1950-BOMBAY

AMBASSADOR HOTEL

Title: Queen's Road, Mumbai Caption: A view of Queen's Road on Back Bay, Bombay (now Mumbai), with Watson's Hotel on the right, circa 1950. (Photo by Three Lions/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Date created: 01 Jan 1950

DURING BRITISH RULE OF INDIA ,INDIANS HAD RESTRICTED ENTRY TO SOUTH BOMBAY (FORT AREA) AS A SECURITY MEASURE ,AFTER THE FIRST INDIAN REBELLION AGAINST BRITISH 1857.ALSO POPULATION WAS LOW,DUE TO REPEAT STARVATION /FAMINE AS A POLICY TO CONTROL PEOPLE



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FLORA FOUNTAIN WAS A TAXI STAND -SEE THE OLD TAXIS CHEVROLET/FORDS/AUSTINS

Title:	Tata Power
Caption:	The Tata hydro-electric works in the Bhor Ghats, Bombay, providing electricity for the whole city, circa 1950. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Date created:	01 Jan 1950

BOMBAY-DADAR-PORTUGESE CHURH -BEFORE DEMOLITION AND REPLACED BY A GROTESQUE BUILDING IN 1950'S

 

Catholic Community Church of N. S. da Salvacao ; Dadar Lower Mahim built in 1651rebuilt in 1914 ; Bombay Mumbai ; Maharashtra

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Catholic Community Church of N. S. da Salvacao ; Dadar Lower Mahim built in 1651rebuilt in 1914 ; Bombay Mumbai ; Maharashtra

Contributor: Dinodia Photos / Alamy Stock Photo

Image ID: ET5K7F

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Dimensions: 3300 x 2743 px | 27.9 x 23.2 cm | 11 x 9.1 inches | 300dpi

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Photographer: Dinodia Photos RM

Date taken: 2 March 2009

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