1) Bombay (now Mumbai) 2) Victoria Terminus (now Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus) 3) Prince of Wales Museum (now Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya). The last one really takes the cake.
Seven island of fisher men was converted into the Business & financial capital of India by Parsis, Gujaratis, Khoja & Memon ( All are from Gujarat) It was their enterpunership which esatblised industries, textile miss, wholesale markets, Stock exchange in Mumbai. from 1800 to 1980 for almost 250 years they dominated Economical, social & political senerio of Mumbai & made it progressive & city of Gold. All others join after & hardly contibuted to the development of the city
ALL THE LANDMARKS SHOWN IN THE PHOTOGRAPHS HAVE BEEN CONSTRUCTED MUCH BEFORE 1947 BY BRITISHERS.....WHAT HAS OUR POLICICAL CLASS DONE POST 1947....NOTHING.....AND STILL WE BLATANTLY LISTEN TO THE SERMONS THESE JOKERS GIVE......THE QUESTION THAT COMES TO MIND NOW IS "HAVE WE REALLY ACHIEVED FREEDOM"?
Re: FACT REMAINS....!
by Subhash Deshmukh on Oct 25, 2010 12:26 PM
My dear friend this article is mainly on the buildings built on Gothik sculptures and does not take into account many old structures built by Indians. Do you want to say that other than these buildings there is no any other ancient structures in Mumbai worth mentioning. The Britishers were rulers of India and it was but natural that all the admnistrative buildings would be built by them at that point of time. But have we not built any structure after 1947. Who built Sachivalaya, Amar Building for RBI, Bombay Stock Exchange Building, Oberao Shetaton Hotel, Navi Mumbai Railway Stations, JNPT - Is it not worth noticing just because they are not built with Gothic architecture - Not only Mumbai but every city-town in India has undergone a sea change which is only after we achieved freedom where as the Brithershers only concentrated on places of their admnistration. Now coming to Mumbai in next ten year it will neither belong to Marathis, Biharis, UPans, Bengalis, South Indians , Gujratis - It will belong only to rich people who can afford the flats of not less than 2 to 2.5 crores. All the chawls , housing board colonies , mill land, factory lands, industrial area lands are now in the hands of big builders where towers are coming up - few lakhs will be thrown on your face - and even if you get accommodation in towers at concessional rate whether the chawl people will be able to afford monthly maintenance charge- certainly not -
