Indian tourism

Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus  (officially  Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus ) (station code:  CSMT  ( mainline ) / ST  ( suburban )), also known by its  former name   Victoria Terminus  (station code:  BBVT / VT ), is a historic  terminal train station  and  UNESCO World Heritage Site  in  Mumbai ,  Maharashtra , India. The terminus was designed by British born architectural engineer  Frederick William Stevens , in an exuberant  Italian Gothic  style. Its construction began in 1878, in a location south of the old  Bori Bunder railway station ,  and was completed in 1887, the year marking  50 years of Queen Victoria's rule , the building being named, Victoria Terminus. The station's name was changed to Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (station code CST) in March 1996 to honour  Shivaji , the 17th-century founder of the  Maratha Empire , whose name is often preceded...

Taj Mahal Palace Hotel The  Taj Mahal Palace Hotel , is a heritage, five-star, luxury hotel built in the  Saracenic Revival  style in the  Colaba  region of  Mumbai ,  Maharashtra , India, situated next to the  Gateway of India .  Historically it was known as the "Taj Mahal Hotel"  or simply "the Taj". It was one of the main sites targeted in the  2008 Mumbai attacks . Part of the  Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces , this hotel with its 560 rooms and 44 suites is considered the flagship property of the group; it employs some 1,600 staff. The hotel is made up of two different buildings: the Taj Mahal Palace and the Tower, which are historically and architecturally distinct from each other (the Taj Mahal Palace was built at the start of the twentieth century; the Tower was opened in 1973). The hotel has a long and distinguished history, having received many notable guests, from presidents to captains of industry...

                                The   India Gate The  India Gate  (originally the  All India War Memorial ) is a war memorial located astride the  Rajpath , on the eastern edge of the "ceremonial axis" of  New Delhi ,  formerly called Kingsway. It stands as a memorial to 70,000 soldiers of the  British Indian Army  who died in between 1914–1921 in the  First World War , in France,  Flanders ,  Mesopotamia ,  Persia ,  East Africa ,  Gallipoli  and elsewhere in the Near and the Far East, and the  third Anglo-Afghan War . 13,300 servicemen's names, including some soldiers and officers from the United Kingdom, are inscribed on the gate.  Designed by Sir  Edwin Lutyens , the gate evokes the architectural style of the  triumphal arch  such as the  Arch of Constantine , in Rome, and is often compare...