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'''Bund Garden''' is located 2 km from the [[Pune]] Railway Station. The gardens are situated next to [[Fitzgerald Bridge]] and take their name from the bund, or dam, on the Mula river.<ref>http://www.virasatpune.com/fitzgerald-bridge/</ref> | |||
==History== | ==History== | ||
[[File:Bund Gardens, Pune in the 1870s.jpg|thumb|Bund Gardens in the 1870s.]] | [[File:Bund Gardens, Pune in the 1870s.jpg|thumb|Bund Gardens in the 1870s.]] | ||
These mini dams built by [[Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy]], the Parsi businessman and philanthropist,<ref>https://zoroastrians.net/2011/03/02/sir-jamsetjee-jeejeebhoy-bombays-most-worthy-son/</ref> served as a source of irrigation water for the under-privileged. The garden was opened in 1869 when the bridge was completed. It was planned by [[Colonel Sellon]] who was able to transform the waste space into a | These mini dams built by [[Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy]], the Parsi businessman and philanthropist,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://zoroastrians.net/2011/03/02/sir-jamsetjee-jeejeebhoy-bombays-most-worthy-son/|title = Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy – Bombay's most worthy son|date = 2 March 2011}}</ref> served as a source of irrigation water for the under-privileged. The garden was opened in 1869 when the bridge was completed. It was planned by [[Colonel Sellon]] who was able to transform the waste space into a garden,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/photocoll/b/019pho0000002s2u00025000.html|title = Bund Gardens from the Fitzgerald Bridge, Pune}}</ref> known today as the "Mahatma Gandhi Udyan" a reference to the existing bridge that leads to the Gandhi National Memorial. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Latest revision as of 04:03, 28 June 2022
Bund Garden is located 2 km from the Pune Railway Station. The gardens are situated next to Fitzgerald Bridge and take their name from the bund, or dam, on the Mula river.[1]
History[edit | edit source]
These mini dams built by Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy, the Parsi businessman and philanthropist,[2] served as a source of irrigation water for the under-privileged. The garden was opened in 1869 when the bridge was completed. It was planned by Colonel Sellon who was able to transform the waste space into a garden,[3] known today as the "Mahatma Gandhi Udyan" a reference to the existing bridge that leads to the Gandhi National Memorial.
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