Lok Bhavan, Kolkata
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Lok Bhavan, formally known as Raj Bhavan and Government House is the official residence of the Governor of West Bengal, R. N. Ravi, located in Kolkata, the capital of West Bengal.
Front façade of Raj Bhavan
Government House, South Front, photographed by Samuel Bourne
Kedleston Hall
Arched Gate of the Raj Bhavan
Belvedere Estate
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The Belvedere Estate consists of Belvedere House and the 30-acre grounds surrounding it. It is located in Alipore, near the zoo, in Kolkata. It served as the main residence of 1st Governor-General of
Lok Bhavan, Kolkata
…of power from the East India Company to the British Crown in 1858, it became the official residence of the Viceroy of India, moving here from the Belvedere Estate. In 1892, the Otis Elevator Company installed the first elevator in India in the Raj Bhavan. The construction of New Delhi as the British Raj's new…
Illustration of Belvedere House, 1838, by the Anglo-Indian merchant and artist William Prinsep. The estate belonged to the family, who sold it to the East India Company in 1854.
National Library of India, Kolkata, has been housed in Belvedere House since 1948.