Established in the mid-1900s, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya is one of the head social foundations in the nation. On fourteenth August 1905, various unmistakable individuals of Bombay accumulated at the Town Hall and made plans to raise a Memorial to the visit of the Prince of Wales (later King George V) as a public Museum which, would be named after him. The gathering was gone to by Sir Pherozeshah Mehta, Justice Badrudin Tyabji, Narotamdas Gokuldas, Justice Chandavarkar, Sassoon J. David, and numerous different dignitaries are known for their extraordinary commitment in their separate fields and furthermore in the improvement of the island of Bombay. The Foundation Stone of the Museum was laid by the Prince of Wales on eleventh November 1905 and the Museum was named Prince of Wales Museum of Western India. For quite a while people had additionally felt the requirement for a decent gallery in the city lastly the exhibition hall was set up by the public commitment supported by the then Government of the Bombay Presidency.
This remembrance as a gallery was to be raised on the plot of land known as the Crescent Site on the southern tip of the island. The structure was finished in 1914 yet it opened to the public a lot later on tenth January 1922. Up to that point it was utilized by the military as an emergency clinic and for Children's Welfare Exhibitions.
Numerous things have changed from that point forward. Bombay is presently known as Mumbai and the name of the Prince of Wales Museum of Western India is changed to the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya. Set against an all-around spread out nursery which holds its unique arrangement even today, the gallery is a significant Heritage working of the city.
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