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The correct answer is Kolkata.
- Victoria Memorial is located in Kolkata, West Bengal.
- Victoria Memorial is one of the famous monuments in India.
- It was built between 1906 and 1921.
- It was conceptualized by the then Viceroy George Curzon.
- The Prince of Wales, King George V, laid the foundation stone in 1906 and it was formally opened to the public in 1921.
- Victoria Memorial was built to commemorate Queen Victoria's 25-year reign in India.
- The British parliament made Victoria the Empress of India in 1876.
- Her reign ended with her death in 1901.
- The memorial was made from Makrana marbles from Rajasthan.
- William Emerson, the then president of the Royal Institute of British Architects was the chief architect of the Victoria memorial.
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