Victoria horse carriages are part of Bombay's heritage . Animal lovers plan to remove it is not correct

HORSE CARRIAGE IS NOT A SHAME .IT IS FOUND IN ALL MAJOR CITIES ALL OVER THE WORLD


4:08 C.I.D. 'Yeh Hai Bombay Meri Jaan' by zanzibarbar5 years ago 329,757 views This is Bombay my love! .. 1956 (eng subtitles)

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some photos mumbai 

Portrait of Group of Brahmans, of Parbu Caste - Lala Deen Daya lhttp://oldphotosbombay.blogspot.in/2010_12_24_archive.html

'The oldest known names for the city are Kakamuchee and Galajunkja; these are sometimes still used. Ali Muhammad Khan, in the Mirat-i-Ahmedi (1507) referred to the city as Manbai. In 1508,Portuguese writer Gaspar Correia used the name Bombaim, in his Lendas da Índia ("Legends of India").This name possibly originated as the Old Portuguese phrase bom baim, meaning "good little bay", andBombaim is still commonly used in Portuguese. In 1516, Portuguese explorer Duarte Barbosa used the name Tana-Maiambu: Tana appears to refer to the adjoining town of Thane andMaiambu to Mumbadevi.


BOMBAS' TOWN- ( MAP OF 16TH CENTURY BOMBAY )AND FORT 'BOMBAIE'



BOMBAY 1600

BOMBAIA(BOMBAY) 1703

BELOW-SOUTH BOMBAY 1820 -MAZGAON AREA

BELOW-BOMBAY MALABAR HILL 1850

1853-BOMBAY CITY VIEW FROM MALABAR HILL

BOMBAY 1854--VIEW OF WILD DESOLATE LANDSCAPE OF BOMBAY CITY; SHOWING A STEAM TRAIN; FROM SION HILL.BELOW THE BYCULLA RAILWAY STATION

BOMBAY PALANQUIN C.1850

ROYAL PALANQUIN FOR MAHARAJAS

ORDINARY MAN'S PALANQUIN- TAXI AT BAZAR GATE AREA OF BOMBAY FORT

POOR MAN'S PALANQUIN

ABOVE -THE POST MAN[DAWK WALLAH FOR THE ENGLISH MAN]RUNNING WITH POST ON SHOULDER-1857

BELOW WHITE MAN ON WAY TO HILL STATION ON PALANQUIN

INDIANS CARRYING,ON A PALANQUIN ,

A WHITE WOMAN WITH A WHITE UMBRELLA IN SIMLA MALL(MAIN STREET) 19 TH CENTURY PHOTO.[INDIANS WERE NOT ALLOWED IN THE MALL AREA BY BRITISH RULERS IN THE BEGINNING BUT LATER ON ALLOWED]

*"Hindoostanee Dhoolie, used by Hospitals and in the Field"*, 1857

BOMBAY 1860

SHOWS HORSE CARRIAGES AND BULLOCK CART CARRIAGES PARKED NEXT TO COURT HOUSE;AND A MAN WAITING FOR CUSTOMERS WITH HIS PALANQUIN NEAR COURT STEPS;FORT BOMBAY

FORT BOMBAY WITH FORT WALLS 1850

PHOTO BELOW SHOWS:-THE ORIGINAL CHURCH GATE(GATE NEAR ST.THOMAS CHURCH WHICH CAN BE SEEN IN THE BACK) OF BOMBAY FORT ;LATER CHURCH GATE RAILWAY STATION GOT THIS NAME ;AS IT WAS NEAR THIS GATE

BOMBAY 1880'S BEFORE DISCOVERY OF AUTOMOBILES-(CARS) SHOWS HORSE (PULLED)TRAMS AND HORSE CARRIAGES AT FLORA FOUNTAIN

FORT ,BOMBAY-FLORA FOUNTAIN 1880 -WITH HORSE DRAWN TRAMS;HORSE CARTS,BULLOCK CARTS [BEFORE CARS AND AUTOMOBILES WERE DISCOVERED /MADE]. IT SEEMS THE ROADS ARE SPRINKLED WITH WATER ,ON THE LEFT SIDE ,TO PREVENT DUST CLOUDS FROM ROAD

A horse-drawn tram on colaba causeway. The offices and stables of the Tramway Company is beside the Wesley Church, with the original steeple. A bus depot and the Electric House building replaced the Tramway Company office

Hackerry, Bombay,[BULLOCK CART FOR PASSENGERS] a photo by Francis Frith, c.1870'

BOMBAY STRRET SCENE C. 1850'S

A collotype by Clifton & Co., c.1900; * overview of the -BOMBAY-FLORA FOUNTAIN;SHOWING HORSE CARRIAGE TAXI

BELOW -PHOTO OF TOWN HALL BOMBAY

BOMBAY - CHURCH GATE RAILWAY STATION--1920

HORSE CARRIAGES WAITING IN FRONT OF TAJ MAHAL HOTEL BOMBAY

BOMBAY CLUB1880'S

BELOW -WATSON HOTEL BOMBAY

ADELPHI HOTEL BOMBAY

BELOW -STANDING IN MIDDLE OF ROAD IS THE BOMBAY POLICE MAN

'GATE WAY OF INDIA' WAS BUILT HERE LATER;(PHOTO BELOW)

OFFICER SITS ON HAND PULLED RICKSHAW;

A 1905 Humber car , photographed in Bombay-(ONE OF THE FIRST CARS IN BOMBAY)

FIRST FLEET OF TAXI CARS IN BOMBAY 1910;THE PASSENGER SAT IN THE COVERED CABIN WHILE THE TAXI DRIVER SAT IN THE OPEN FRONT ;JUST SAME ARRANGEMENT AS A HORSE CARRIAGE

Mr Jinnah on a car ride with a Parsi friend-Pestonjee H J Rustomjee and the child is Homi Rustomjee.

NEW CAR SHOW ROOM 1910

DE DION BUTON CAR-1912

CARS 1920 CALCUTTA

MAHATMA GANDHI ;NEAR CAR 1930'S

1920 -30 TAXI CARS ;NO CARS WERE MADE IN INDIA THOSE DAYS .SO ALL CARS WERE IMPORTED FROM AMERICA BRITAIN FRANCE OR GERMANY [.JAPANESE CARS BECAME POPULAR AFTER 1960]

CAR 1920-CROSSLEY

cars on the road in india- THERE WAS NO 'A' OR 'B' OR 'C' JUST THE NUMBER FOR THE CAR--SEE BELOW THE CAR REGISTRATION NO: JUST '26903'.THIS WAS WHEN NUMBER OF CARS WERE VERY FEW-PHOTO OF CALCUTTA 1930'S

Bombay Electric Supply & Tramways Company Limited was a sole provider of electric supply, electric tram service and buses in the Mumbaicity from 1905 to till 1947 when it was municipalised to form the Bombay Electric Supply and Transport Undertaking. [BELOW PHOTO OF B.E.S.T.BUS 1920'S

private taxi van 1930's [SEE THE BOMBAY REGISTRATION NO: B.M.B.210]

AND BUS1930'S

MAHATMA GANDHI IN LONDON -STANDING NEAR CAR DOOR

MARRIAGE TAXIS[OPEN HOOD CARS];HIRED ALONG WITH BAND WAS COMMON

1940'S TAXI CARS

MAHATMA GANDHI ENTERING CAR -1940'S PHOTO

1940 TAXIS -CHEVEROLETCARS

1942 FORD CARS AND TRUCK

1940'S FORD TRUCK

1940-50 BOMBAY MARINE DRIVE

1950'S BOMBAY FLORA FOUNTAIN SHOWING ELECTRIC TRAMS ON ROAD,AND TAXIS(ALL FOREIGN CARS ;NO INDIAN CARS THEN; FORD , CHEVROLET,AUSTIN,)

1942 FORD JEEP AS TAXIS WERE USED FOR HILLY TERRAIN

1944 FORD VAN WITH WOODEN BODY

1944 FORD MILITARY TRUCK WERE CONVERTED TO CIVIL LORRIES AND WERE USED AS BREAKDOWN TRUCK IN BOMBAY TILL 2000

1945 FORD WAS VREY POPULAR AS PRIVATE CAR AND AS TAXIS TILL 1980

BELOW (THE POPULAR) FORD CAR 1948 -USED FOR WEDDINGS AND AS TAXI

AND 1946 FORD VAN WITH WOODEN BODY

1950'S HILLMAN TAXI OF BOMBAY[MADE IN ENGLAND]

TAXI DRIVER (1954) HINDI MOVIE[ACTORS DEV ANAND AND KALPANA KARTIK-LATER THEY GOT MARRIED IN REAL LIFE]

BOMBAY TAXI BMT 1800-C.1950'S

PONTIAC CAR[MADE IN AMERICA] AS TAXI

HILLMAN MINX MADE IN BRITAIN WAS VERY POPULAR AS TAXI IN BOMBAY TILL 1970

AUSTIN CAR AS TAXI-1950'S NEAR A HOTEL

AUSTIN A40 TAXI CAR [MADE IN ENGLAND]

THE FIRST CAR TO BE CONVERTED INTO A INDIAN CAR--MORRIS MINOR ENGLAND WAS MADE INTO HINUSTAN CAR 1950-SEEN BELOW

MORRIS MINOR(LATER RENAMED BAY HINDUSTAN) TAXI CAR C.1950'S

BABY HINDUSTAN CAR-FIRST CAR TO BE MADE IN INDIA [COPIED FROM MORRIS MINOR ENGLAND]C.1950

ANOTHER CAR WHICH WAS CONVERTED INTO AN INDIAN CAR-MORRIS OXFORD INTO HINDUSTAN LAND MASTER AND LATER INTO AMBASSADOR-SEE BELOW

1956 FIAT MILLICENTO ALSO KNOWN AS DUKKER FIAT -USED AS TAXI IN 1960'S

BMC (BOMBAY)7921

LATER MODEL FIAT -KNOWN AS PREMIER PADMINI BELOW

1960 Tata Mercedez Benz trucks in India

STANDARD CARS MADE IN MADRAS (CHENNAI) CALLED HERALD / TRIUMPH; A FEW USED AS TAXIS IN SOUTH INDIA

TAXIS IN BOMBAY 1960 ONWARDS -FIAT

TAXI STAND -'ELEPHANTS STAND' NEAR AMBER FORT,

TAXIS MADE FROM HARLEY DAVIDSON MOTOR CYCLES (ABANDONED BY SOLDIERS AFTER 2ND WORLD WAR) SEEN BELOW IN DELHI

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