Victoria Memorial

I visited Kolkata in may 07. I created this movie with combination of photos and video clips of Victoria Memorial. The Victoria Memorial, located in Kolkata, India is a memorial of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom who also carried the title of Empress of India. It currently serves as a museum and a tourist attraction.

The memorial was designed by Sir William Emerson in an architectural style similar to Belfast City Hall. Earlier asked to design the building in the Italian Renaissance style, Emerson was against the exclusive use of European styles and incorporated Mughal elements in the structure. Vincent Esch was the superintending architect while Lord Redesdale and Sir David Prain designed the gardens. The work of construction was entrusted to Messrs Martin & Co. of Calcutta.

Built between 1906 and 1921, it is a majestic white marble building at the southern end of the Maidan and surrounded by a sprawling garden. A black bronze Angel of Victory, holding a bugle in her hand was placed at the apex of the dome above the Memorial. It is fixed to its pedestal with ball bearings and acts as a weathercock when the wind is strong enough. Unlike many other monuments of the British Raj in India, it is well maintained.

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[ravving]

@Thechalfonts fantatical calls to tear it down."""i never heard this news,get ur facts right

[westhard3000]

If this is what India was like in 1857 then imagine what it could have been if it had not been looted.

[skg1984]

@Thechalfonts ... even though the british partitioned india , looted and plundered all her wealth , but still there r a lot of positives and after 6o yrs of independence , the world can c the true power of india as it was in the ancient times

god bless india

[Thechalfonts]

As an Englishman I am so proud to see this magnificent structure. I have often read that Victoria took a huge interest in her Indian subjects and I'm sure she would have been deeply touched to know that modern Indians can admire this monument and resist fantatical calls to tear it down. The decision to make her Empress in 1857 during the mutiny was hugely fateful for the development of the Raj and I believe ultimately set the tone for eventual independence.

[shilpa88888]

Nice 

[rosshilton]

Westhard3000 might like to know that there are more members of the Indian Sub continent in England than there ever were Britshi in India. I would like to erase that memory too - but they wont go home...

[kishor0510]

You are right dear.

[westhard3000]

so this is where the bastards ruled from, huh???

all memory of the british from India should be erased, just like they tried to erase the history of India by demolishing 80% of the red fort..... all signs of them should be destroyed. Lets build a new parliament too.

[roshan381]

Political agenda

[westhard3000]

tell me is Kolkata the same as calcutta?? and why the name change?