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The beautifully crafted Neo-Gothic building of the Central Telegraph Office was designed by  two master architects - J. Trubshawe and...

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

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

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

Situated in South Bombay, the Church of St Andrew and St Columba is sometimes called the Scots Kirk. Construction began...

Ballard Pier Mole was a former station of the Mumbai Port Trust Railway in the Ballard Pier precinct of South Mumbai.  The Ballard Pier Mole railway...

Behind Chowpatty in South Mumbai, lies what many consider a city within a city -- Girgaum. Its name is derived...

The statue of Shet Cursetjee Manockjee, who founded the Alexandra Girls English Institution, which still exists, was erected and installed...

When the Suez Canal opened in 1869, it revolutionised sea trade and made Bombay a vital port in trade. The...

Before 1911, the Custom department at Mumbai was accommodated in two main buildings namely the Fort Custom House and the...

Bhuleshwar is one of Mumbai’s oldest neighbourhoods that mushroomed at the edges of the walled Fort in the 19th and...

In 1885, a group of Parsi enthusiasts met at the Ripon Club near Kala Ghoda to form a gymkhana that...