| Calcutta International Exhibition | |
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 Lord Ripon (who gave the opening address) in 1880 | |
| Overview | |
| BIE-class | Unrecognized exposition |
| Name | Calcutta International Exhibition |
| Area | 22 acres (8.9 ha) |
| Visitors | 1,000,000 (paid = 817,153) |
| Organized by | Augustus Rivers Thompson (president executive committee), S.T.Trevor (vice president) andJules Joubert (general manager). |
| Participant(s) | |
| Countries | 37 |
| Location | |
| Country | British India |
| City | Calcutta |
| Venue | Grounds of theIndian Museum and theMaidan[1] |
| Coordinates | 22°33′29″N88°21′03″E / 22.55806°N 88.35083°E /22.55806; 88.35083 |
| Timeline | |
| Opening | 4 December 1883 (1883-12-04) |
| Closure | 10 March 1884 (1884-03-10) |
TheCalcutta International Exhibition world's fair[2] was held inCalcutta (now Kolkata) from December 1883 to March 1884.[3]
The fair was held between 4 December 1883 and 10 March 1884.[3] and took place in the grounds of theIndian Museum and theMaidan.[1]
There were contributions from Belgium,Ceylon, France, Germany, Italy, Japan,Straits, Turkey and U.S.A.[4] The Australian colonies ofNew South Wales,South Australia,Tasmania andVictoria were all hosted on the Indian Museum side of the fair.[5]
The Maidan side of the fair was connected to the Indian Museum by a bridge across the Chowinghee Road (nowJawaharlal Nehru Road). In the Maidan there was an iron building that contained Indian courts, a machinery annex, a military shed and a refreshments room.[5]
There was a Punjab Court with contents secured byLockwood Kipling.[6]
TheMaharajah of Scindia provided a carved sandstone gateway, the Gwalior Gateway, designed by Major James Blaikie Keith.[7] After the exhibition the gateway was sent in 200 packages to London'sVictoria and Albert Museum and then displayed at theColonial and Indian Exhibition in 1886.[8]
The fair officials includedAugustus Rivers Thompson (president executive committee), S.T.Trevor (vice president of the committee) andJules Joubert (general manager).[9]
William Trickett was commissioner forNew South Wales.[10]
The opening talk was byLord Ripon[11]and was attended by Governors ofBengal (also president of organising committee),Madras, andBombay, several maharajas[12] and theDuke andDuchess of Connaught.[4]
The ceremony was boycotted by the Anglo-Indian community in protest at the recently introducedIlbert Bill, it rained (unusual at that time of year) and the illuminations failed.[11]
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