Gateway of India
Built to welcome a king, used to bid the empire goodbye: the last British troops left through it.
- Where
- Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Grade
- State heritage
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 3 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 18.9220, 72.8347
Get the Gateway of India stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Gateway of India. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Maharashtra volume with your photos and a note.
Near Gateway of India
Gateway of India Jetty 0.0 km
Where the boats leave for Elephanta, and where the last British troops embarked when they left India in 1948.
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya 0.6 km
The Prince of Wales Museum, and its dome.
Asiatic Society of Mumbai 1.1 km
The Town Hall of 1833 with thirty Doric columns and one of two copies of the Divine Comedy's first edition.
Bombay Castle 1.2 km
The Portuguese Manor House the English rebuilt into the fort the city grew round, now naval and closed.
Sassoon Docks 1.4 km
Five in the morning, and the whole city's fish.
Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus 2.1 km
Victorian Gothic married to Mughal detail, opened in 1888, and still one of the busiest stations in the country.
Marine Drive 2.6 km
Three kilometres of curved seafront whose streetlights earned it the name the Queen's Necklace.
Crawford Market 2.8 km
Opened in 1869, with friezes over the entrance carved by Rudyard Kipling's father, who taught art in the city.
More state heritage sites in Maharashtra
Questions
Where is Gateway of India?
Gateway of India is in Mumbai, Maharashtra. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Gateway of India Jetty (0.0 km), Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (0.6 km), Asiatic Society of Mumbai (1.1 km).
How do I get the Gateway of India stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Gateway of India and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Maharashtra volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Gateway of India before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Maharashtra volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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