In which year was Gateway of India opened for the public?
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The Gateway of India was opened to the public on December 4, 1924, by the Viceroy of India, Rufus Isaacs, the Earl of Reading.
The arch monument was built in the early 20th century in Mumbai to commemorate the December 2, 1911, landing of King George V and Queen Mary at Apollo Bunder (now Wellington Pier) on the Arabian Sea, on their way to the Deli Durbar.
It stands 85 feet (26 meters) tall with a central dome that is 50 feet (15 meters) in diameter. The structure was built using yellow basalt stones over a reinforced concrete structure. It was designed in the Indo-Saracenic style used by British architects in India about that time, featuring a mix of Indian and Islamic architecture with British organization and composition. The Gateway of India features carved stone latticework known as jaali.
It was through the Gateway of India that the last British troops to leave India departed on February 28, 1948
the gateway of India was opened to the public on December 4,1924.