Victoria Gardens In British Era Bombay – 3 Postcards 1900
Three 1900 postcards of the Victoria Gardens in British Era Bombay (Mumbai). David Sassoon, a wealthy Jewish businessman in 1861, commissioned the Victoria Gardens. And named it in honor of Queen Victoria at that time. Located in the heart of Bombay’s Byculla area with 48 acres of land.
After independence, the Garden was renamed Rani Jijamata Udyan who was the mother of Maratha King Shivaji. It also houses the Bombay Zoo, one of the oldest zoos in the country. Another great attraction on the premises is the Victoria And Albert Museum or the Bhau Daji Lad Museum. Also found here is the huge stone elephant from Elephanta Island. One of the postcards shows a part of the beautiful Victoria Gardens with a clock tower slightly visible in the background.
Read more- the Rani Jijamata Udyan. See post- Bamboo Island & Cubbon Park Bangalore – Old Postcard 1905.
Did you know- in 1835 the Garden was initially built at Sewri on a huge plot of land. The British administration later acquired the land for the development of a European burial ground. The Garden was then shifted to Byculla and opened its gates in 1861.
From the collection- Buckingham Canal In Chennai – Old Print 1922., Antique Map Of The City Of Cochin., View of Poona or Pune – Old Print 1855., Bangalore Cantonment Area – Old Photo 1880
