Tuesday, February 10, 2026

1880 photo of the Cumballa Hill and Gowalia Tank in British Era Bombay

 


 The wooded hillock with some bungalows is possibly Cumballa Hill. The original seven islands of Bombay had 22 hills. However, most of them were levelled and the earth was used for uniting the islands into a single landmass by reclamation.

Around nine of them were untouched two of the untouched hills were Cumballa and Malabar Hill 

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