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1883–1884 world's fair From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Calcutta International Exhibition world's fair[2] was held in Calcutta (now Kolkata) from the end of 1883 to March 1884.[3]
Calcutta International Exhibition | |
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Overview | |
BIE-class | Unrecognized exposition |
Name | Calcutta International Exhibition |
Area | 22 acres (8.9 ha) |
Visitors | 1,000,000 (paid = 817,153) |
Organized by | Augustus Rivers Thompson (president executive committee), S.T.Trevor (vice president) and Jules Joubert (general manager). |
Participant(s) | |
Countries | 37 |
Location | |
Country | British India |
City | Calcutta |
Venue | Grounds of the Indian Museum and the Maidan[1] |
Coordinates | 22°33′29″N 88°21′03″E |
Timeline | |
Opening | 4 December 1883 |
Closure | 10 March 1884 |
The fair was held between 4 December 1883 and 10 March 1884.[3] and took place in the grounds of the Indian Museum and the Maidan.[1]
There were contributions from Belgium, Ceylon, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Straits, Turkey and U.S.A.[4] The Australian colonies of New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria were all hosted on the Indian Museum side of the fair.[5]
The Maidan side of the fair was connected to the Indian Museum by a bridge across the Chowinghee Road (now Jawaharlal Nehru Road). In the Maidan there was an iron building that contained Indian courts, a machinery annex, a military shed and a refreshments room.[5]
There was a Punjab Court with contents secured by Lockwood Kipling.[6]
The Maharajah of Scindia provided a carved sandstone gateway, the Gwalior Gateway, designed by Major James Blaikie Keith.[7] After the exhibition the gateway was sent in 200 packages to London's Victoria and Albert Museum and then displayed at the Colonial and Indian Exhibition in 1886.[8]
The fair officials included Augustus Rivers Thompson (president executive committee), S.T.Trevor (vice president of the committee) and Jules Joubert (general manager).[9]
William Trickett was commissioner for New South Wales.[10]
The opening talk was by Lord Ripon[11] and was attended by Governors of Bengal (also president of organising committee), Madras, and Bombay, several maharajas[12] and the Duke and Duchess of Connaught.[4]
The ceremony was boycotted by the Anglo-Indian community in protest at the recently introduced Ilbert Bill, it rained (unusual at that time of year) and the illuminations failed.[11]
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