Yamuna River frontage

To the south of Allahabad, the river frontage along the Yamuna is a picturesque place to see river activities and evening worship. The riverfront is being planned for development. One of the modern highlights is the New Yamuna Bridge, 1510 m long supported by a cable which makes it the longest cable-stayed bridge in India.

A historical landmark along the riverfront is the Minto Park, where a memorial commemorates the spot where the British Raj came into being, when India was taken away from the East India Company in 1858 and placed under the reign of the British Crown. Renamed Madan Mohan Malaviya Park but still well-known by its colonial period name, this park looks out to the banks of Yamuna river. This is where in 1858, Earl Canning read out the declaration of Queen Victoria's Proclamation which resulted in the complete transfer of control over India from The East India Company to the government of Britain. The document was called the Magna Carta of the People of India. The park was named for the Earl of Minto, who during a visit to Allahabad in 1910, laid a stone memorial with a four-lion symbol on the park.