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
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.
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.
