MAKE A MEME View Large Image Eden Gardens, Calcutta in the 1870s.jpg en Photograph by W G Stretton taken in the 1870s part of the Dunlop Smith Collection Sir Charles Aitchison Album of Views in India and Burma Eden Gardens situated at the northern end of the Maidan in ...
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Keywords: Eden Gardens, Calcutta in the 1870s.jpg en Photograph by W G Stretton taken in the 1870s part of the Dunlop Smith Collection Sir Charles Aitchison Album of Views in India and Burma Eden Gardens situated at the northern end of the Maidan in Calcutta was named after Emily and Fanny Eden the sisters of Lord Auckland Governor-General from 1836-1842 The sisters tended the garden laid out in 1834 when it formed part of the Viceroy's estate and later it became a famous public garden which now contains the Calcutta Cricket Club Part of the garden forms the Ranji Stadium where the first cricket match was played in 1864; today Eden Gardens is renowned as a hallowed cricket site where Test matches draw crowds of 100 000 Eden Gardens also contains a Pagoda brought from Prome in Burma and erected in 1856 by Lord Dalhousie then the Governor-General s 1870 http //www oldindianphotos in/2009_02_06_archive html W G Stretton other versions Custom license marker 2014 10 21 PD-100 Uploaded with UploadWizard Eden Gardens Kolkata in the 1870s
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