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| Mayo Memorial Hall, Allahabad - Government of Uttar Pradesh |
Located near the Thornhill and Mayne Memorial in the city of Allahabad, UP, the Mayo Memorial Hall is beautiful colonial building - a sort of Public Hall meant for public meetings, balls and receptions. It has a characteristic 180-ft high tower that is quite visible all around the site. Designed by R. Roskell Bayne, it was built in 1879 and named after Viceroy Lord Mayo (Richard Southwell Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo KP GCSI PC ; 21 February 1822 – 8 February 1872), who was assassinated on 8 February, 1872.
This murder of the highest public servant of British India happened on his visit to the convict settlement at Port Blair, in the Andaman Islands for inspection of prisons. He was knifed by one Sher Ali Afridi, an Afridi Pathan. He was buried in a Church graveyard in Johnstown, County Kildare, near his home at Palmerstown House, Ireland.
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