Fountain

(lost) Maharajah's fountain

Maharajah's fountain Maharajah's fountain
Inscription

A fountain given by His Highness the Hon Maharajah Meerza Vijiaram Gajapati Raj Manea Sooltan Bahadoor of Vijianagram. K. C. S. I. stood on this site from 1867 until 1964.

Site: Maharajah's fountain (1 memorial)

W2, Hyde Park, North Ride

Here we have a plaque commemorating a lost fountain. It was only removed in 1964 so we are surprised that we can find so little information about it. It was a splendid Gothic extravaganza so mostly we want to know why it was removed and where it went. Also, what was inscribed on it? Was it a memorial to anyone or anything? Few fountains erected at this time were there simply to provide refreshment.

This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Maharajah's fountain

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Maharajah's fountain

The picture source has some other pictures and some news articles about the o...

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Maharajah Meerza Vijiaram Gajapati Raj Manea Sooltan Bahadoor of Vijianagram

The Vizianagaram district is on the east coast of India about a third of the ...

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