Borah Bazar Street Bombay British Era, 1895 Photo

Borah Bazar Street Bombay British Era, 1895 Photo

An 1895 photo of Borah Bazar Street in British-era Bombay (Mumbai).  This was a native quarter just as was in the case of Bhuleshwar, Bhendi Bazar, etc in Bombay during the British era. The street looks thinly populated in the photo, in comparison to what it is now. The apartments had shops on the ground floor and perhaps residences above them, see the image.

Borah Bazaar was where the trading communities lived mostly, which included the Parsis and Bohras as early as 1700s. Borah Bazar Street is located in the Fort area of Mumbai. Encompassed by Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST), formerly Victoria Terminus in the north. Mumbai Harbour in the east, Flora Fountain and Horniman Circle in the south, and Cross Maidan in the west. Borah Bazar lay outside the East India Company’s factory and castle.  Click on the photo for better view.

Did you know – the Borah Bazar Street area like many other places in Mumbai is developed from reclaimed land.  

From the collection – Rural Life In India Watercolour Painting By N. Mukherjee., Chowringhee Road Calcutta, Old PC 1910., The Residency Lucknow British India – Old Print 1850., Map Of Travancore Backwaters & Coast 1866.