BOMBAJA -(BOMBAY)
BOMBAIA (BOMBAY IN PORTUGUESE)-16TH CENTURY ENGLISH FORT IN BOMBAY
BOMBAY, the "Bom Bahia," 1534 onwards |
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Section 10, on the coast-- you really can't miss it |
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Some early maps of the area; it's now of course called "Mumbai" |
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The fort at Bassein, to the north of Bombay proper, was the Portuguese headquarters from 1534 until the Marathas overpowered it in 1739 |
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By the late 1600's, the British East India Company in Bombay was minting its own coins; in 1687, Bombay became the new Company headquarters (replacing Surat) |
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Parsis too have always been prominent in Bombay history |
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Bombay as it looked in early paintings and engravings |
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Street life in Bombay: some lively drawings from the later 1800's |
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In the 1800's Bombay acquired some monumental civic architecture |
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The remarkable Municipal Corporation building |
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Victoria Terminus, the great railway station, was in a class by itself |
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Flora Fountain, another of the city's famous landmarks |
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Bombay was not immune from the famines of the late 1800's |
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Street life in Bombay in photographs, later 1800's and early 1900's |
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The Gateway of India,
quintessential symbol
of Bombay, was completed in 1924 |
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Modern downtown Mumbai-- a spectacular panoramic view |
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