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title: The Victoria Memorial, Kolkata
author: PlaneMade
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/16211/the-victoria-memorial-kolkata/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
updated: 2022-07-28
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# The Victoria Memorial, Kolkata
_Authored by PlaneMade_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/16211.png)
## Image Caption
The Victoria Memorial, Kolkata (formerly Calcutta), built in the first two decades of the 20th century in honour of [Queen Victoria](https://www.worldhistory.org/Queen_Victoria/) (r. 1837-1901)
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## License & Copyright
[Original image](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Victoria_Memorial_Kolkata_panorama.jpg) by [**PlaneMade**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Victoria_Memorial_Kolkata_panorama.jpg). Submitted by [Mark Cartwright](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/markzcartwright/ "User Page: Mark Cartwright"), published on 28 July 2022. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon a work even for commercial reasons, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.