Four Uncommon Views of British Era Bombay – 4 Postcards 1900
Four uncommon views of British Era Bombay from four 1900s postcards. The first postcard shows an Arab Ship or Dhow under construction probably at Mazgaon in Bombay. The second postcard is that of the huge Tata Mansion at Waudby Road (now Hazarimal Somani Road) in Bombay. It faced the Esplanade and was the most palatial of house in Bombay at the time.
The third is Wodehouse Road, it runs in the north-south direction connecting Captain Prakash Pethe Marg and Colaba Causeway. Royal Alfred Sailor’s Home is shown in the fourth postcard, today it houses the Maharashtra Police Headquarters, and is located at Regal Circle, now Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherji Chowk.
Also read These photographs of Tata properties serve as a window to Bombay in the 1880s.
Did you know – the dhow, the sea-going ship of the Arabian traders, is believed to be of Indian design. It was introduced for use on the coastal trading route between India and Europe through the Red Sea by the people of the Arabian peninsula several centuries BC.
