India - Mumbai

KirthN BUDAG - India - 09.08.2012

Gateway of India: Bombay, India. 

The Gateway of India is a monument built during the British Raj in Mumbai (formerly Bombay). Located on the waterfront in the Apollo Bunder area in South Mumbai, the monument overlooks the Arabian Sea. The gateway is a basalt arch, 26 metres high. It lies at the end of Chhatrapati Shivaji Marg at the water's edge in the harbor of Bombay. 

The monument was erected to commemorate the landing on the Apollo Bunder of their Majesties King George V and Queen Mary when they visited India in 1911. Built in Indo-Saracenic style, the foundation stone for the Gateway of India was laid on 31 March 1911. The final design of George Wittet was sanctioned in 1914 and the construction of the monument was completed in 1924. The gateway was latterly the ceremonial entrance to India for Viceroys and the new Governors of Bombay. It served to allow entry and access to India.