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| [[File:St Marks Church From Cubbon Park Bangalore.jpg|thumb|240px|Statue of Queen Victoria, seen near the [[St. Mark's Cathedral, Bangalore]]]]
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| [[File:Victoria Full, Bangalore.JPG|thumb|240px|Victoria Statue, Bangalore]]
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| [[File:Queen Victoria Statue At cubbon Park 5-31-2008 4-23-07 PM.JPG|thumb|240px|Statue of Queen Victoria, Bangalore]]
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| [[File:Statue of Queen Victoria in Bangalore.jpg|thumb|240px|Full View of Victoria Statue]]
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| The '''Statue of Queen Victoria, Bangalore''', is located at Queen's Park, next to [[Cubbon Park]], [[Bangalore Cantonment]], at the junction of 3 roads, at the border between the Cantonment and the [[Bengaluru Pete|Bangalore Pete]]. The statue was unveiled on 5 February 1906 by the then Prince of Wales, George Frederick Ernest Albert (who later became [[George V|King George V]]). The statue was raised out of funds raised by the residents of the [[Bangalore Cantonment|Bangalore Civil and Military Station]] and contributions made by [[Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV]], the [[Maharaja of Mysore]]. This Statue of [[Queen Victoria]] is one of the five of the original 50 statues of Queen Victoria which were installed in [[British India]], to still stand at its original location. The statue has blossoms of jacaranda falling around. On the other end of Queen's Park is the [[Statue of King Edward VII, Bangalore|Statue of King Edward VII]].<ref name=Meera>{{cite news|last1=Iyer|first1=Meera|title=Empress of all she surveys|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/309829/empress-all-she-surveys.html|accessdate=11 January 2016|agency=Deccan Herald|issue=Bangalore|date=4 February 2022}}</ref><ref name=Aditi>{{cite book|last1=De|first1=Aditi|title=Multiple City: Writings on Bangalore|date=2008|publisher=Penguin Books India|location=Bangalore, India|page=203|isbn=9780143100256|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lM5zWSMZBccC&q=victoria+statue+bangalore&pg=PA203|accessdate=11 January 2022}}</ref><ref name=Rodricks>{{cite news|last1=Rodricks|first1=Allan Moses|title=Making their mark in stone|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/society/making-their-mark-in-stone/article6552649.ece|accessdate=12 January 2016|issue=Bangalore|work=The Hindu|date=31 October 2022}}</ref><ref name=Aliyeh>{{cite news|last1=Rizvi|first1=Aliyeh|title=A place to see and be seen in|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/a-place-to-see-and-be-seen-in/article4603373.ece|accessdate=12 January 2016|issue=Bangalore|work=The Hindu|date=11 April 2022}}</ref>
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| ==Victoria, Empress of India==
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| In 1858, after the dissolution of the [[East India Company]], following the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857|Sepoy Mutiny of 1857]], India came under the control of the [[British Crown]]. In 1877, the British Prime Minister [[Benjamin Disraeli]], had proclaimed Queen Victoria as the [[Empress of India]]. The Royal Titles Bill was brought before the British Parliament in 1876, and faced opposition from the Liberals who felt that the title was synonymous with absolutism. The royal title change was announced by Queen Victoria, when she opened the British Parliament in person the first time since the death of her husband [[Albert, Prince Consort|Prince Albert]]. The announcement to this effect was made in India at the Delhi Durbar on 1 January 1877, by the Viceroy of India, [[Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton|Lord Lytton]].<ref name=Open-Uni>{{cite web|last1=The Open University|title=Queen Victoria Becomes Empress of India|url=http://www.open.ac.uk/researchprojects/makingbritain/content/queen-victoria-becomes-empress-india|website=Making Britain|publisher=The Open University, UK|accessdate=11 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=General Knowledge Today|title=Queen Victoria's Proclamation – November 1, 1858|url=http://www.gktoday.in/queen-victorias-proclamation-november-1-1858/|publisher=GK Today|accessdate=11 January 2016|date=17 October 2022}}</ref><ref name=Crown>{{cite web|last1=The Royal Household|title=Queen Victoria's Hindustani diary|url=http://www.royal.gov.uk/The%20Royal%20Collection%20and%20other%20collections/TheRoyalArchives/QueenVictoriaeducationproject/QueenVictoriasHindustanidiary.aspx|website=The Royal Collection and other collections|publisher=The official website of The British Monarchy|accessdate=11 January 2022}}</ref><ref name=Proclamations>{{cite book|last1=Godley|first1=Arthur|last2=Wason|first2=Eugene|title=East India (Proclamations)|date=13 November 1908|publisher=The House of Commons|location=India Office|url=http://www.csas.ed.ac.uk/mutiny/confpapers/Queen'sProclamation.pdf|accessdate=11 January 2022}}</ref><ref name=Aliyeh />
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| ==Victoria Statue==
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| After the death of Queen Victoria in January 1901, committees were set up all over India, like other British Dominions, to raise statues of the Queen. In India, 50 such statues were raised of Queen Victoria. A '''Queen Victoria Memorial Fund''' was set up in the [[Bangalore Cantonment]] for raising a statue in Bangalore. A sum of BINR 10000 was raised in 6 months by the Fund. The then [[Maharaja of Mysore]], [[Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV]], agreed to meet rest of the funds required for the memorial. That amount was BINR 15,500.<ref>{{Cite book|title=British Sculpture in India: New Views and Old Memories|last=Steggles|first=Mary|publisher=Frontier|year=2011|isbn=978-1-872914411|location=Norfolk, UK|pages=247–248}}</ref>
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| Sir [[Thomas Brock]], a celebrated sculptor, was commissioned to make the statue for Bangalore. Brock's famous work is the [[Victoria Memorial, London]] outside the gates of the [[Buckingham Palace]]. Thomas Brock sculpture of Queen Victoria is 11 ft height, and is made from [[marble]]. The pedestal, made of granite is 13 ft. in height. The cost of the statue and the pedestal came up to BINR 25,500. The statue was shipped from England and arrived in Bangalore in July 1905. The statue of Victoria at Bangalore is a copy of the one made by Brock in 1890 for his hometown [[Worcester, England|Worcester]], England. The statue is also similar to other Victoria statues standing in [[London]], [[Hove]], [[Carlisle, Cumbria|Carlisle]], [[Belfast]], [[Brisbane]] and [[Cape Town]]. Other than Bangalore, Brock also sculpted the Queen Victoria statues raised in [[Agra]], [[Kanpur|Cawnpore]] and [[Lucknow]].<ref name=Meera /><ref name=Brock>{{cite book|last1=Brock|first1=Frederick|title=Thomas Brock: Forgotten Sculptor of the Victoria Memorial|date=23 August 2012|publisher=Author House|isbn=978-1477227381|page=178|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9hA4kjtRMX4C&q=victoria+statue+bangalore&pg=PA178|accessdate=11 January 2022}}</ref><ref name=Calladine>{{cite book|last1=Calladine|first1=C R|title=Masonry Construction: Structural Mechanics and Other Aspects|date=9 March 2013|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-9401721882|page=241|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n-LuCAAAQBAJ&q=victoria+statue+bangalore&pg=PA241|accessdate=12 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Sculpture in India: New Views and Old Memories|last1=Steggles|first1=Mary Ann|last2=Barnes|first2=Richard|publisher=Frontier|year=2011|isbn=9781872914411|location=Norfolk, UK|pages=247–248}}</ref>
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| ==The Statue at Bangalore==
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| The Statue of Queen Victoria in Bangalore shows the Queen wearing the [[Order of the Garter]] robes, which are decorated with tassels and roses. The Queen is carrying a scepter and an orb with a cross.
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| Out of the more than fifty statues of Queen Victoria, which were raised in [[British India]], only five remain in their original locations. The statue at Bangalore being one of them.<ref name=Meera /> The others still at their original locations are [[Madras University]] [[Chennai]],<ref>{{cite web|last1=Sampathkumar|first1=Srinivasan|title=Forlorn statue of Victoria (Queen Empress of India) at Madras University|url=http://www.sampspeak.in/2014/08/forlorn-statue-of-victoria-queen.html|website="Sampath Speaking" – the thoughts of an Insurer from Thiruvallikkeni|accessdate=11 January 2016|date=16 August 2022}}</ref> King Edward VII Market [[Vizagapatam]]<ref name=Benjamin>{{cite news|last1=Benjamin|first1=Ravi P|title=Fading into oblivion|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/fading-into-oblivion/article3664086.ece|accessdate=11 January 2016|work=The Hindu|date=21 July 2022}}</ref><ref name=Vizag>{{cite web|title=Eminent Families of Vizag|url=http://vizagcityonline.com/EminentFamilies/index.html|accessdate=21 January 2022}}</ref> and 2 statues at the [[Victoria Memorial (India)|Victoria Memorial, Calcutta]]<ref name=Jacqueline>{{cite web|last1=Banerjee|first1=Jacqueline|title=Queen Victoria: Sir Thomas Brock, K.C.B., R.A. 1847–1922|url=http://www.victorianweb.org/sculpture/brock/64.html|website=The Victorian Web|accessdate=11 January 2022}}</ref><ref name=Victorian-Web>{{cite web|last1=The Victorian Web|title=Frampton's Jubilee Monument for Queen Victoria|url=http://www.victorianweb.org/sculpture/frampton/7.html|website=The Victorian Web|accessdate=11 January 2022}}</ref>
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| ==Inauguration==
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| The then [[Prince of Wales]], George Frederick Ernest Albert (who later became [[George V|King George V]]), unveiled the Statue of Queen Victoria, [[Bangalore Cantonment|Bangalore Civil and Military Station]], on 5 February 1906. In his speech, the Prince of Wales thanked the people of the [[Bangalore Cantonment|Bangalore Civil and Military Station]] (who were British subjects), the [[Maharaja of Mysore]] and his native subjects, for helping raise the memorial statue (p. 75).
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| The Prince of Wales during his travel in [[British India]], and before Bangalore, already unveiled statues of the late Queen at [[Calcutta]], [[Rangoon]] and also the [[Victoria Technical Institute]] at [[Madras]]. From Bangalore, the Prince of Wales traveled on to [[Karachi]], where he unveiled yet another statue of the late Empress of India.<ref name=Meera /><ref name=GeorgeV>{{cite book|last1=George V (King of Great Britain)|title=His Majesty King George's Speeches in India: A Complete Collection of All the Speeches Delivered in India During His Tour as Prince of Wales and in Connection with the Recent Coronation Durbar|date=1911|publisher=G A Natesan|location=Madras|page=75|edition=Second|url=https://archive.org/download/hismajestykingge031690mbp/hismajestykingge031690mbp.pdf|accessdate=11 January 2022}}</ref>
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| ==Inscriptions==
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| Inscription on the statue reads
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| :VICTORIA
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| :QUEEN OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND
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| :EMPRESS OF INDIA
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| :1837–1901
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| :ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION
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| :1906
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| <gallery mode="packed" heights="225px" perrow="4">
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| File:Victoria English, Bangalore.JPG|Victoria English Inscription (Front)
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| File:Victoria Left Kannada, Bangalore.JPG|Victoria [[Kannada]] Inscription (Left)
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| File:Victoria Right Tamil, Bangalore.JPG|Victoria [[Tamil language|Tamil]] Inscription (Right)
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| File:Victoria Back Urdu, Bangalore.JPG|Victoria [[Urdu]] Inscription (Back)
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| Further, on the foot of the pedestal, another inscription says
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| :UNVEILED BY
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| :HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS
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| :GEORGE FREDERICK ERNEST ALBERT
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| :PRINCE OF WALES AND DUKE OF CORNWALL AND YORK
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| :K.G., K.T., K.P., G.C.S.I., G.C.M.G., G.C.V.O., G.C.I.E., I.S.O.
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| :ON THE 5TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1906
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| File:Victoria English Pedestal, Bangalore.JPG|Victoria English Inscription (Front)
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| There are inscriptions in [[Kannada]] on the left, [[Tamil Language|Tamil]] on the right and [[Urdu]] on the back, both on the pedestal and the foot of the pedestal, which are translations of the English Inscriptions.
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| ==Present Status==
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| Older photos of the statue show the statue being encircled with ornamental chains, and two canons on either side with a sepoy guarding the statue.<ref name=Playne>{{cite book|last1=Playne|first1=Somerset|last2=Bond|first2=J W|editor1-last=Wright|editor1-first=Arnold|title=Southern India: Its History, People, Commerce, and Industrial Resources|date=1914|publisher=Unwin Brothers, Limited|location=London|isbn=8120613449|page=203|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8WNEcgMr11kC&q=victoria+statue+bangalore&pg=PA203|accessdate=4 January 2022}}</ref>
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| At present, the regalia of the queen appears battered with age, the cross of the orb is missing, the scepter is broken and one of the fingers in the right hand of the queen is broken. The statue is still maintained regularly, but is almost obscured by lush green trees.<ref name=Meera />
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| The Horticulture Department, [[Government of Karnataka]] have asked for expert reports for restoration of the Queen Victoria's Statue, along with the [[Statue of King Edward VII, Bangalore|Statue of King Edward VII]] and statue of [[Chamaraja Wodeyar IV]]. Further it suggested polishing the statue of Victoria, and pruning of surrounding trees to make the statue more visible.<ref name=Sharadhaa>{{cite news|last1=Sharadhaa|first1=A|title=Book to Help Park Statue Restoration|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/Book-to-Help-Park-Statue-Restoration/2014/04/24/article2185189.ece1|accessdate=12 January 2016|issue=Bangalore|publisher=The New Indian Express|date=24 April 2022}}</ref><ref name=TOI>{{cite news|title=5 statues in Cubbon Park set for facelift|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/5-statues-in-Cubbon-Park-set-for-facelift/articleshow/33922877.cms|accessdate=12 January 2016|agency=TNN|issue=Bangalore|work=The Times of India|date=19 April 2022}}</ref>
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| Since the 1960s, a group of political activists led by Vatal Nagaraj, (who is infamous for vandalising the cenotaph pillar which was raised in memory of the lives lost in the [[Siege of Bangalore|Siege of Bangalore, 1791]], opposite to the present Corporation Building, and [[Hudson Memorial Church, Bangalore|Hudson Memorial Church]]), has been demanding that statue of [[Queen Victoria]], along with that of [[King Edward VII]] and [[Mark Cubbon (army officer)|Mark Cubbon]] be removed. The Government had at one stage accepted these demands and agreed to remove the statues in 1977, but never implemented the decision. Further, historians, and heritage lovers of Banaglore City are enraged with these suggestions of destruction of history and have raised their opposition. In 2013, members of the '''Cubbon Park Walkers’ Association''' garlanded the statue of [[Mark Cubbon (army officer)|Mark Cubbon]] in open defiance of these demands.<ref name=Shyam>{{cite news|last1=Prasad S|first1=Shyam|title=Kannada activists want Victoria statue moved out|url=http://www.bangaloremirror.com/bangalore/others/Kannada-activists-want-Victoria-statue-moved-out/articleshow/33750446.cms|accessdate=11 January 2016|agency=Bangalore Mirror Bureau|issue=Bangalore|publisher=Bangalore Mirror|date=15 April 2022}}</ref><ref name=garland>{{cite news|title=Cubbon garlanded in hush-hush ceremony in front of High Court|url=http://www.bangaloremirror.com/bangalore/cover-story/Cubbon-garlanded-in-hush-hush-ceremony-in-front-of-High-Court/articleshow/22088724.cms|accessdate=5 February 2015|issue=Bangalore|publisher=Bangalore Mirror|date=24 August 2022}}</ref>
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| ==Airbrushed Image==
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| According to Miles Taylor, an associate professor of History in the University of London, the statue of Victoria had been 'air-brushed'. Queen Victoria, who was considered to be 'fat and ugly' had been morphed into a 'beauty'. Even though Queen Victoria never visited India, she was a much revered figure. The Government of [[British India]] had deliberately presented a youthful and beautiful image of Victoria amongst her Indian subjects, in order to make her popular. Further poets from the [[Madras Presidency]] and the [[Kingdom of Mysore]] wrote verses describing her beauty, as a result of the youthful image being presented.
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| The diamond jubilee of the reign of Queen Victoria was celebrated in Bangalore four months ahead of England. The [[Wadiyar dynasty|Wodeyars]] had issued commemorative flags, as they were grateful that the [[Kingdom of Mysore]] was restored to the Wodeyars by Queen Victoria by appointing the mother of [[Krishnaraja Wadiyar III]] as the regent of Mysore.
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| Studying the Royal records reveal that Queen Victoria was very concerned about the condition of women and had directed the setting up of a hospital for women, and was keen for reforms in favor of widows in India. The [[Victoria Hospital (Bangalore Medical College)|Victoria Hospital]] in [[Bengaluru Pete|Bangalore Pete]] is also named after Queen Victoria.<ref name=airbrushed>{{cite news|title=City's 'airbrushed' Queen Victoria inspires a thesis|url=http://www.bangaloremirror.com/bangalore/others/Citys-airbrushed-Queen-Victoria-inspires-a-thesis/articleshow/21441279.cms|accessdate=11 January 2016|agency=Bangalore Mirror Agency|issue=Bangalore|publisher=Bangalore Mirror|date=13 January 2022}}</ref>
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| ==St. Andrew's Church==
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| [[File:100 3723 (1024x768).jpg|thumb|240px|Stained Glass, [[St. Andrew's Church, Bangalore]]]]
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| At the [[St. Andrew's Church, Bangalore]], there is a 25 ft. stained glass above the altar, fusing 15 panels into one, created by Scottish artist [[British and Irish stained glass (1811–1918)|Alex Ballantine]] and his assistant Gardiner, in order to commemorate the diamond jubilee of the reign of [[Queen Victoria]] in 1897. At the base, the [[Old Testament]] characters of [[Abraham]], [[Moses]], [[King David]] and [[Isaiah|Prophet Isaiah]] are painted. The top the apostles of Christ – [[Andrew the Apostle|St. Andrew]], [[Saint Peter|St Peter]], [[Paul the Apostle|St Paul]] and [[John the Apostle|St John]] are painted. Above this, there is the [[burning bush]] which is the symbol of the Church of kirk, [[alpha]] symbol on the right and [[omega]] symbol on the right (signifying beginning and the end). On the very top is painted [[Jesus Christ]].<ref name=Hindu2>{{cite news|last1=Rodricks|first1=Allan Moses|title=Retaining its old glory|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/retaining-its-old-glory/article6041967.ece|accessdate=28 January 2015|issue=Bangalore|work=The Hindu|date=24 May 2022}}</ref><ref name=Ayesha>{{cite news|last1=Tabassum|first1=Ayesha|title=On a bedrock of devotion|url=http://www.bangaloremirror.com/columns/sunday-read/On-a-bedrock-of-devotion/articleshow/28407551.cms|accessdate=28 January 2015|agency=Bangalore Mirror Bureau|issue=Bangalore|publisher=Bangalore Mirror|date=4 January 2022}}</ref>
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| ==Victoria Hospital, Bangalore==
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| The foundation stone of [[Victoria Hospital (Bangalore Medical College)|Victoria Hospital]] in [[Bengaluru Pete|Bangalore Pete]] was laid on 22 June 1897 by [[Maharani Kempa Nanjammani Vani Vilasa Sannidhana|Her Highness Kempananjammaniyavaru]], the then Maharani Regent and dowager Maharani of [[Kingdom of Mysore|Mysore]], in commemoration of the completion of 60 years of Queen Victoria's reign. The Victoria Hospital was then formally inaugurated by [[George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston|Lord Curzon]] the then Viceroy of British India on 8 December 1900.<ref name=Victoria-Hospital>{{cite web|last1=Victoria Hospital Bangalore|title=Victoria Hospital Bangalore|url=http://victoriahospitalbangalore.org/|website=Victoria Hospital Bangalore|accessdate=11 January 2016|date=2022}}</ref>
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| ==See also==
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| * [[Statue of King Edward VII, Bangalore]]
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| * [[List of statues of Queen Victoria]]
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| * [[Victoria Memorial (India)]]
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| * [[Cubbon Park]]
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