Indian-Australian MLA Seeks "Sister Cities" Status For Lucknow, Canberra
An Australian lawmaker of Indian origin, Deepak-Raj Gupta, has mooted the idea of making Lucknow and Canberra "sister cities" after discovering the grave of landscape designer and architect of the Australian capital Walter Burley Griffin in Lucknow's Nishatganj cemetery.
Mr Gupta, who is in Lucknow to attend the seventh conference of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association of India Region mooted the idea while talking to PTI after laying a wreath on Saturday on Walter Griffin's grave.
The architect had visited the city in October 1935 on an invitation to design the library of the University of Lucknow. He died here in February 1937.
"After discovering late Griffin's grave here, I strongly feel Lucknow and Canberra should become sister cities," said Mr Gupta, a member of the legislative assembly from Yerrabi in Australia.
Read more: https://www.ndtv.com/indians-abroad/indian-origin-australia-mla-deepak-raj-gupta-finds-canberra-architects-lucknow-grave-seeks-sister-ci-2166564
Mr Gupta, who is in Lucknow to attend the seventh conference of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association of India Region mooted the idea while talking to PTI after laying a wreath on Saturday on Walter Griffin's grave.
The architect had visited the city in October 1935 on an invitation to design the library of the University of Lucknow. He died here in February 1937.
"After discovering late Griffin's grave here, I strongly feel Lucknow and Canberra should become sister cities," said Mr Gupta, a member of the legislative assembly from Yerrabi in Australia.
Read more: https://www.ndtv.com/indians-abroad/indian-origin-australia-mla-deepak-raj-gupta-finds-canberra-architects-lucknow-grave-seeks-sister-ci-2166564
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