Bombay 100 Years Ago

With the growth of shipping and advent of vessels of deeper draft, The Prince’s Dock, Princess Dock and Victoria Dock...

Built-in 1871 with private funds and a government grant of Rs 5,000, the All Saint’s Church was intended to be...

Anjuman-I-Islam School was founded in the year 1874 by a small group of devout and progressive Muslims lead by Dr...

The original name for the pier (bunder means port) was derived from the ‘Palla’ fish that was sold here in old times. This was...

Apollo Hotel on Colaba Causeway was built in 1887 and run by a Parsi proprietor, Hormusji Modi. It is located...

The word ?Apollo? is derived from ?Polle? of the native Konkani language and corrupted by the English from the Portuguese...

The Banganga tank and the Walkeshwar temple complex were built in the 1127 AD The temple was destroyed by the...

The old Fort in Bombay had three large gates—Church Gate, Bazaar Gate and Apollo Gate. The Bazaar Gate tower clock...

The Bombay, Baroda, and Central India (BB&CI) Railway was established as a company in 1855. Its head office was originally...

What the British referred to as Behind the Bazaar (Crawford Market), was turned into the colloquial Bhendi Bazaar, by the...

Originally Bombay was composed of seven islands separated by a marshy swamp. Its deep natural harbour led the Portuguese settlers...

In the Fort area was a historical club founded as far back as 1845, by the members of the Indian...