1547 Iconic Hardinge Park in Patna completed 105 years. The historic pedestal which once carried the statue of Viceroy Lord Hardinge has been demolished. PTI (File photo) Patna, January 31
Hardinge Park, Patna s famed garden built in honour of the viceroy who was instrumental in the creation of Bihar and Orissa as a separate province and which hosted the Prince of Wales a century ago, on Sunday completed 105 years, albeit shorn of its heritage identity.
Named after Viceroy Lord Hardinge and built as Patna s first public park, it was opened on January 31, 1916 by then Lt Governor of the province Sir Edward Gait, who had also unveiled a five-tonne life-size bronze statue of the viceroy, in full Durbar regalia.