Queens Road British Era Bombay – 2 Postcards 1900
Two 1900 postcards of the Queens Road in British Era Bombay (Mumbai). This was once British-era Bombay’s most notable road in the 19th century. Because of its picturesque promenade. However, after Marine Drive was reclaimed and formed in the 1920s, the importance of Queens Road was lost.
The British-era Queens Road lined the Back Bay from Churchgate Station probably up to Gurgaon. Once the Marine Drive came up the Queens Road became a parallel road. It is now known as the Maharishi Karve Road named after the social reformer Maharishsi Dr Dhondo Keshav Karve, known for his upliftment of women’s welfare. Today, the road is dotted with sari, texile shops, and the like.
See also Cars at Queens Road.
Did you know – that the Port Trust owns, in all, some 1800 acres or more of land, about one-eighth of the whole island of Bombay, nearly all of its land reclaimed from the sea.
Past posts – Oil Painting of Bunch of Roses British India, 1940., British Post Officer With Cart & Attendants Calicut, 1900 Photo., Breach Of The Madras Iron Pier – 2 Prints 1880., British Admiralty Chart, Port of Cochin Map, 1943.
