Way. It was built between 1906 and 1921 by the British Raj. It is dedicated to the memory of Queen Victoria, the Empress of India from 1876 to 1901. It is the largest monument to a monarch anywhere in the world.
The statue of Victoria at Bangalore is a copy of the one made by Brock in 1890 for his hometown Worcester, England. The statue is also similar to other Victoria statues standing in London, Hove, Carlisle, Belfast, Brisbane and Cape Town. Other than Bangalore, Brock also sculpted the Queen Victoria statues raised in Agra, Cawnpore and Lucknow.
Queen Victoria Statue Victoria Garden (now in Sanskar Kendra), Ahmedabad, India: 1910: Ganpatrao Kashinath Mhatre Statue on pedestal with stone canopy: Carrara marble, cold-blue Indian marble: 7 feet Statue moved to museum, pedestal canopy in garden [43] [44] [45] More images: Statue of Queen Victoria Queen's Park, Bangalore: 1906: Thomas Brock ...
The vandalism took place a day after the monarch was heckled by an Australian lawmaker
Victoria & Abdul is a 2017 British biographical historical drama film directed by Stephen Frears and written by Lee Hall.The film is based on the book Victoria & Abdul: The True Story of the Queen's Closest Confidant by Shrabani Basu, about the real-life relationship between Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and her Indian Muslim servant Abdul Karim. [4]
The Taj Mahal is a major tourist attraction and attracts a large number of domestic and foreign visitors. About five million visitors visited Taj Mahal in the financial year 2022–23. [3] A three-tier pricing system is in place, with a significantly lower entrance fee for Indian citizens and more expensive ones for foreigners.
The Victoria Memorial is a monument to Queen Victoria, located at the end of The Mall in London by the sculptor Sir Thomas Brock.Designed in 1901, it was unveiled on 16 May 1911, though it was not completed until 1924.
It stands at the center of Antrim Castle Gardens alongside an existing statue of the queen’s late husband, Prince Philip, and two of their corgi dogs. It was commissioned in January 2023, four ...