c. 1903
13.60x
8.90cm
An early keyhole postcard view of Marine Drive, probably from a photograph made in the 1890s.
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View Of Bombay From Malabar Hill, 1853 Print
An 1853 print with an engraving that shows Bombay (Mumbai) in its early days seen from Malabar Hill. This page is from The Illustrated London News of 1853. The engraved view is most likely before the reclamation of the seven islands into a single landmass was completed. The land looked to be in a total virgin state much before the rush of developments that would take place. South Bombay is a pincer-shaped landmass.
It includes Malabar Hill in the northern tip and Colaba in the southern tip. The ‘C’ shaped Back Bay’s shoreline which runs in between the two tips. King Charles II of England married Catherine of Braganza of Portugal in 1661. The Portuguese Royalty gifted the King a large dowry, one of them, was the seven Islands of Bombay. The king leased out this, not so useful islands, to the British East India Company.
However, the East India Company saw a huge potential. One was the island’s strategic location with the added advantage of a deep water harbour setting. The colonialists could not ask for more. The British undertook the first major reclamation of the seven islands in 1708. Thus within 2½ centuries, the islands were unified into a single landmass by reclamation. Various communities, skilled in their various trades, were encouraged by the East India Company, to settle down in this new land.
Read more Malabar Hill: How a jungle turned into a posh address.
Did you know- Malabar Hill got its name from the pirates from the Malabar Coast of Kerala, who took shelter in the area.
From the collection- Tiger Hunt On Elephant back India Vintage Postcard 1905., 1964 M. Suriyamoorthy Charcoal On Paper (#2)., Antique Photo Coir Retting By Travancore Women 1870.
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'Panoramic View of Mumbai taken from Malabar Hill' (1862)
'Panoramic View of Mumbai taken from Malabar Hill' (1862), a watercolour on 5 folding pages, by Mary Ann Scott-Moncrieff
Bombay 1970 first multistorey'usha kiran' building@Carmichel road
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Which was the first high rise building in Mumbai?
Usha Kiran
The first skyscrapers in Mumbai were constructed during the 1970s, when Usha Kiran and Matru Mandir were developed and stood at about 76 metres (250 feet), or 25 floors, each.
Glory days in city's first skyscraper
It's long been dwarfed by constructions far and near, but life in Carmichael Road's Usha Kiran building is about feeling at home, resident Anant Patel tells Marisha Karwa
Updated : Dec 05, 2017, 02:02 PM IST
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Top: The front facade of Usha Kiran building. (Above) Anant Patel (in
blue shirt)and his three-generational family stay in an apartment on the
23rd floor, which offers panaromic city views
The elevator at the world's tallest structure, Burj Khalifa, is said to move so rapidly that floor numbers change faster than the blink of an eye. Dubai's 829.8m glass-and-steel structure is a sheer Gulliver to the estimated 109m* mass of concrete that is Usha Kiran building in Mumbai's Carmichael Road neighbourhood, but the 25-floor residential building is by no means Lilliputian. It was said to be the tallest building in Asia at the time of construction, and upon completion, became the first skyscraper in the country.
This was in the 1960s — the decade in which the Berlin Wall was built; when Yuri Gagarin became the first man to reach space; when the India-China war crushed the nation's confidence and when RD Burman made his debut as a music director for Chhote Nawab.
"It was one of the few buildings to have its own swimming pool back then," says Anant Patel, a third generation resident. "My grandparents moved into Usha Kiran in 1971 along with my parents. They always spoke about the breathtaking view and the clean air, which made it possible to see as far as Uran in the south and Borivali National Park in the north."
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Patel recalls a time of convivial childhood. "My earliest memories are of playing with my friends. The playground had a slide, swings and a see-saw. And as we grew up, we played cricket and spent hours skateboarding and cycling," says the 34-year-old. "I also remember the frequent slumber parties at each other's homes."
In many ways, Usha Kiran defined a lavish lifestyle, and continues to do so today. Each floor features two apartments, ranging from 3,200sqft to 3,300sqft. And with five elevators to service 50 apartments, residents seldom have to linger or wait after having pushed the call button. Patel savours the fact that the building feels like home even after all these years. "Everyone (in the building) is friendly and down to earth so everyone relates to each other as friends," says the managing director and co-founder of Veranta Labs Private Limited, which recently launched the gift registry platform Wrapp'd. "Even the security staff at Usha Kiran are building employees. Most have been with us since my childhood and thus share a unique relationship with every member."
From skyscrapers to supertalls
Usha Kiran's glory was tarnished when Matru Mandir, another 25-floor building, came up at Nana Chowk a few years later. At the turn of the decade, both the buildings were shadowed by the 156m World Trade Centre tower at Cuffe Parade in 1970. Before long, high-rises came to be a regular feature on the Mumbai skyline. But it was only after the turn of the century that skyscrapers and supertalls (a special class of skyscraper) came to dominate the city's skyline. The 45-storeyed, 160m Shreepati Arcade at Nana Chowk, which became the tallest building in the city in 2002, is now dwarfed by the likes of Imperial Towers (Tardeo), Planet Godrej (Mahalaxmi), and the under-construction World One (Lower Parel) and Palais Royale (Worli).
Patel harks to the time when there was "practically no high-rise anywhere in sight" from the bedroom of his 23rd floor apartment in Usha Kiran. "At first, I was not aware of the (history of the) building. I took for granted the view, the quality of light, air and spaciousness of my home," he says. "As I grew up, I became conscious of this and began appreciating them."
Patel remembers being able to see all the way up to the airport from the northeast-facing room back then. "Today, the furthest I can see clearly is the Bandra-Worli Sea Link."
The view might have changed, but the make-up of his family hasn't. Patel continues to live in the same apartment with his parents, uncle and aunt, his wife and their two children, making the latter the fourth generation in the Patel residence. This, even though most friends he grew up with have moved elsewhere.
When old is gold
"I visit a lot of these friends in new buildings, which feel like (living in) hotels. It takes a long time to enter and exit most such buildings," says Patel, adding that the feeling of homeliness doesn't exist in modern structures. The only thing he misses in Usha Kiran is the swimming pool, which "had to be discontinued around my birth because of acute water shortage in the city at the time", says Patel, who is actively involved in the building's management.
In the more than three decades that he has lived here, the premises have witnessed the addition of a gymnasium, a toddler playground, a yoga room, a pool table room, a table tennis room, a basketball court and a volleyball court. "We recently upgraded the elevators to have modern, high-speed elevators. And because we have a unique member-to-elevator ratio (one-elevator-per-10-flats), it makes for very comfortable living."
As for the limiting view of the
cityscape, Patel feels that it's the result of increased air pollution
and not just a result of the growing number of high-rises. "I don't
remember a time when I saw haze outside when I was growing up. But
today, it's a rarity to have a clear day," he rues.
(*Estimation based on building records)
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Hum Panchi Mastane
Singers: Lata Mangeshkar, Geeta Dutt
Performers: Shubha Khote, Anita Guha
Music: Madan Mohan
Lyrics: Rajinder Krishan
Film: Dekh Kabira Roya, 1957
Cast: Anita Guha, Shubha Khote, Ameeta, Anoop Kumar, Daljit, Jawahar Kaul, Sunder, Shivraj, Praveen Paul==============================================
Gaane Naye PuraneSong from old classic movie C.I.D.(1956) starring Dev Anand, Shakila, Waheeda Rehman, Johnny Walker Director: Raj Khosla, ...
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James Wales (1747-1795) was a noted Scottish portrait painter and draughtsman. He was a contemporary of Lachlan Macquarie in Bombay in the last decade of the C18th. In the period between Wales' arrival in Bombay in July 1791 and his tragic death in November 1795 he executed a number of important and evocative views of the settlement and its environs. This selection of images has been made available (with permission) from the Peter Anker Collection held in the Kulturhistorisk Museum at the University of Oslo, Norway. They were originally published posthumously in 1800 in the work Twelve Views of the Island of Bombay and Its Vicinity: taken in the years 1791 and 1792. They provide a unique perspective on the landscape and daily life of Bombay in the last decade of the C18th. |
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Sewri Fort, Bombay, looking across to Trombay Island. An officer, probably a self portrait, is shown sketching
Sewri Fort, Bombay, looking across to Trombay Island. An officer, probably a self portrait, is shown sketching
Sewri Fort, Bombay, looking across to Trombay Island. An officer, probably a. Pen and ink drawing of Sewri Fort in Bombay looking across to Trombay Island
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Bombay 7 islands and Bombay 7 bungalows
the 7 islands of Mumbai
Proceeding roughly south to north, the seven islands ceded by the Portuguese to the British were
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1. Colaba: whose name is a corruption of the Koli name Kolbhat.
2.
Old Woman’s Island: (alternatively, Old Man’s Island) a small rock
between Colaba and Bombay, whose name is a corruption of the Arabic name
Al-Omani, after the deep-sea fishermen who ranged up to the Gulf of
Oman.
3. Bombay: the main harbour and the nucleus of
the British fort from which the modern city grew; it stretched from
Dongri on the east to Malabar Hill on the west.
4. Mazagaon: a Koli settlement to the east of Bombay island was seperated from it by Umarkhadi and Pydhonie.
5. Worli: north of Bombay was seperated from it by the Great Breach, which extended westwards almost to Dongri.
6.
Parel: North of Mazagaon and called by many other names, including
Matunga, Dharavi and Sion. The original population was predominantly
Koli.
7. Mahim: to the west of Parel and north of
Worli, took its name from the Mahim river and was the capital of a 13th
century kingdom founded by Raja Bhimdev.
This list does not exhaust all the islands that have merged into the modern city of Bombay. In particular, Salsette, the large northern island which remained under Portuguese control till 1739, is not counted among these seven.
r/mumbai - The original seven bungalows photo from 1950s!
This photo of 7 bungalows was part of many aerial photos of Bombay 1930's
i recognized the bungalows by walking around and inquiring .surprise was when an old east Indian resident of 7 bungalow told me that the lake was converted into garden -now named after DADABHAI NAOROJI =D.N.GARDEN=and researched and found how each bungalow was converted into modern multi story buildings
another surprise was that the present NANA NANI PARK was just a row of coconut trees
Nana Nani Park in Seven Bunglow-versova,Mumbai - Best Parks ...
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Nana nani park
Address: Dhaval Bindu, Rayalsavid Link Rd, Gharkul Society, Aram Nagar, Seven Bunglow, Andheri West, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400058
sadly an east India christian washer man='Dhobi' who was living there(now made into Nana Nani park) for many generations lost their small tiled Dhobi hut when the Garden was made by BMC 2005;has one living son who still wanders around 7 bungalow area,-(his name SANTHOSH with white hair) due to poverty ,Hope and pray the Versova Catholic church to which he is affiliated will take care of him.
The Portuguese Church of Our Lady of Health, Versova. Although in existence since 1540, probably one of the few Catholic churches of Mumbai which has maintained its facade of the Portuguese Pre-Colonial era.
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Also i found the original East Indian catholics of the area still live around quietly in flats around the DN garden and Nana Nani park area
The slum on 7 bungalow beach came up in 1975 with few huts later it spread to include hundred of huts.original price for a slum hut was 3000 to 5000 rupee ,original flat price in 1970 when flats were first made was thirty thousand per flat.
there used to be horse carriage service from Andheri station west towards
7 bungalow before 1970
TILL 1970 MOST BUS SERVICE FROM ANDHERI USED TO END AT 7 BUNGALOW AS BEYOND IT VERY FEW USED TO LIVE ,BUT LATER ALL BUS SERVICES WERE EXTENDED TO VERSOVA VILLAGE, AS FAR AS I CAN REMEMBER THE FIRST BUS TO ANDHERI EAST /BANDRA ETC STARTED ONLY IN 1980'S.ticket price was 1 Rupee.
In 1971, Bajaj Auto launched three-wheeler goods carrier. In 1977, the company launched Rear Engine Autorickshaw. On 19 January 1984, the foundation stone was laid for Bajaj Autos new plant at Waluj, Aurangabad. On 5 November 1985, Bajaj Auto commenced production at Waluj plant Resources and Information. BOMBAY NOW MUMBAI IT WAS FIRST SEEN IN 1978 TO 1980’S ,BUT STILL AUTOS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO RUN IN ISLAND CITY CALLED SOUTH AREA OF MUMBAI.
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