Street in Bombay Fort.--Date: 1860--Photographer: Unknown-fort gate similar [or same?] as church gate seen at the far end

THE FORT GATE SEEN MAY BE 'CHURCH GATE'

ONE OF THE SHOPS HAS A NAME BOARD "BOMBAY TIMES AND  STANDARD OFFICE"{SAME AS THE PRESENT DAY 'TIMES OF INDIA' BEFORE THE CHANGE OF NAME AND ADDRESS }
1859: Bombay Standard and Chronicle of Western India merges into The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce to form Bombay Times & Standard
1861: Editor Robert Knight amalgamates The Bombay Times & Standard and Bombay Telegraph & Courier to form The Times of India and gives it a national character
THE FIRST STORE HAS A BOARD "WATCH AND JEWELLERY STORE"FAVRE BROTHERS

THE ONLY VEHICLE SEEN IN THIS PHOTO ARE A HORSE CARRIAGE NEAR THE FORT GATE AND CAPRISONED HORSE NEAR THE SHOP
The view taken in the Bombay Fort area in the centre of the business district of Bombay looks along a street lined with commercial premises, including Favre Brothers (jewellers and watch-makers) and the Bombay Times and Standard office in foreground. Bombay, one of the key cities of India, is a major port, busy manufacturing centre and capital of Maharashtra. During British rule, it was the administrative capital of the Bombay Presidency. It extends over a peninsula jutting into the Arabian Sea on the west coast of India. Originally a collection of fishing villages of the Koli community built on seven islands, Bombay was by the 14th century controlled by the Gujarat Sultanate who ceded it to the Portuguese in the 16th century. In 1661 it was part of the dowry brought to Charles II of England when he married the Portuguese princess Catherine of Braganza. The British built up fortifications around Bombay harbour in the 17th century around the original Portuguese settlement. In the 1760s the fortifications were enhanced as the British were engaged in war with France in both Europe and India. By the 19th century the British had established control over India and the fort walls were torn down and the area converted into the central district of Bombay city.