Unseen Images of Mumbai : which will take you back to Bombay

Mumbai is one of the oldest cities in India. Once upon a time, Mumbai was home to communities of fishing colonies. For centuries, the islands were under the control of successive indigenous empires before being ceded to the Portuguese and subsequently to the British East India Company when in 1661 King Charles II married the Portuguese Catherine of Braganza, and as part of her dowry Charles received the Bombay.

We want to touch the old glory of this city through some unbelievable old treasure photographs. This will let you know how significant this city has been over the period of years

Chor Bazar – (unknown date)

Coolie Woman during Monsoon, during 1948

European Mistress Seated in the Centre of a Group of Ten Female Pupils, Government Normal School, during 1873

Grain Sellers Shop During 1873

Indian women & children sitting in the alley between shacks in the Chawls (Unknown date)

Indian Young Nationalist Affixing a Boycott Sign, to a Foreign Cart in the Streets of Bombay  – 1930

Young boys pose in front of Bombay’s Victoria Terminus railway station, circa 1910

old vintage photo of tram on city road Bombay during 1952

Old Crawford Market (Unknown date)

Taj Hotel and Gate way of India during 1930’s

victoria terminus bombay in 1950

A poster advertising the film ‘Patat Pawan’ on a street in Bombay during 1955

A man sleeping outside the Taj Mahal Hotel in Bombay (Unknown date)

Police charge demonstrators at the Esplanade Maidan in Bombay with lathis During protest aginst british rule

1st May 1963: A little girl balancing on a fellow beggar’s hand on a street in Bombay

During Bombay flood (Unknown date)