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FILE: gate_way_of_india_mumbai_india.jpg
TITLE: Gate way of India, Mumbai India
DESCRIPTION: The Gateway of India is an exaggerated colonial marker conceived following the visit of King
George V in 1911. The yellow basalt arch of triumph, derived from the Muslim styles of the
16th century Gujarat. Officially opened in 1924, it was redundant just 24 years later when the
last British regiment ceremoniously departed India through its archway.
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