Coronation Park

Statue of George V

1960s

Delhi

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Among them is the 50-foot high white marble statue of King George V (which originally stood in the canopy opposite India Gate on the Central Vista).

References

Frykenberg, F R (ed). Delhi through the ages. Delhi, 1986.

Gupta, Narayani. Delhi between two empires, 1803-1921. Delhi, 1986.

Irving, R G. Indian Summer : Lutyens, Baker and Imperial Delhi. New Haven, 1981.

Metcalf, T R. An Imperial Vision. Indian Architecture and Britain's Raj. Berkeley, 1989.

Spear, Percival. Updated and annotated by Narayani Gupta and Laura Sykes). Delhi, its monuments and history. Delhi, 1994.


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