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Raj Bhavan  West Bengal |
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Raj Bhavan West Bengal |
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Flagstaff House -Barrackpore Barrackpore – its cantonment and surroundings are redolent with stirring passages in the Indian history. The first war of Indian independence in 1857, Sepoy Mangal Pandey, Jemadar Issuree Pandey of 34th Regiment of the Native Infantry are closely connected with Barrackpore. After independence, the Government House -- the classic mansion was handed over to the State Government and Flagstaff House became the Governor’s Barrackpore residence. This bungalow was earlier the residence of the Private Secretary to the Governor General during British rule. Bird calls and the breeze from the Ganges enliven the garden surrounding of the Flagstaff House. One of the possessions of this place are the statutes of British personages, which have been shifted to this site (the Flagstaff ground) from the various places in Kolkata. These sculptural works are now located in the Flagstaff grounds near the Cenotaph and the western garden. "Designed to resemble a Greek Temple, this superb Cenotaph was created by Lord Minto (Governor General 1807-1813) in commemoration of Officers who fell in the battles of Java and Mauritius and in Gwalior." The statutes are of :
These imperial statutes have been described in following two booklets :
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