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[[File:Jaipur Column at Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi.jpg|thumb|Jaipur Column as seen from the Iron Gate with [[Rashtrapati Bhavan|Rashtrapati Bhavan (Behind).]]]]<br />
The '''Jaipur Column''' is a [[monumental column]] in the middle of the courtyard in front of [[Rashtrapati Bhavan]], the presidential residence in [[New Delhi]], [[Delhi]], India. In 1912 [[Madho Singh II]], the [[Maharaja of Jaipur]], offered to sponsor its construction to commemorate the 1911 [[Delhi Durbar]] and the transfer of the capital of [[British Raj|India]] from [[Kolkata]] to [[New Delhi]].<ref name=Amery179>Amery, Richardson and Stamp (1981), pp. 179–80.</ref><br />
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The column was designed by the architect [[Sir Edwin Lutyens]]. In 1920, Lutyens submitted his design for the column to the [[Royal Academy of Arts]] in London, as his [[diploma work]] for his election as a fellow of the academy. The structure was completed in 1930.<ref name=Amery179/><br />
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The column is predominantly made of cream sandstone, with red sandstone used for the base. At the top there is an egg surmounted by a bronze [[lotus flower]] and a six-pointed glass star. These are supported by a steel shaft running through the column's entire length.<ref name=Amery179/> Different sources give the height as {{convert|145|feet}}<ref>de Bruyn, Bain, Allardice and Joshi (2010), p. 429.</ref> or {{convert|148|feet}}.<ref name=Amery179/><br />
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There are [[bas-relief]]s around the base, designed by the British sculptor [[Charles Sargeant Jagger]].<ref name=Amery179/> Jagger also designed the elephants carved into the walls around the courtyard,<ref>Amery, Richardson and Stamp (1981), p. 172.</ref> as well as the statue of [[George V, Emperor of India]] which formerly stood under the canopy next to [[India Gate]].<ref name=Amery179/><br />
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[[File:Jaipur Column at Rashtrapati Bhavan.jpg|thumb|upright=1|Evening view with light display]]<br />
On the base there is an inscription, with wording supplied by [[Lord Irwin]], the [[Viceroy of India]]:<ref name=Singh41>Singh and Rai (1983), p. 41.</ref><br />
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: In thought faith<br />
: In word wisdom<br />
: In deed courage<br />
: In life service<br />
: So may India be great<br />
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This was a modification of the wording originally proposed by Lutyens:<ref name=Singh41/><br />
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: Endow your thought with faith<br />
: Your deed with courage<br />
: Your life with sacrifice<br />
: So all men may know<br />
: The greatness of India<br />
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File:Close up of Jaipur column at Rashtrapati Bhawan DSCN8125.jpg| An egg surmounted by a bronze lotus flower and a six-pointed glass star<br />
File:Close up of Jaipur column DSCN8092.jpg|The first stones were led by The king Emperor George The Fifth and his consort Queen Mary on the 15 December 1911<br />
File:Close up of Jaipur column at Rashtrapati Bhawan DSCN8113.jpg|Bas-reliefs around the base, designed by the British sculptor [[Charles Sargeant Jagger]]<br />
File:Close up of Jaipur column at Rashtrapati Bhawan DSCN8101.jpg|As per writeup on the column-[[Madho Singh II]], the [[Maharaja of Jaipur]], offered to sponsor its construction to commemorate the 1911 [[Delhi Durbar]] and the transfer of the capital of [[British Raj|India]] from [[Calcutta]] to Delhi<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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==References==<br />
*{{cite book |title=Lutyens: The Work of the English Architect Sir Edwin Lutyens (1869–1944) |last1=Amery |first1=Colin |last2=Richardson |first2=Margaret |last3=Stamp |first3=Gavin |authorlink3=Gavin Stamp |year=1981 |publisher=[[Arts Council of Great Britain]] |location=London |isbn=0-7287-0304-1 }}<br />
*{{cite book |title=Frommer's India |last1=de Bruyn |first1=Pippa |last2=Bain |first2=Keith |last3=Allardice |first3=David |last4=Joshi |first4=Shonar |year=2010 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |location=Hoboken |isbn=978-0-470-55610-8 }}<br />
*{{cite book |title=Delhi: a portrait |last1=Singh |first1=Khushwant |authorlink1=Khushwant Singh |last2=Rai |first2=Raghu |authorlink2=Raghu Rai |year=1983 |publisher=Delhi Tourism Development Corporation |location=Delhi |isbn=0195614372 }}<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.lutyenstrustexhibitions.org.uk/new-delhi-2/4581496461 Lutyens Trust images]<br />
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[[Category:Works of Edwin Lutyens in India]]<br />
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