Victoria Memorial
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| Address | Victoria Memorial Hall, 1, Queens Way, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700071, India |
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| Construction started | 1906 |
| Hours | Closed ⋅ Opens 10AM Tue |
| Tickets | ₹30–500 |
| Architects | William Emerson |
| Vincent Esch | |
| Did you know | It is mounted on large ball bearings and rotates with the wind. |
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| ID | 1395136 |
About Victoria Memorial
The Victoria Memorial is a large marble building in Kolkata, West Bengal, India, which was built between 1906 and 1921. It is dedicated to the memory of Queen Victoria and is now a museum and tourist destination under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture.
Where is the Victoria Memorial
Coronation processions: What to look out for and when
... Once the procession has passed, members of the public will be allowed to move up The Mall to fill the area around the Queen Victoria Memorial in front of Buckingham Palace...
Press Association photographers pick their top shots of 2022
... " Standing in the fixed-point position on the Victoria Memorial, looking up at members of the Royal Family out on the balcony of Buckingham Palace for the Queen s Platinum Jubilee flypast, it became clear that Prince Louis was stealing the show...
King Charles III: Cheers and kisses as new King heads to Buckingham Palace
... At about 14:00 BST a hush had fallen across the Mall by the Victoria Memorial...
Queen Elizabeth II: Gun salutes and floral tributes as UK mourns
... Later on, with the day s sun fully covering the area around the Victoria Memorial, people took up prime positions waiting and watching...
In pictures: Stars throw Party at the Palace for Queen's Platinum Jubilee
... The band Queen opened the event by performing We Will Rock You in front of the Victoria Memorial, outside Buckingham Palace...
Platinum Jubilee concert: Mummy laughs and cries with us all, says Prince Charles
... The two-and-a-half hour show was opened by the group Queen and Adam Lambert, with guitarist Brian May appearing on the Victoria Memorial monument, 20 years after he famously performed on the palace roof for the Golden Jubilee concert...
Coronavirus: Minute of silence-in memory of NHS staff
... He had worked part-time on the Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital in Welwyn, Hertfordshire, when he began to show symptoms of coronavirus and immediately isolated...
Coronavirus: the memory of the NHS workers who have died,
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Coronavirus: Minute of silence-in memory of NHS staff
the UK hold a minute's silence next week to pay tribute to NHS workers who have died of the coronavirus tribute.
culture Secretary, Oliver Dowden , has Said government was actively looking at the idea, proposed by health unions, Unison, The Royal College of Nursing and The Royal College of midwives.
It could be, on 28 April, International Workers' Memorial Day , Two Days before The Weekly Clapping For Our carers event.
There were 43 deaths in the NHS staff verified during the pandemic So Far .
But The Real number will be higher, and it continues to rise.
It includes retired employees who were still working within the NHS.
The Royal College of Nursing General Secretary Donna Kinnair Said : "We have to listen to accustomed to a big noise on a Thursday night for the key employees, but the respectful silence is to protect a painful reminder of the risks they run to us.
"I hope The Public will get behind this with the same affection that you show, if you applaud our people. "
Unison General Secretary , Dave Prentis , Said : "This is the ultimate tribute to the workers remember who have lost their lives and put themselves in danger to protect us and the vital services running. "
Gareth Roberts , 65, Mr. Roberts worked as a nurse in the Cardiff and Vale health boardgrandfather Gareth Roberts , who had worked as a nurse at sites that died over the Cardiff and Vale health board since the 1980s, at The Prince Charles Hospital in Merthyr Tydfil .
while the colleagues called him "friendly and helpful".
Dr Alfa Saadu, 68 Dr Saadu worked for the NHS for almost 40 Years , in various London hospitals,, who had returned to work after retirement, died at the Whittington Hospital in North London , on 31. March.
He had worked part-time on The Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital in Welwyn, Hertfordshire, when he began to show symptoms of coronavirus and immediately isolated.
His son, Dani Said The Family had suggested he should be admitted as a patient, but his father had insisted that he "do not want to take up a hospital bed because other people would need it".
"He was a very passionate man, Said about the rescue of the people," Dani.
Source of news: bbc.com
