THE GATEWAY OF INDIA

This is the view from my hotel room in Mumbai. The Gateway of India is a momument located on the waterfront, and it is traditionally the first thing visitors arriving by boat would see of Bombay. Behind the Gateway steps lead down to the waterfront, where boat trips can be had around the harbor, or to locations such as Elephanta Island. The Gateway of India was built to commemorate the visit of King George V and Queen Mary to Bombay in 1924. The last British troops to leave India passed through the gate in a ceremony on February 28, 1948.