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Adding short description: "Urban city park in North India" (Shortdesc helper)

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{{Short description|Urban city park in North India}}
{{unsourced|date=February 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2019}}
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{{Infobox park
| name = Phool Bagh
| alt_name = Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Udyan
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| created = 1999
| location = [[The Mall, Kanpur|The Mall]], [[Kanpur]], Uttar Pradesh, [[India]]
| type = [[Urban park]]
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| operator = [[Kanpur Municipal Corporation]]
| status = Open all year
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'''Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Udyan''' / '''Phool Bagh''' ([[Hindi]]: गणेश शंकर विद्यार्थी उद्यान / फूल बाग़, कानपुर ), ''earlier'' '''Queen's Park''', is an [[urban area|urban]] [[city park]] in [[Kanpur]], the industrial hub of [[Uttar Pradesh]] in North [[India]]. It has been the location for many public meetings and political rallies in Kanpur from the early twentieth century.

[[File:Kanpur Sangrahalaya.JPG|thumb|Kanpur Sangrahalaya]]

==Importance==
The original greenery of the park has been restored after local Development Authority has leased the park on BOOT basis to private developer. Beautiful landscaping gives a lush green look to the park.
Witness to major political rallies earlier, park is now not open to such events.
A 150 feet high mast Indian National Flag has been hoisted in 2017 by JCI Kanpur-adding glory and attraction to the park.

==History==
===Queen Victoria Park===
During the reign of Queen Victoria in Britain, the park was named as Queen Victoria Garden.

[[Edward VII of the United Kingdom|King Edward]] ruled Britain from 1901 to 1910. In 1876, as the [[Prince of Wales]], he had been the first [[United Kingdom|British]] [[royal prince]] to visit India on a state visit, after the control of India passed from the [[East India Company]] to the [[British Crown]]. During this trip to India, he had visited Kanpur as well.

===Gandhi Bhawan===
[[Europe]]an [[merchant]]s who had settled in Cawnpore, felt the need for a European style [[amusement center]] in Cawnpore.

On the death of King Edward in Britain, the hall was initially established as a [[memorial]] to commemorate his 1876 visit to Cawnpore and was named as K. E. M Hall. The [[funds]] for the park were collected from European traders settled in Kanpur and [[India]]n merchants.

The K.E.M. (King Edward Memorial) Hall was initially planned as a [[wooden]] dancing floor for Western style, ball room dancing. Due to outbreak of [[World War I]] in 1914, construction of the hall was interrupted. There was a regular [[hospital]] in Kanpur Cantonment for [[soldiers]] injured in the [[World War]]. As the facilities in this hospital were not adequate, the [[K.E.M. Hall]] was temporarily used to house wounded World War I [[British Army|British soldiers]] in the temporary hospital inside KEM Hall.

The hall construction was completed after the end of World War I in 1918. It was used by European [[settler]]s in India for cultural activities. Occasionally it was rented to rich Indian merchants for marriage ceremonies.

After independence in 1947, KEM Hall was renamed as Gandhi Bhawan. A part of this Gandhi Bhawan now houses a [[Municipal]] library and the [[Kanpur Sangrahalaya]] / Kanpur Museum.

==Location==
The park is located in the central area of Kanpur city and is close to right bank of river [[Ganga]], [[Kanpur Central]] railway station, LIC Building and [[Nana Rao Park]].

==Attractions==
* [[Kanpur Sangrahalaya]] ( Kanpur Museum ) is located in the park ground.
* Cawnpore Union Club is located inside the precincts.
* A water pumping station supplying [[drinking water]] to Kanpur residents is located inside the grounds.
* An enclosed sewage dumping ground has been created inside the park by the Kanpur Municipal Corporation authorities.
* It is located close to [[Nana Rao Park]]
* A 150 feet high mast National Flag has been hoisted herein by JCI Kanpur on December 03rd,2017-tallest such structure by a private group of persons.

==Historical awareness==
People like [[Mahatma Gandhi]], [[Indira Gandhi]], [[Ram Manohar Lohia]], [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]] have given public speeches inside this park.

==Maintenance and sponsors==

Now the park is not given to politicians for rallies.

==References==
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{{Kanpur}}

[[Category:Kanpur]]
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Kanpur]]
[[Category:Gardens in Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:History of Kanpur]]
[[Category:Indian independence movement in Uttar Pradesh]]

Phool Bagh - Revision history

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