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Jaipur Column

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The Jaipur Column is a monumental column in the middle of the courtyard in front of Rashtrapati Bhavan, the presidential residence in New Delhi, Delhi, India. In 1912 Madho Singh II, the Maharaja of Jaipur, offered to sponsor its construction to commemorate the 1911 Delhi Durbar and the transfer of the capital of India from Kolkata to New Delhi.

Designed, 1920

Constructed, 1930

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The Jaipur Column is made of sandstone and atop is a five ton bronze lotus from which emerges a six-pointed Star of India, made of glass. The Star was installed in the year 1930.

The Jaipur Column stands at a height of one hundred and forty five feet on the Rashtrapati Bhavan Forecourt, at an approximate distance of five hundred and fifty five feet from the main gate.

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The first stone of the column was laid by King George V and Queen Mary on December 15, 1911.

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