Eon Realty
Thursday 28 August 2014
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Shaheed
Minar
The Shaheed Minar is a monument in Kolkata
that was erected in 1828 in memory of Major-general Sir David Ochterlony,
commander of the British East India Company, to commemorate both his successful
defense of Delhi against the Marathas in 1804 and the victory of the East India
Company’s armed forces over the Gurkhas in the Anglo-Nepalese War. The monument
was constructed in his memory. It was designed by J.P. Parker and paid for from
public funds.
In August 1969, it was rededicated to the
memory of the martyrs of the Indian freedom movement and hence renamed the
"Shahid Minar," which means "martyrs monument" in both Bengali
and Hindi, by the then United Front Government in memory of the martyrs of the Indian
independence movement. The present government has decided to illuminate the
tower during evenings and allow visitors to the top. The last persons who went
up there were former governor Gopal Krishna Gandhi and his family.
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