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Hace 1 día · 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. The foundation stone was laid in March 1913 for a monument built in the Indo-Islamic ...
Hace 2 días · Maratha Empire. The Maratha Empire ( / məˈrɑːtə / muh-RAH-ta; [3] [4] [5] Marathi pronunciation: [məˈɾaːʈʰaː] ), also referred to as the Maratha Confederacy, was an early modern Indian empire and later a confederation that controlled large portions of the Indian Subcontinent in the 18th century. Maratha rule formally began in 1674 ...
Hace 16 horas · On 24 June 1892, a sailing boat named Venice left ‘the Isle of Vaches’- most likely Bird Island- with a crew of six men and a cargo of eggs. The ship was left crippled by ‘a very heavy sea and stormy weather’ and drifted north for almost a month. Two men died aboard the ship, while another two died just after it had wrecked on the Omani ...
Hace 1 día · The East India Company (EIC) was an English, and later British, joint-stock company founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874. It was formed to trade in the Indian Ocean region, initially with the East Indies (the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia), and later with East Asia.The company gained control of large parts of the Indian subcontinent and colonised parts of Southeast Asia and Hong Kong.
Visitors will hear Burnand’s behind-the-scenes account of taking the official Coronation portraits of Their Majesties The King and Queen on 6 May 2023 – from cycling to and from the Palace to avoid roadblocks and getting soaked in the rain in the process, to doing dress rehearsals right up until the moment the Gold State Coach arrived back at the Palace from Westminster Abbey.
Hace 4 días · The Prince of Wales, wearing a Russian blouse, stands beside his mother but meets the gaze of his father. Prince Alfred is on the left in the skirted outfit typically worn by young boys up to the age of around three. He walks towards his three sisters – Victoria, Princess Royal on the far right, Princess Alice and the infant Princess Helena.
Hace 5 días · Book tickets online for Matilda The Musical in Mumbai on BookMyShow which is a English drama play happening at Grand Theatre, Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre.
