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ARCHITECTURE DURING BRITISH RULE As such, architectures were planned by the
Architecture during early British rule in India already utilised British structural wonders.
comprised colossal stone and wood structures, British Architecture in Kolkata
erected during the 17th century. In the emerging Architectural developments of Kolkata, formerly
stages, British viceroy-generals like Robert Clive Calcutta, during British rule in India were over-
managed huge efforts to build such architectural whelming in every aspect of daily existence.
wonders in the essential port cities of India. Early Reconstruction of Kolkata during British rule can
British architectural design composed of charts be called a mandatory affair, which the British
and outlined plans already erected successfully had to accomplish in their rule of colonialism.
back in England. This period witnessed the Kolkata was the erstwhile capital city under
shipping of skilled British architects and young English administration, paving the way for
men, equipped with clever motives to make architectural renovations and reconstructions. To
Indian artistic design much like western modes. suit the taste of passing years, several monu-
Indian educated class or the comparatively ments were demolished to be rebuilt. Such was
poorer class did not possess the amount of talent the impact that natives even tried to change their
that their English masters were looking for. architectural tastes to a British one. Lord
Wellesley and Lord Curzon can be called the
harbingers of architectural overhauling in this
extremely momentous city. Kolkata was perhaps
the most eventful city, which was turned into a
complete colonial and westernised place, just to
suit the tastes of British masters. The government
house falls into this category as well as the
historical building up of St. Paul’s Cathedral,
Kolkata.
Holwell Monument in Kolkata
British Architecture in Mumbai
Architectural developments of Mumbai , formerly
Bombay, during British rule in India were signifi-
cant, standing tall in their regal and neo-classical
look. Churches, town halls and several other
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