Question

The Gateway of India is located in:
1. Kolkata
2. Delhi
3. Mumbai
4. Bengaluru

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 3 : Mumbai

The Correct Answer is Mumbai.

 

• The Gateway of India is located in Mumbai.
• It was constructed in 1924.
• The main objective behind the construction of the Gateway of India was to commemorate the visit of King George V and Queen Mary to Bombay (Mumbai).
• In March 1911, Sir George Sydenham Clarke, who was then the Governor of Bombay, laid down the monument's foundation.
• The architectural design of Gateway of India was done by the architect George Wittet. 

 

• The India Gate is a war memorial located astride the Rajpath, New Delhi.
• It stands as a memorial to 70,000 soldiers of the British Indian Army who died between 1914 and 1921 in the First World War.
• It was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens.