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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.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
Vannounced
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.
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