Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, formerly named the Prince of Wales Museum of Western India, is a museum in Mumbai which documents the history of India from prehistoric to modern times.
Façade of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sanghralaya (CSMVS)
A portrait of Shivaji at the entrance of the museum
Statue of The Prince of Wales, who later became the Emperor, George V
On two sides of the statue has mural type of stone carving depicting the POW inaugurating the museum
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Shivaji I was an Indian ruler and a member of the Bhonsle dynasty. Shivaji inherited a fiefdom from his father who served as a retainer for the Sultanate of Bijapur, which later formed the genesis of
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya
…the United Kingdom and emperor of India). It is located in the heart of South Mumbai near the Gateway of India. The museum was renamed in 1998 after Shivaji, the founder of the Maratha Kingdom. The building is built in the Indo-Saracenic style of architecture, incorporating elements of other styles of…
Portrait of Shivaji (c. 1680s)
Shivneri Fort
Young Shivaji (right) meets his father Shahaji (left)
An early-20th-century painting by Sawlaram Haldankar of Shivaji fighting the Bijapuri general Afzal Khan