On 1st November 1858, Queen Victoria was proclaimed Queen of India from the Town Hall steps. It was decided in a meeting of Mumbai citizens that the first public institution should be a museum to honor the new Queen, with the botanical gardens attached to it. Governor Sir Bartle Frere laid the foundation stone for the museum on 19th November 1862.

Creator

• Ghosh, Ayan

Mitwirkende

• Ghosh, Ayan

Stichwort

• Victoria Garden
• Veermata Jijabai Bhosle Udyan
• Victoria and Albert Museum
• Dr Bhau Daji Lad Museum

Resource type

• Image

Rights statement

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/