The Overbury's folly is located on a hill

Overbury’s folly is a sea side park with watch tower.It’s named after its builder E.N. Overbury , a local judge at Thalassery 

The word "folly" is an English noun that means a lack of good sense, foolishness, or an absurd idea, action, or practice. For example, performing without rehearsal could be described as folly. The word comes from the Old French word folie, which means madness.

The Overbury's folly is located on a hill adjacent to Thalassery Municipal Stadium. It slopes down from the Sub-Collector's Bungalow to the rocks below and is named after its builder, E. N. Overbury, a Briton who served as a local judge at Thalassery in the 1870s. 

In 1879, Overbury wanted to construct a picnic spot at the cliff. He couldn't complete it, but the spot later earned the name "Overbury's Folly". The folly commands sweeping views of the Arabian Sea. Today, Overbury's Folly has been renovated and redecorated as a tourist attraction. It is frequented by local people in the evenings as a place to relax. A seaside open-air coffee shop has also been opened on the folly.

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The word "folly" is an English noun that means a lack of good sense, foolishness, or an absurd idea, action, or practice. For example, performing without rehearsal could be described as folly. The word comes from the Old French word folie, which means madness. 

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A Brief History of Architectural Follies | Florence Griswold ...

28 Sept 2021 — received their name from this association to silliness and impracticality. “Folly” - English term for foolishness, or lack of good sense.

CAN ANY ONE IDENTIFY MUMBAI'S FOLLY  located on  Malabar hill?

THEN AND NOW

1884 Pig Sticking India Horses Spear

1877 India Poonah Boat Club

1858 India-dangers of Palanquin travel-- Wolves Hyenas Jackals Tiger

1854 Indian Railway Station Platform People Waiting

Yachting Ceylon Bombay India 1882

Queen's Birthday India-- Hindu Celebration Bombay 1899

- Motor Cars in India-- Napier Oakland Talbot Sunbeam Vauxhall

Viceroy travelling to Government House Bombay 1899 .

Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy Art Bombay School Print 1872 BOMBAY

WAR IN EGYPT-INDIAN TROOPS LEAVING BOMBAY DOCKS FOR EGYPT

1882 Anglo-Egyptian War:-n 1881, an Egyptian Army officer, Colonel Ahmad Urabi (see Ahmed Orabi), initiated a coup against the Ottoman Khedive in Egypt because of grievances over disparities in pay between Egyptian and European employees, as well as other concerns (see Urabi Revolt). In January 1882 the British and French governments sent the "Joint Note" to the Egyptian government, declaring their recognition of the Khedive's authority. On May 20, 1882, British and French warships arrived off the coast of Alexandria. On June 11, 1882, a riot occurred in Alexandria that killed 50 Europeans, though Colonel Urabi ordered his forces to put down the riot. On July 11, 1882, British warships began their bombardment of Alexandria.

The British army tried to reach Cairo through Alexandria but was stopped for five weeks at Kafr-el-Dawwar. In August, a British army of over 40,000, commanded by Garnet Wolseley, invaded the Suez Canal Zone. He was authorized to destroy Urabi's forces and clear the country of all other rebels.

Battle of Tel el-Kebir
This important battle was fought on September 13, 1882. The Urabi forces were routed and the capital was captured. Khedive power was then restored as the authority of Egypt.

British occupation

British troops then occupied Egypt until the Anglo-Egytpian Treaty of 1922 and Anglo-Egyptian Treaty of 1936, giving gradual control back to the government of Egypt.
Hopkins argues that the British continued its occupation of Egypt after 1882 in order to guarantee British investments, "Britain had important interests to defend in Egypt and she was prepared to withdraw only if conditions guaranteeing the security of those interests were met - and they never were

1889 Prince Albert Victor India Poonah{POONA/PUNE} Native Infantry

TROOP SHIP"SERAPIS" TO INDIA 1867

1856 STEAM MAIL SHIP TO BOMBAY

PROCLAMATION OF QUEEN VICTORIA AS THE EMPRESS OF INDIA 1877

THE "MOZOFER" STEAM SHIP BEING MADE IN BOMBAY DOCKS 1846

SIR MANCKJEE CURSETJEE OF BOMBAY AT SHEFFIELD 1854 SPEAKING ON EDUCATION IN INDIA

Ship Tory West India Docks 1845 BOMBAY

Prince'S 'Levee' AT BOMBAY 1876{ the simple act of getting up in the morning WHICH was raised to a ceremonial custom at the court} AND India'S Maharana Oudeypore 1876

KING'S 'LEVEE' =the simple act of getting up in the mornin WHICH was raised to a ceremonial custom at the court

Prince Wales Temple Parbuttee Poonah India Print 18769(POONA /PUNE)

PRINCE OF WALES IN INDIA 1876

Road Steamer Omnibus India 1871 BOMBAY

Sassoon Hospital Bombay India 1868 AT" POONAH"

LAUNCH OF THE SHIP "MEANEE" AT BOMBAY 1849

1877 Rajah Ram High-School Kolapore India -Bombay presidency

Arrival Of Indian & Australian Mails At Alexandria EgypT on the way to Bombay 1853

An Indian Money Changer 1895

SHIP FOR THE ROYAL VISIT AT BOMBAY 1875

LIFE ON THE SHIP 1875

CEREMONY PERFORMED BY NATIVE GIRLS FOR THE BRITISH PRINCE -BOMBAY 1875

photo shows the old Bombay Artillery Mess at Matoonga [Matunga].1830'S

Adelphi Hotel BOMBAY 1850

Bombay Esplanade in 1857

Note Colaba Railway Station on the left. And CUFFE PARADE is yet to be RECLAIMED.

COLABA RECLAMATION BOMBAY

The Anglo-Persian War 1856-1857

British-Indian forces attacking at the Battle of Kooshab
PERSIAN ARMY WAS DEFEATED

A havildar of Bombay Presidency Army Artillery, 1882

5th Bombay Cavalry (Sind Horse). ~1895

Bombay Cavalry AT ANGLO PERSIAN WAR 1856-1857 AT KOOSHAB

THE PERSIAN WAR .THE CHARGE OF THE BOMBAY CAVALRY AT THE BATTLE OF KOOSHAB

Origins

In the context of the Great Game — the Anglo-Russian contest for influence in Central Asia — the British wished for Afghanistan to remain an independent country friendly to Britain as a buffer against Russian expansion towards India. They opposed an extension of Persian influence in Afghanistan because of the perception that Persia was unduly influenced by the Russians. The Persians had repeatedly attempted to acquire Herat by force, most recently in 1838 and 1852; both times British opposition had convinced them to back down prior to war. They made a fresh attempt in 1856, and succeeded in taking the city on 25 October, with Russian encouragement and in violation of the existing Anglo-Persian treaty. In response, the British Governor-General in India, acting on orders from London, declared war on 1 November.

Koosh-Ab

After the arrival of the C-in-C, the force advanced inland and defeated the Persian field army at Koosh-Ab on 8 February 1857. The Poona Horse carries a Standard surmounted by a silver hand and bearing a Persian inscription captured at Koosh-Ab, in commemoration of the brilliant charge of the 3rd Bombay Light Cavalry which broke into enemy infantry and decided the fate of the day. The honour was awarded vide GOGG 1306 of 1858 and spelling changed from Kooshab vide Gazette of India No 1079 of 1910.

One of the earliest emu trainsets (4-car ) speeding over the Sandhurst Road flyover

The first electric train in India: circa 1925(the inaugural train at Bombay VT.)

Picture at left shows H.E. the Governor making a speech on the occasion, while the pic on the right shows the inaugural train at Bombay VT

The first emu cars for the erstwhile BB & CI Railway (now WR) being unloaded from a ship around 1925.

THE FIRST ELECTRIC RAILWAY ENGINE GETTING OFF LOADED FROM SHIP 1925

BOMBAY FOUNTAIN TAXI STAND 1950

HMS Calcutta -SHIP MADE IN BOMBAY 1831

HMS Calcutta was an 84-gun second-rate ship-of-the-line of the Royal Navy, built in teak to a draught by Sir Robert Seppings and launched on 14 March 1831 in Bombay. She was the only ship ever built to her draught. She carried her complement of smooth-bore, muzzle-loading guns on two gundecks. Her complement was 720 men (38 officers, 69 petty officers, 403 seamen, 60 boys and 150 marines).

In 1855 the ship had been in reserve, but was recommissioned for the war between Russia and Britain and sailed for the Baltic. After two months she was sent home again, as being useless for modern naval actions.

Malabarpoint governmenthouse bombay.1865

FREE MASONS HALL FORT AREA BOMBAY

freemasons hall bombayfreemasons hall bombay

KANHERI CAVES

The caves, which are more than 100 in number, are reached from the Bhandup station of the Central railway or the Borivli station of the Western Railway by a good black topped road emanating from the Western Express Highway and passing through the National Park at Borivli. From Bhandup, 24 km. (fifteen miles) north-east of Bombay, the Kanheri road runs north-west for about a mile, formerly across rice fields and grass uplands, till, at the foot of the Salsette hills, it joins the old Bombay-Thane road. It then climbs a pass in the hills, and winds about a mile across the rugged upland of Vihar, the gathering ground of the Vihar lake, which, starting on the left, stretches about 8 km. (five miles) to the south-west, its surface broken by wooded islets. Beyond the Vihar gathering ground, the path passes, for about a mile, through a thick belt of forest, over the slightly raised watershed that separates the Tulsi and the Vihar valleys. Near Tulsi the road swerves to the left, keeping to the south-west of Tulsi lake, a beautiful sheet of water surrounded by wild forest-clad hills. For the two remaining miles, from Tulsi to Kanheri, the road though formerly not fit for carts is now black-topped and motorable. The first mile lies along the Vihar-Borivli road, with rises and falls, down the wooded Tulsi or Tasu valley, surrounded by high forest-clad hills, through glades of withered grass, thick copsewood, and bright green clumps of bamboos. The last mile is along a footpath that strikes from the Borivli road north to Kanheri.

BORIVALI LION SAFARI PARK

This Lion Safari Park is the second of its kind in India, the first being in the Nehru Zoological Park, Hyderabad.

The Lion Safari Park in Borivli is a miniature Gir Forest. The 13 hectares site occupied by the park has a gentle slope from north to south. The green rolling hills of Kanheri seen prominently from the safari park remind the visitor of the Girnar hills of the Gir Forests. The Lion Park includes many species of trees characteristic of the Gir.

The 1200 m. long, 6 1/2m. high chain-like fence fitted to channel iron posts encloses the lion park area and is lion-escape-proof. On the northern boundary, the fence alignment goes up a hill, thus including in the Park one complete boulder-strewn face of the hill. This is a very attractive feature which lends beauty and grandeur to the safari park. The fence is painted green and merges with the surrounding greenery.

The visitors to the Safari Park are provided with mini-buses (each with 10 seats) from which they can view the animals roaming free in the Park. These minibuses are provided with safety measures to protect the visitors from lions. A rescue vehicle also with safety measures is always kept in readiness to counter unforeseen difficulties of the mini buses inside the Park. The 1.25 km long, asphalt internal road system within it is planned in such a manner that visitors could be taken rea sonably close to the lions, wherever the lions be within the park. To prevent lions from escaping from the park when the gate is opened to allow entry into and exit from the Lion Park by the safari, a double door arrangement is provided at the gate. The lion house hidden from the visitor's view is a weather shelter to lions into which they are taken daily in the evening for feeding. A natural looking pond provides drinking water to the animals.

imamwada mosque bombay

Ali Baba and his 400 hookahs-Bhendi Bazar's popular dealer, the iconic Ali Baba

He procures the hookahs from Iran, Dubai, China and Moradabad (Uttar Pradesh). "My prices are lower than elsewhere and it's genuine custom-made maal ranging from Rs 90 to several thousands

"Two apples (apple, saunf), mint (perfect for summers), Paan Rasna, Paan Fantastic and Al Araz Gum (chewing gum-like) are the most popular hookah flavours,"

Bhendi Bazar's popular dealer, the iconic Ali Baba

;3-in-one hookah has a holder for a cigarette, a hookah and smoked as a pipe




Not for sale: This hookah made from pure marble, is 103 years old and
displays designs in gold embossed paint and embedded genuine gemstones