Photograph of the Alexandra Native Girls' English Institution in Bombay from the 'Album of architectural and topographical views, mostly in South Asia' taken by Shivashanker Narayen in the 1890s. According to the Imperial Gazetteer of India there were 134 secondary and 1,760 primary girls' schools in 1871. The Alexander Native Girls English Institution was built by Khan Bahadur Muncherjee Cowasjee Murzban (1839-1917). Murzban was born in Bombay and trained at the Engineering College in Pune. He oversaw the construction of the General Post Office and the Chief Presidency Magistrate's Court in the city. This view reveals the Neo-Gothic architectural style of the building.
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Alexandra Native Girls' English Institution, Bombay. 1890
Photograph of the Alexandra Native Girls' English Institution in Bombay from the 'Album of architectural and topographical views, mostly in South Asia' taken by Shivashanker Narayen in the 1890s. According to the Imperial Gazetteer of India there were 134 secondary and 1,760 primary girls' schools in 1871. The Alexander Native Girls English Institution was built by Khan Bahadur Muncherjee Cowasjee Murzban (1839-1917). Murzban was born in Bombay and trained at the Engineering College in Pune. He oversaw the construction of the General Post Office and the Chief Presidency Magistrate's Court in the city. This view reveals the Neo-Gothic architectural style of the building.
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New Cathedral High School, Bombay 1890
Photograph of the New Cathedral High School in Bombay from the 'Album of architectural and topographical views, mostly in South Asia' taken by an unknown photographer in the 1890s. The New Cathedral High School was built by Khan Bahadur Muncherjee Cowasjee Murzban (1839-1917). Murzban was born in Bombay and trained at the Engineering College in Pune. He oversaw the construction of the General Post Office and the Chief Presidency Magistrate’s Court in the city. This view of the school shows a four-storey structure articulated with arcades, balconies and a high pitched roof
Monday, January 31, 2011
[jumma-masjid-bombay] Bombay. Bookmark and Share Old Friday Mosque in Bombay. The Jama Masjid is a mosque in the Kalbadevi neighborhood, near Crawford Market in the South Mumbai region of Mumbai, India. This card is by the German painter and lithographer P. Gerhardt, about whom little is known except that he worked as one of the German's who ran the Ravi Varma lithographic press in PUNE
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[hornby-road] Hornby Road Bookmark and Share A major Mumbai traffic artery during the Raj Hornby Road is named after a late 18th century Governor of Mumbai (then Bombay).
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William Hornby (baptised 11 March 1723, Snaith, died 18 November 1803, The Hook, near Titchfield, Hampshire) was an English Governor of Bombay
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