Bombay 100 Years Ago

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

In 1860, Bishop Harding and the Cathedral Chaplain decided to open a school within the walled city of Bombay. In...

An exquisitely sculpted monument, Flora Fountain lies at the southern end of Hornby Road. It was built in the year...

Renamed Mahatma Gandhi Road, Esplanade Road, like most parts of South Bombay, is lined with heritage structures including prominent ones...

Named after Arthur Crawford, Bombay?s first Municipal Commissioner, Crawford Market is an architectural marvel gifted to the city by Sir...

The BMC Building is considered a Grade IIA heritage building and houses the Bombay Municipal Corporation, the civic body that...

This view is of fenced public space of Oval Maidan with a number of buildings in the distance. Pictured on...

The Taj Mahal Palace Hotel, one of the city’s most iconic landmarks, is located near the Gateway of India at...

Bombay was faced with an epidemic of bubonic plague at the end of the 19th century. This led to the...

Victoria Terminus (now Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus) was the headquarters of the Great Indian Peninsula Railway and now of the Central...

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

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