[vinay kamath]

1 Bombay Town Hall Photo 1850's with Bombay Green Ground as seen from top of St. Thomas Cathedral, sailing ships in harbour in the background — at Bombay.

2 Taxis (palkhi) waiting for customers in business area of Bombay Fort 1800's — at Bombay.

3 Bombay Green of 1862

4 Malabar Hill and Parsi Towers (Tower of Silence or Doongarwadi) — at Bombay.

5 View of Bombay, from Malabar Hills, with the Island of Caranjah and part of the Indian Continent in the Distance — at Bombay.

6 Bombaja Fort (Bombay) 1700 — at Bombay.

7 A steam local train towards Backbay from Colaba Terminus 1910's — at Bombay.

8 BB&CI (Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway) Steam Engine. — with Dilip Setlur at Bombay.

9 Old AC coach cooled by ice — with Dilip Setlur at Bombay.

10 Train Reaching at Churchgate Station from Colaba.
Can you imagine, the sea right outside Churchgate station? — at Bombay.

11 Churchgate Station — at Bombay.


12 Very first trains driven by bullocks -1863
poor creatures.. — at Bombay.

13 Double-decker tram — at Bombay.

14 Bullock-drawn roller — at Bombay.

15 Editor's room Times of India..see the "ancient" jute fan.. the fan was pulled by a long rope by a person sitting outside the room. — at Bombay.

16 Elphinstone Circle (now Horniman Circle) Garden gate and St. Thomas Church in Back Ground — at Bombay.

17 Sir Dinshaw Manackjee Petit Hospital.. now known as Parsi General Hospital. — at Bombay.

18 Bombay High Court — at Bombay.

19 Bombay University buildings with Rajabai Tower still under construction. — at Bombay.

20 Walkeshwar, Malabar Point c1860 — at Bombay.

21 Elphinstone Circle (now Horniman Circle) c1827 — at Bombay.

22 Town Hall - Asiatic Library — at Bombay.

23 Bombay Municipal Building c1900 — at Bombay.

24 Gol Deval — at Bombay.

25 Prince of Wales Museum, now CSMV. — at Bombay.

26 Flora Fountain with the Central Telegraph Office in the background.
The CentralTelegraph Office was the General Post Office till around beginning of 1900's. — at Bombay.

27 The Majestic Hotel and Waterloo Mansions, Bombay.
Currently, Amdar Nivas, where Sahkari Bhandar is located. — at Bombay.

28 VT (Victoria Terminus) now CST — at Bombay.

29 Colaba Reclaimation fromWodehouse Bridge.. Do you see the railway tracks?
The railway line earlier ran upto Colaba. After Churchgate, next station Colaba,agla staion Colaba, pudhil station Colaba. — at Bombay.

30 Appolo Bunder without the Gateway.
Currently it is the location of the famed Gateway of India. — at Bombay.

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[vinay kamath]

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31 Street in Bombay Fort c1860
Fort gate similar or same as church gate seen at the far end — at Bombay.

32 Scotch Church, Court-House, and entrance to the Dock-Yard..

33 This is the church opposite the Lion's Gate on the way towards Asiatic from Regal. — at Bombay.

34 Churchgate station which built in 1870, is named after the street leading out of this gate.

35 During the eighteenth and up to the mid-19th century, Mumbai was a walled city. The city walls had three gates, and Church Gate, named after St. Thomas Cathedral, Mumbai was one of the gates. The gate was situated near the present day location of Flora Fountain. In the mid-19th century, the city walls were torn down to aid in the expansion program. — at Bombay.

36 View from Colaba Reclamation.. see Rajabai Tower in the distance.Once upon a time, it was so close to the sea. — at Bombay.

37 ‘Khada Parsi’ or ‘Standing Parsi’ in English is almost 40 feet tall and 150 year old cast iron structure and bronze statue of Shet Cursetjee Manockjee that was built in 1860s by his youngest son Manockjee Cursetjee, by spending almost a lakh of rupees then. Manockjee, known as a reformer in education sector, is responsible for founding one of the first schools for girls in Mumbai in 1863, now called Alexandra Girls English Institution, located in South Mumbai. — at Bombay.

38 Peak hour at Bombay Central. One can see atleast 6 persons in the main hall and ghostly traces of two more. — at Bombay.

39 Watsons Hotel, now known as Esplanade Mansion stands tall but almost dilapidated at Kala Ghoda now. But, look at this hotel in its prime! What views of Bombay harbour! This photo is from the 1880s; the only other building at that time in the area was the Sailors' Home (now Maharashtra State Police HQ) in the distance. The wide road you see is the Esplanade; and hence the name of the hotel. The patch of land on the right of the photo, by the sea, is where the Taj Mahal Palace and Towers eventually came up - but that was not until 1903. Before that, for more than 30 years, Watsons Hotel was the numero uno establishment in the city. Mark Twain stayed here; Kipling wrote about it, and the earliest screening of the Cinematographe in India by the Lumiere Brothers was in this hotel (just one week after it was first screened in Paris). — at Bombay.

41 Elphinstone College and David Sassoon Library at Kala Ghoda

42 Sailors Home c1900.
Now the Maharashtra State Police HQ — at Bombay.

[KartikeyaL]

Great Pictures, wish there were cars/bikes in these pictures

[KartikeyaL]

A street scene from Jaipur

[msdivy]

Year 1997.
Place: Near ITPL Bangalore
Courtesy: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...17607508372519

[vinay kamath]

Old Bangalorean weather enjoyed best with a ride down Old MG road on an old Bangalorean Vijai 150 scooter!

[travancore]

"FIAT Parking Only", Red Fort, ca 1976

[KartikeyaL]

A street scene from Pune

[vinay kamath]

Happy Easter ! Enjoy more of Vintage Bangalore:
Dispensary road
Malleswaram Bus Stand
Double decker
BTC workshop
J C road
Shivajinagar circle
LIC Building
Petrol pump

[vinay kamath]

Street traffic outside Mumbai's Swadeshi stores in the 70s

[KartikeyaL]

Outside Regal cinema Bombay

[vinay kamath]

Bangalore Traffic Police FB page delights with this oldie

[travancore]

Originally Posted by vinay kamath

Bangalore Traffic Police FB page delights with this oldie

Looks like a larger Wolseley

[mooza]

Originally Posted by vinay kamath

Shivajinagar circle

The pic shows a Cinema ad of the movie Baarish. The movie was released in 1957, thus giving us the approximate date of the pic.

Thanks a ton @vinaykamath, for posting these great nostalgic pics

[anjan_c2007]

An old traffic scene from Delhi (alamy images)