Victoria Memorial hall in Kolkata, West Bengal

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Victoria Memorial Hall in Kolkata in West Bengal. The Victoria Hall was conceptualized by George Curzon, Viceroy of India and it was made between 1906 to 1921. It was made in the memory of Queen Victoria. The Victoria Memorial Hall is one of the most magnificent monuments of not only the city of Calcutta but of our entire country. Representing the resplendent and majestic British architecture, Victoria Memorial Hall stands today, as a veritable icon of the city of Kolkata. Located on 1 Queen’s way, the VMH was envisaged by Lord Curzon, the Viceroy of British India, as a memorial to the deceased Queen Victoria. Hence, according to Curzon this memorial should take form of a great marble hall, which was to be erected on the Calcutta maidan to serve primarily as a monument to the Queen and sec