From the archives: Building in Bombay, 1879-1892

By Tom Lowe2023-06-02T06:00:00

Building reports from the port city now known as Mumbai as two of the British Raj’s largest ever colonial buildings are completed

Only the most niche tourist tours in Mumbai, formerly known as Bombay, will miss out the famous pair of huge gothic revival buildings which stand incongruously in the city’s centre. The Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, formerly known as the Victoria Terminus - and before that the Great Indian Peninsular Railway Terminus - and the Municipal Corporation Building are among the most well known buildings in India.

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