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How colonial statues vanished from India’s cities © Provided by The Times of India Early on the morning of August 10, 1965, a municipal watchman was on his rounds of Horniman Circle when he received a great shock: The marble figures of Lord Cornwallis and Lord Wellesley had been beheaded. Soon, reports of such mutilation came in from other parts of the city. Near Oval Maidan, Lord Sandhurst’s nose had been disfigured. Even Queen Victoria, seated on her magnificent marble throne at M G Road, was not spared: Her crown had been broken. medium76703203 The municipal authorities acted swiftly to avoid further damage. Within a few days, at least eight British statues were bundled off to Victoria Gardens, today’s Rani Baug, in an overnight operation. They included Queen Victoria and the famous Kala Ghoda, a bronze equestrian statue of Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) that leftists had threatened to pull down on Independence Day.

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