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'''Mayo Memorial and Town Hall'''<ref>{{cite book |last=Khandekar |first=G. H. |date=1894 |title=The Indian Companion: Being a Manual of Universal Statistics of All the Provinces in and the Countries Adjacent to India |url=https://books.google.com/?id=dh8aAAAAMAAJ&q=mayo+town+hall+allahabad&dq=mayo+town+hall+ | '''Mayo Memorial and Town Hall'''<ref>{{cite book |last=Khandekar |first=G. H. |date=1894 |title=The Indian Companion: Being a Manual of Universal Statistics of All the Provinces in and the Countries Adjacent to India |url=https://books.google.com/?id=dh8aAAAAMAAJ&q=mayo+town+hall+allahabad&dq=mayo+town+hall+Prayagraj |publisher=Law Printing Press |page=922 |access-date=6 November 2014 }}</ref> (commonly '''Mayo Hall'''<ref>{{cite book |last=Renford |first=Raymond K. |date=1987 |title=The non-official British in India to 1920 |url=https://books.google.com/?id=Pf9tAAAAMAAJ&q=mayo+town+hall+prayagraj&dq=mayo+town+hall+prayagraj |publisher=Oxford University Press |page=226 |access-date=6 November 2014 }}</ref>) is a large meeting hall in [[Prayagraj]], situated near the [[Thornhill Mayne Memorial]], having a 180 feet high tower . The interior of this memorial hall was ornamented with designs by Professor Gamble of the South Kensington Museum, London. Mayo Memorial Hall was designed by [[Richard Roskell Bayne]] and was completed in 1879.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://library.uvic.ca/spcoll/guides/sc131.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-08-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130704112639/http://library.uvic.ca/spcoll/guides/sc131.html |archive-date=2013-07-04 }}</ref> The hall was meant for public meetings, balls and receptions in commemoration of the assassinated [[Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo|Viceroy Mayo]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.indianmirror.com/tourism/allahabad.html | title=Prayagraj| publisher=Indian Mirror | access-date=13August 2018 }}</ref> | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
* [[List of tourist attractions in Allahabad]] | * [[List of tourist attractions in Allahabad|List of tourist attractions in Prayagraj]] | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Latest revision as of 22:23, 29 September 2021
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| Location | Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh India |
| Coordinates | 25°27′37″N 81°50′37″E / 25.4601607°N 81.8434835°ECoordinates: 25°27′37″N 81°50′37″E / 25.4601607°N 81.8434835°E |
| Completed | 1879 |
| Governing body | Local |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Richard Roskell Bayne |
Mayo Memorial and Town Hall[1] (commonly Mayo Hall[2]) is a large meeting hall in Prayagraj, situated near the Thornhill Mayne Memorial, having a 180 feet high tower . The interior of this memorial hall was ornamented with designs by Professor Gamble of the South Kensington Museum, London. Mayo Memorial Hall was designed by Richard Roskell Bayne and was completed in 1879.[3] The hall was meant for public meetings, balls and receptions in commemoration of the assassinated Viceroy Mayo.[4]
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- ↑ Khandekar, G. H. (1894). The Indian Companion: Being a Manual of Universal Statistics of All the Provinces in and the Countries Adjacent to India. Law Printing Press. p. 922. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
- ↑ Renford, Raymond K. (1987). The non-official British in India to 1920. Oxford University Press. p. 226. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 July 2013. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ↑ "Prayagraj". Indian Mirror. Retrieved 13August 2018.
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