Gwalior Monument - Historical landmark in Kolkata - Kolkata, India

The Gwalior Monument is almost 52 ft high monument crowned with a bronze dome cast from guns captured from the Marathas.Very nice place to seat and enjoy the beauty of Ganga..

British forces raided Gwalior state at the end of 1843 before settling firmly on Indian soil. But in the face of strong resistance from the Marathas at Gwalior, many military officers and soldiers of the English army were killed in Maharajpur and Punia on 29 December. Gwalior Monument is a low-rise, attractive memorial built in 1847 AD by a combination of Islamic architecture and European construction technology to commemorate the fallen soldiers under the plan and initiative of the then British Governor General Lord Ellenborough and under the supervision of Army Engineer Colonel H. Godwin. This historic monument was opened to the public after a radical renovation by the Department of Works as part of the beautification of the Ganga under the inspiration of Hon'ble Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. It's a free visit now but no entry at the top floor of the monument.

The Gwalior Monument known as Ellenborough's Folly or The Pepperpot , The top of the monument is built like a Mughal 'chhatri' or umbrella supported by 8 bronze pillars. Beautiful architecture by the river.

Situated beside the Ganges river on the kolkata side, it's beautiful. A lone warrior from a lost period of Indian history. Maximum time it's closed.

It's an octagonal cenotaph, a war memorial established by the British in memory of the Gwalior war in 1843. Sited by the Ganges, opposite the Horse riding School of Fort Williams, on a well maintained promenade or river walk, this is a nice place to spend a quiet evening with friends and family. Entry into the monument is permanently blocked.

The Gwalior Monument (goy'aaliy'r smRti-saudh) Kolkata , also known as Ellenborough's Folly or The Pepperpot , The top of the monument is built like a Mughal 'chhatri' or umbrella supported by 8 bronze pillars. From here, the Hoogly river can be seen along with a view of the Howrah Bridge and the Vidyasagar Setu ,However entry is restricted. The Kolkata Rail line passes alongside the memorial between the Eden Gardens and Prinsep Ghat railway stations, and provide the view of this monument. One of Beautiful and historical architectural landmark of Kolkata . .

Beautiful monument built in memory of fallen Indian soldiers in the war fought with the British in 1842 at Gwalior. Well lit at night, earlier tourists could climb up the monument. Beautiful.

It was renovated by the current CM of West Bengal in 2012 on 24th May. You can see the mid height tower (60 ft) while u care walking on the path parallel to strand road on the ride and river ganga (hoogly) to left from Princep ghat. Based on record this Monument, aka Ellenborough's Folly, was erected in 1847 by Lord Ellenborough, the Governor-General of India, as a memorial to the officers and men who fell during the Gwalior War in 1847. In the attached picture there is the description of this monument in Bengali.