An 1844 engraving of Grant Medical College (left) and Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy Hospital
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Bombay courthouse1850 PHOTO
The Court-House Building on Apollo Street, Bombay (third building on left, just beyond the domed Ice
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
BOMBAY DOCKS AFTERMATH OF SHIP BLOWING UP 1944
SS Fort Stikine[Sailing from Birkenhead on 24 February via Gibraltar, Port Said and Karachi, she arrived at Bombay on 12 April.


A piece of propeller that landed in St. Xaviers High School, some three kilometres from the docks.



The ship carried
- explosives
- munitions
- Spitfires
- raw cotton bales
- oil barrels
- timber
- scrap iron
- gold bullion in 12.73 kg bars valued at £1–2 million.
A piece of propeller that landed in St. Xaviers High School, some three kilometres from the docks.
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
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