Bombay Bombay Hai Yaar

17/05/2023

https://youtu.be/2Dr4gh_b5ws

It may not be from 1929 but the old Bombay really looks awesome!

Location: Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra, India.Date: January 14-15, 1929Description: Various scenes of the market in Bombay. Men in traditional clothes wa...

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27/12/2015

Mahim Causeway from the old days

27/12/2015

The TAJMAHAL hotel stands tall even to this date

27/12/2015

Chor Bazaar in south Bombay during the old days. One of the attractions of the city.

16/11/2015

View from Colaba Reclamation.. see Rajabai Tower in the distance.Once upon a time, it was so close to the sea. — at Bombay.

16/11/2015

Khada Parsi’ or ‘Standing Parsi’ in English is almost 40 feet tall and 150 year old cast iron structure and bronze statue of Shet Cursetjee Manockjee that was built in 1860s by his youngest son Manockjee Cursetjee, by spending almost a lakh of rupees then. Manockjee, known as a reformer in education sector, is responsible for founding one of the first schools for girls in Mumbai in 1863, now called Alexandra Girls English Institution, located in South Mumbai. — at Bombay.

16/11/2015

Peak hour at Bombay Central. One can see atleast 6 persons in the main hall and ghostly traces of two more. — at Bombay.

16/11/2015

Watsons Hotel, now known as Esplanade Mansion stands tall but almost dilapidated at Kala Ghoda now.

But, look at this hotel in its prime! What views of Bombay harbour! This photo is from the 1880s; the only other building at that time in the area was the Sailors' Home (now Maharashtra State Police HQ) in the distance. The wide road you see is the Esplanade; and hence the name of the hotel.

16/11/2015

Elphinstone College and David Sassoon Library at Kala Ghoda

04/10/2015

Mumbai 1968

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMN2ubj2pL0

13/07/2015