Bombay 100 Years Ago

The home of the Maharashtra Police Headquarters (since 1982) was once the Royal Alfred Sailors Home. The construction of this...

The Round Temple of Bombay is also known as the Gol Dewal and is located on Sandhurst Road. Around the...

Mohammed Ali Road is a stretch between the junctions of Crawford Market and Mandvi Post Office. This vital artery of...

Before Churchgate Station became the grand structure it is today, it was simply a level crossing. It has been the...

This baroque-styled building with prominent facades of Corinthian colonnades and finely crafted lion statues was once the residence of Sir...

Kala Ghoda is the heart of the city’s art district. At one point in time, in its centre stood a...

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

Once considered to be one of the city’s best hotels, the Majestic Hotel with its domed minarets, was designed in...

The Bombay High Court was inaugurated on August 14, 1862, under the High Courts Act, 1861. However, work on the...

At one point in time, the Old Secretariat building stood alone in the midst of a large square of trees...

The area that is known as Apollo Bunder was initially just a maze of docks and wharves till the British...

Elphinstone Circle, named after the Governor, Lord John Elphinstone, was laid out in 1869 on the site of the old Bombay...