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Seven Islands of Mumbai. The Old Woman's Island, also known as Little Colaba is one of the seven islands composing the city of Mumbai, India, and part of the historic Old Mumbai. [1] [2] The Colaba Causeway built in 1838, connected this last island to the mainland of Mumbai, along with the island of Colaba. [1]
The Causeway as it is known to the locals, was constructed by the British East India Company, during the tenure of Sir Robert Grant (1779–1838) as the governor of Bombay (1835–1838), [5] and its construction completed in 1838, which used the Old Woman's Island as a part of it; [6] [7] with this the last two islands of Colaba and Old Woman's ...
Colaba ([koˈlaːbaː]; or ISO: Kolābā) is a part of the city of Mumbai, India. It is one of the four peninsulas of Mumbai while the other three are Worli, Bandra and Malabar Hill. During the Portuguese rule in the 16th century, the island was known as Kolbhat. After the British took over the island in the late 17th century, it was known as ...
The resulting island of Bombay was later merged with the nearby islands of Trombay and Salsette that lay to its north-east and north respectively to form Greater Bombay. These islands now constitute the southern part of the city of Bombay (Mumbai). The original seven islands handed over to England were as follows: Colaba
The island of Colaba and the Old Woman's Island lay to the south of Bombay isle. [2] In the eighteenth century, the isle was merged with its neighbouring landmasses of Worli (in 1784 by the building of the Hornby Vellard) and with Colaba Island via the construction of the Colaba Causeway in 1838. [3]
The region today called Navy Nagar originally consisted of an uninhabited island called "Old Woman's Island" (a distorsion of its older native name "Al Omani"), mostly covered with forests. [3] In 1743, the island of Colaba was leased to a British man called Richard Broughton at a sum of Rs. 200 per annum, a lease that was renewed in 1764.
By the mid 20th century, the café introduced a jukebox, (first in Mumbai) and was simultaneously converted into a restaurant. By the 1990s, Cafe Mondegar was refurbished, Mario Miranda's murals were painted on the walls & ceiling, and the restaurant was converted into a bar. Café is owned by Yazdegardi family and Rusi Yazdegardi / Hoshang ...
Pages in category "Islands of Mumbai" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. ... Old Woman's Island; Oyster Rock; P. Panju Island; S.