File:Victoria Memorial situated in Kolkata.jpg

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English: The Victoria Memorial is a large marble building in Kolkata (formerly Calcutta), West Bengal, India, which was built between 1906 and 1921. It is dedicated to the memory of Queen Victoria (1819–1901) and is now a museum and tourist destination under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture. The memorial lies on the maidan (grounds) by the bank of the Hooghly River, near Jawaharlal Nehru road.
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Camera location22° 32′ 50.02″ N, 88° 20′ 34.8″ E View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap
Object location22° 32′ 41.6″ N, 88° 20′ 33.26″ E View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap
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Victoria Memorial situated in Kolkata

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Victoria Memorial

Kolkata

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15 May 2016

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22°32'50.01763"N, 88°20'34.80364"E

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22°32'41.59907"N, 88°20'33.25866"E

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current17:10, 27 June 201812,725 × 5,694 (10.84 MB)Subhrajyoti07Birds and building on extreme left removed. The two sides of the showcased building were leaning on either sides, was also fixed.
15:00, 25 June 201813,756 × 5,694 (14.88 MB)Subhrajyoti07Removed some dust spots from the sky and added some localized structure and contrast to bring out thye fine details of this iconic building
14:10, 25 June 201813,756 × 5,694 (27.95 MB)Subhrajyoti07Fixed the banding issues on the top right portion of the sky
11:50, 30 April 201813,756 × 5,694 (27.71 MB)Subhrajyoti07An exposure controlled and distortion corrected version of original image
05:43, 28 April 201813,756 × 5,694 (26.51 MB)Subhrajyoti07Reverted to version as of 05:47, 29 August 2017 (UTC)
16:48, 27 April 201813,756 × 5,694 (4.42 MB)Subhrajyoti07Further color corrected
16:38, 27 April 201813,756 × 5,694 (4.44 MB)Subhrajyoti07Distortion corrected and exposure adjusted
05:47, 29 August 201713,756 × 5,694 (26.51 MB)Subhrajyoti07User created page with UploadWizard

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