🧵 Who owns Mumbai’s land? A quick breakdown.
Mumbai has about 34,000 acres of habitable land. A surprising chunk of it is held by a handful of old landlord families and trusts.
Source: Hindustan Times
Image: Respective owners The biggest landowner is the Godrej family, with 3,400+ acres in Vikhroli stretching from the Eastern Express Highway to the mangroves.

In 1938, Muhammad Ali Jinnah’s only daughter, Dina, married Neville Wadia here, inside the quiet All Saints’ Church, Malabar Hill.
A wedding that made headlines across Mumbai.
#MumbaiHeritage #OldMumbai The marriage took place without Jinnah’s presence or approval.
A small ceremony, but in a church that had already seen half a century of Mumbai’s history.
#OldMumbai #AllSaintsChurch

A thread on the railway stations of Mumbai
#OldMumbai

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, formerly Victoria Terminus



Masjid Bunder railway station.
The station was first built in 1877

An aerial view of South Bombay during late 1930s. Brabourne Stadium, Eros cinema, Churchgate, Art Deco buildings coming up , Flora Fountain, Rajabai tower, University, High Court…
#AerialShotsofOldMumbai 1930s :: Aerial View of Mumbai, Crawford Market Can be Seen On The Right
#AerialShotsofOldMumbai

A thread on BSE (formerly known as Bombay Stock Exchange), Asia's first Stock Exchange @BSEIndia The Bombay Stock market was initially conceived in 1850s under canopy of Banyan trees in Bombay near Town Hall at Bombay Green where brokers would gather for trade. The trade was moved to different larger places in order to accommodate different number of brokers.

Tramway service in Mumbai.
In 1873, Messrs. G. A. Kittridge and Messrs. Stearns Hobart & Co were granted rights to construct, maintain and operate Tramways on streets of Bombay.  A Company called The Bombay Tramway Company Ltd was floated in New York, but registered in Bombay The Tram Lines were built with teakwood and were 7 Ft long & 6 inches wide and were about 4 Ft apart. Belgian steel rails were placed on top of these teakwood sleepers.

Charni Road railway station
#oldbombay Kurla-bound EMU on Sandhurst Road Station
#mumbailocal #indianrailways #oldbombay

#OnThisDay: The B.E.S.T Company came into existence on 07 Aug 1905; it was dissolved on 06 Aug 1947, to make room for the B.E.S.T Undertaking An old share certificate of The B.E.S.T Company Ltd (Bombay Electric Supply and Tramways Company Limited)