The Gateway of India is an arch monument built during the 20th century in Mumbai, India.The monument was erected to commemorate the landing of King-Emperor George V and Queen-Empress Mary at Apollo Bunder on their visit to British India in 1911.
Built in Indo-Saracenic style, the foundation stone for the Gateway of India was laid on 31 March 1911. The structure is an arch made of basalt, 26 metres (85 feet) high. The final design of George Wittet was sanctioned in 1914 and the construction of the monument was completed in 1924The Gateway was later used as a symbolic ceremonial entrance to India for Viceroys and the new Governors of Bombay.It served to allow entry and access to India.
The last British troops to leave India following the country’s independence, the First Battalion of the Somerset Light Infantry, passed through the Gateway on their way out in a ceremony on February 28, 1948, signalling the end of British rule.
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