Finally we were in the Gateway of India. I was so glad to be there for the first time.

This 25 meter high stone archway is the landmark of Mumbai. It was designed by George Wittet in the 16th century Gujarat style and was built to commemorate the visit in 1911 of of King George V and Queen Mary to India. The foundations were laid on March 31, 1913 and between 1915 and 1919, the land on which the Gateway was to be built was reclaimed from the sea. The Gateway was formally opened by the then Viceroy, the Earl of Reading, on December 4, 1924. The design of the Gateway is in the style of the 16th century Gujarati architecture. The main structures is in yellow basalt stone, whereas the domes and galleries are of reinforced concrete.

Frontier trivia the day:

by the 19th century, Britain had assumed political control of virtually all Indian lands.